As a commercial facility on commercial resupply launch vehicles servicing the ISS, SlingShot offers a flexible, affordable rideshare for smallsats and provides the longer in-orbit time needed to prove out technology critical to the successful commercialization of LEO.
“Our approach serves as a blueprint for the commercialization model embraced by NASA,” said Brinkley, “where the private sector will lead space launch and operational advances into LEO, and NASA can be one of many customers.”
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FOSSA’s cubesat architecture allows the company to iterate and deploy at a pace unmatched by larger satellite operators. But as global demand for rideshare missions grows—and with Transporter and Bandwagon missions often filling fast—flexible, resilient launch access is becoming harder to secure.
In March 2025, the Australian Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) successfully launched Buccaneer Main, a fully operational, Australian-made nanosatellite, aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-13 rideshare mission. The launch marked a historic milestone: Australian Defence’s key research and development body, DSTG, returning to sovereign satellite missions for the first time since 1967 through the Buccaneer Program. The …
A year of growth, innovation, and bold steps forward in launch and deployment services As we wrap up 2025, the SEOPS team is taking a moment to reflect on a year defined by momentum. From multiple successful rideshare missions to major advances in launch access and deployer technology, we continued to push boundaries alongside our …
