Technology

Three technologies developed together by our team to enable spacecraft to approach, operate around and service other assets in orbit for multiple use cases.

Spacecraft hardware at the Toulouse AIT facility

Platform

The spacecraft
behind every mission.

A common platform gives Endurance and Orbit Guard the same engineering foundation, while adapting to the requirements of each mission.

Meet RendezVous

Getting close, autonomously.

RendezVous gives our spacecraft the autonomy to safely detect, approach and operate around another asset in orbit using vision-based navigation.

Target acquisition.

The target is detected and tracked from a safe distance using vision-based navigation.

Close approach.

As the spacecraft gets closer, our technology continuously processes visual information and autonomously adjusts the spacecraft’s trajectory.

At our customers’ service.

Once this maneuver has been successfully completed, our servicer can safely perform the mission tailored to each customer’s needs:

Inspect, dock, protect.
The possibilities are endless.

Docking

From proximity
to contact.

Our docking system enables the final connection between the servicer and the client satellite.

Developed to be compatible with a wide panel of satellites, as part of the same integrated system and validated through ground testing.

Compatibility
Wide panel
Validated
Ground testing

Heritage

Tested on the ground.
Validated in orbit.

World-first technologies of this level of innovation require
extensive testing to ensure mission success.

From test bench to orbit, our technology builds on years of development, testing and flight heritage.

One platform.
One RendezVous technology.
Multiple missions.

Endurance extends the operational life of satellites. Orbit Guard protects and inspects strategic assets. Both build on the same platform and RendezVous technology.