Environment

Space

A research direction for software, sensing, communications and systems extending into orbit.

Orbits · Satellites · Ground link

Space is where the questions Sailient works on elsewhere become hardest: every gram counts, every link is long, and nothing can be repaired by hand.

Sailient has no space systems today. This page explains the questions we are interested in — not products.

Capabilities

The questions we are interested in.

01
Satellite Systems
Small satellite platforms, and what it takes to build one that works for years without a repair.
02
Space Sensing
Turning orbital imagery into information people can act on, without depending on a single provider.
03
Communications
Links between orbit and the field that stay usable when terrestrial networks are not.
04
On-Board Computing
Processing data where it is collected, so less has to travel down a long and narrow link.
05
Ground Infrastructure
Ground stations and the links that join orbit to the systems already working on the ground.
06
Mission Software
Planning and operating a mission with the same software layer as every other environment.
07
Data & Intelligence
Fusing what is seen from orbit with what systems on the ground already know.

Research directionResearch: Space

How systems connect

The same six parts in every environment. Choose one to see what fills that role in Space.

Conduit

Connect systems and information into one picture a person can decide from.

Choose a part to see what it does.

Or talk to us about space — a project, a concept or a partnership.