ThinkOrbital

ThinkOrbital is an American space company that develops technology for building and defending infrastructure in orbit. Its stated mission is to construct and defend the critical infrastructure needed for a thriving space economy, and to make cislunar space easier to reach and commercialise through scalable, pressurisable and multi-purpose structures. The company presents its work as technology that secures America’s future in space, and notes that the nation needs new ways to understand, inspect and protect the satellites that support national security, communications and navigation.

Its capabilities range from autonomous in-space X-ray imaging and electron beam welding to new sensing and inspection systems. The company says these technologies serve national security today while advancing its longer-term plan for large space infrastructure.

Product families

• ThinkX, a satellite system
• ThinkXT, a drone system
• ThinkToolkit, tools for in-space construction
• ThinkPlatform, orbital stations built from modules assembled by robotic technology

Recent news

The company site lists its featuring on the NatSec100, preparations for its first on-orbit X-ray scans, a SpaceNews report on a seed funding round to advance X-ray space inspection, and its selection by the NASA NIAC programme.

Team and background

The founding team has backgrounds in launch operations, spacecraft engineering and research. The chief executive is a retired US Air Force colonel and former SpaceX vice president, and the technical staff include a researcher whose journal article on spacecraft and rockets is described as the founding thesis of the scalable station design. Other team members come from small satellite manufacturing, with experience in product line ownership and systems integration and test.

Shows

ThinkOrbital appears in the exhibitor lists of Commercial UAV Expo 2027 and XPONENTIAL 2027.

Contact

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