SAN FRANCISCO – Morpheus Space is releasing Journey, an area mobility software program, on the Space Tech Expo Europe this week in Bremen, Germany.
“That is a vital milestone for the corporate because that is our first software in the marketplace,” Daniel Bock, Morpheus Space CEO and co-founder, told . “We also consider this will probably be an enormous milestone for the space industry because we’re enabling a brand new way of designing, simulating and operating satellite missions.”
Morpheus Space, founded in Germany in 2018, focused initially on producing miniature electric thrusters. In recent times, the corporate has expanded its U.S. presence and broadened its business scope.
“We see the start of an enormous shift in how the space industry will use space mobility, starting from transfer from one orbit to a different to station-keeping and eventually deorbiting,” Bock said. “Journey begins on the early stages of mission design. Before you place anything into space, it helps you identify what the satellite looks like, by which orbits it ought to be, what number of satellites to launch and so forth.”
Journey is also designed to assist customers determine which propulsion systems meet their requirements, including Morpheus Space propulsion.
Radical Simplification
Engineers spent roughly two years developing the Journey platform to guide customers through every step of mission planning from early designs to procurement of satellites and subcomponents through mission operations.
“Our team has radically simplified the satellite mission design and evaluation process by connecting advanced engineering models with a seamless user interface,” Bock said. “The general goal is to create space more accessible by lowering the barriers of entry, but additionally making it safer to operate in space.”
Journey is designed to appeal to NewSpace corporations and industry veterans.
“Principally, it’s for each company that plans to send something into space or operate in space,” Bock said.