Orbit

Solar doesn't scale beyond low orbit

Lunar bases, Mars missions and outer-system probes need continuous power that solar panels cannot supply through fourteen-day lunar nights or at great distance from the Sun. Compact fission is the only dense, reliable option, but launching fissile material imposes a level of safety, traceability and authorization the space industry has never had to face.

FORGE space microreactor

FORGE core redesigned for minimum mass, remote startup and survival of launch and landing loads. The design stays sub-critical until deployment in orbit or on the surface.

AEGIS launch authorization

AEGIS builds the safety dossier for launching nuclear material under the UN principles on nuclear power sources in space. Every accidental-reentry analysis is documented and traceable.

CORTEX flight qualification

CORTEX verifies that the entire qualification campaign, from vibration testing to thermal budget, meets aerospace and nuclear standards together. No requirement falls into the gray zone between the two disciplines.

VAULT mission archive

VAULT preserves every design, test and telemetry record for the mission lifetime, even when that spans decades. The provenance of every component stays verifiable down to the individual fuel batch.

Mission profile

We define power need, environment and duration to fix the reactor requirements and the launch-authorization path.

Flight design

We adapt FORGE to the mass and safety constraints and complete joint qualification with the space agency and the nuclear authority.

Integration

We integrate the reactor into the vehicle or habitat and validate remote startup and safety sequences on the ground.

Mission operations

We follow the reactor in flight through telemetry and archive every parameter for its full operational life.

UN launch authorization

AEGIS builds the safety dossier for launching nuclear material under the UN principles on nuclear power sources in space, with every accidental-reentry analysis documented and traceable.

Sub-criticality until deployment

The core stays sub-critical through launch and transit and goes critical only on remote startup in orbit or on the surface: a failure or accidental reentry cannot trigger the reaction.

Dual aerospace-nuclear standard

CORTEX verifies that the entire qualification campaign, from vibration testing to thermal budget, meets NASA/ESA and nuclear standards together, so no requirement falls between the two disciplines.

Provenance to the fuel batch

VAULT keeps the provenance of every component verifiable down to the individual fuel batch for the mission's full duration, a safeguards requirement for launched fissile material.

Why aren't solar panels enough?

Lunar bases, Mars missions and outer-system probes need continuous power that solar cannot supply through fourteen-day lunar nights or at great distance from the Sun. Compact fission is the only dense, reliable option in these environments.

Is it safe to launch a reactor on a rocket?

The core is sub-critical until deployment: during launch and transit it cannot trigger the reaction. AEGIS documents every accidental-reentry analysis under the UN principles, and the design is qualified to survive launch and landing loads.

How do you reconcile aerospace and nuclear standards?

CORTEX handles both qualification frameworks together, so a requirement doesn't fall into the gray zone between the two disciplines. Qualification is joint between the space agency and the nuclear authority from the mission profile onward.

How long can it run without intervention?

Qualified mission life exceeds ten years, with remote startup and telemetry-based conduct from the ground segment. VAULT archives every parameter for the full duration, even when the mission spans decades and no one can reach the reactor anymore.