Services

Services to Satellite Operators and Manufacturers

SAFE HEAVENS provides expert advice throughout all space mission phases - from Design to Decommissioning - helping clients optimize space operations, maximize service availability, mitigate operational and financial risks, and enhance space safety and sustainability.

Safety by Design

Expert advice to space mission Phases 0, A, and B, including:

• Design of the space segment and ground segment architecture;

• Definition of functional and technical requirements;

• Assessment of technical and programmatic risks;

• Support to design reviews.

Operational Readiness

Support throughout the mission Phases C and D, including:

• Development of ad-hoc Concepts of Operations;

• Procurement of operational hardware and software: requirements, interfaces, factory/site acceptance testing;

• Definition of operational policies, processes, and procedures;

• Recruitment of operational teams;

• Design and provision of tailored training programs;

• Preparation of the Operational Readiness Review.

In-depth consultancy on all aspects of Phases E and F:

• Operational and financial risk audit;

• Scenario and contingency planning;

• Spacecraft/payload availability optimization;

• Non-routine operations planning and scheduling;

• Change advisory: risk assessment, change planning, rollback planning, activity deconfliction, scheduling;

• Anomaly review: sequence of events, root cause analysis, remedial and precautionary actions, lessons learnt;

• Decommissioning planning;

• End-of-life de/re-orbit and passivation.

Spacecraft Operations

Space Safety and Space Sustainability

Specific guidance on safety & sustainability matters, including:

• Space environment and space debris;

• Space weather;

• Industry best practices;

• International guidelines and standards;

• Space situational awareness;

• Conjunction assessment and collision avoidance;

• Space traffic coordination;

• Rendezvous and proximity operations;

• Radiofrequency interference mitigation;

• Space debris mitigation;

• Atmospheric re-entry.

Technical advisory on licensing applications and requirements compliance.

Regulatory

Contact us to discuss your need and how we can help you develop spacecraft operations capability and expertise!

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Services to Institutions

SAFE HEAVENS helps national legislative bodies, agencies, and watchdogs develop modern regulatory regimes on matters such:

• Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

• Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST)

• Space Traffic Coordination (STC)

• Space Traffic Management (STM)

• Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO)

• In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing (ISAM)

• Space debris mitigation

• Radiofrequency Interference (RFI)

• Licencing

SAFE HEAVENS also supports international institution in drafting, reviewing, and promoting space safety and space sustainability Guidelines and Standards.