- Founded
- Country
- 2018
- USA
- Funding
- N/A
- Previous Names
- Orbital Assembly
- Website
- https://abovespace.com/
Product/Service - Archimedes
- Classification
- Space Utilities
- Category
- Space Solar Power
Power Beaming
Hosted Payloads
- Fields
- Space Solar Power
Wireless Power Transfer
- Status
- Early stage
- First launch
- 2026
Archimedes
- Solar panels
- Beamed and remote power
- Telecommunications
- Edge computing
- Orbital manufacturing
- Servicing and assembly
- High-resolution imaging
On-Orbit Manufacturing of Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics, 2023 SBIR Phase I
- Above: Space Development and Electric Sky successfully tested their first rapidly deployable, free-flying on-orbit platform, Archimedes, serving as an orbital system for solar panels, beamed power, and electronically steerable antenna arrays for communications and monitoring, as well as other space infrastructure functions.
- The ability to beam Megawatt (MW) power levels from ground to orbit fulfills a vital need for future space industry initiatives.
- Archimedes is a significant new technology for energy-intensive, on-orbit manufacturing, communications, and other commercial activities, as well as organizations focused on phased domain communications, C3 capabilities, and tactical applications.
- “Electricity is plentiful and cheap here on the ground but scarce and expensive in space; we remedy that imbalance,” says Robert Millman, CEO of Electric Sky. “In this lab-bench test, El-Sky wirelessly powered a laser carried by Archimedes, which can be scaled to enable ‘electrical substations’ in space.”
- Millman explains the benefits. “Civilization is sometimes measured in kilowatts, and current spacecraft have too little power. Our ground transmitter uses radio waves to move low power through the lower atmosphere, then self-focuses those waves at high altitude to deliver higher power to a space platform. Combining this transmission technique with Archimedes’ rapid deployment and versatility makes megawatts available for high-power electric propulsion, active sensors, edge computing, directed energy, power-relay to cislunar space, in-space construction, and other uses.”
Prometheus
- On orbit imaging including Lunar and Earth imaging
- On orbit data processing
- Up to 150U payload capacity
- Advanced commercial space capabilities
- Pressurized volumes (a key requirement for ISS payload replacement)
- Myriad of technology and commercial opportunities
- Multiple platforms are available for launch each year
- Agility to work jointly in a constellation of platforms
OrbitsEdge Partners with Above Space to Revolutionize Space Computing, 2025-05-08.
- OrbitsEdge has partnered with Above: Orbital Inc to launch their Edge1 radiation-shielded computational platform payload on the upcoming Prometheus SparkTM mission.
- The Edge1 platform, integrated into Above’s Prometheus spacecraft, will enable real-time sensor data processing in orbit.
- The Edge1 by OrbitsEdge features two redundant systems each containing a Central Processing Unit, Arithmetic Logic Units, Neural Processing Unit, Internal memory, External Storage, and radiation shielding. This robust architecture ensures reliable operation in space.
- The mission is currently scheduled to fly NET Q1 2026.
Hosted Payload
Status Comment
Initial focus on hosted payloads. as of September 2025.
Notes
Product/Service - Pioneer-class Space Station, Voyager-class Space Station
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
Commercial Space Station
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Robotic Space Station
- Fields
- Large Space Structures
Space Construction Company
Automated Microgravity Laboratory
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2024
The first large scale Space Construction Company designed to build any structure in space quickly and with precision.
Our long term goal is to create a powerful space construction industry able to complete any sized projects ranging from LEO to lunar orbit. Orbital Assembly will become a buyer of space construction equipment from engineering firms all over the world producing machines and tools designed for Space: Fabrication, Assembly and Construction (FAC).
- Over the last three years, Orbital Assembly completed schematic design of the Voyager-class™ station and Pioneer-class™ space platforms, and the OASIS™ habitation module. The company has signed agreements with dozens of partners, vendors, and future customers.
- The company is also pursuing a number of Small Business Administration projects (SBIR) with multiple agencies in the Department of Defense.
- Orbital Assembly offers consulting services to assist these customers in preparing for use of our orbital assets and fly payload on the first Pioneer-class station, with planned initial operation within 30 months contingent on funding.
- The Pioneer-class Station will be our first free-flying space craft and accommodate up to 54 people. This hybrid-gravity space station, used for commercial operations, is designed for variable artificial gravity operation, providing the opportunity for long term habitation.
MISSE-19
- Above: Space Development Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Above: Orbital, will be testing the performance and durability of its proprietary materials in low orbit, aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the upcoming Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE-19) mission in March, flown by SpaceX Dragon resupply mission, SPX-30.
- Above: Orbital is developing adaptable, space-based microgravity platforms for government and commercial customers.
- Among the materials that ABOVE is testing include those that may be used on its Archimedes Orbital System, a first rapidly deployable, free-flying on-orbit platform, which is in development. Archimedes is intended to serve as an orbital system for solar panels, beamed power, and electronically steerable antenna arrays for communications and monitoring, as well as other space infrastructure functions.
- Other materials to be tested include resins, polymers data and several customer payloads including electronics, and experimental seeds.
- Since 2001, the MISSE series has tested some 4,000 material samples and specimens — from lubricants and paints to fabrics, container seals and solar cell technologies — to demonstrate their durability in the punishing space environment.
MISSION STATUS:
- Payloads installed on the exterior of ISS to the MISSE Flight Facility.
- Apr 10, 2024 - Sample carrier opened to the space environment.
Hosted Payload . SPARK
ARCHIMEDES
- Solar panels
- Beamed and remote power
- Telecommunications
- Edge computing
- Orbital manufacturing
- Servicing and assembly
- High-resolution imaging
Status Comment
Materials testing experiment MISSE-19 launched in 2024. In-space assembly manufacturing activities have not yet been demonstrated.
Created: 2019-01-22
Updated: 2025-09-06
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