THE Mercury™ Advantage
is Rapid Reliability™

MERCURY™, our patent-pending computational design platform, transforms satellite development through advanced automation and digital engineering.

Key benefits include:

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    Thousands of mission-optimized bus design options,
generated in minutes
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    Instant payload-bus integrated CAD models for precise integration
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    Instant cost, supply chain lead time, and build schedule insights
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    Automated design optimization enabling rigorous human reviews and
qualification testing
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    Rapid, automated, high fidelity structural engineering (FEM)
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    High programmability for center of gravity, inertia, “must use this subsystem” etc.
With MERCURY™, you realize your payload and mission priorities—cost, schedule, power, performance—with unparalleled flexibility and mission assurance.
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Offerings

All of our services are offered à la carte.
Rapid Custom Satellites & Buses
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    Rapid proposals - we deliver the most comprehensive, reliable, data rich, shortest turn around technical proposal content in the industry
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    Rapid custom satellite design, tailored to your payload & mission
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    Usually delivered in <30 days, FFP, includes a payload/bus integrated CAD, full bus Bill of Materials with lead time, pricing and build schedule visibility, and a comprehensive satellite analysis to deliver the confidence to proceed to ordering.
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    Rapid custom bus and payload integrated satellite assembly and comprehensive environmental qualification
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    Launch brokering, integration, and coordination
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    Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) operations, plus sustained
mission operations
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    LEOP and Ops is provided in house, with our team or can be brokered
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    Licensing and insurance
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    Responsible decommissioning
Rapid Standard Bus Optimization

We offer a novel capability to rapidly optimize the internals of existing
standard bus configurations, using OEM flight heritage parts - or our catalog of industry leading flight heritage parts - to rapidly meet customer requirements with new standard bus configurations on unprecedented timelines. Contact us for more information.

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Rapid Custom Bus Design

With MERCURY™, we can take in very little information about your payload and mission, and usually within 30 days, provide you with the following, all at a Firm Fixed Price (FFP).

Costing and Pricing

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    Satellite, AI&T, Launch, LEOPs, and OPs price

Link Budget

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    Preliminary Link Budget

Mechanical Design

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    Preliminary CAD images showing integrated payload and bus + all subsystems to visualize your chosen design
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    Preliminary mass estimates
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    Preliminary frame design

Orbital and Operations Design

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    Preliminary orbit model, operations plan
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    Preliminary list of LEOPs and ops providers (add on)

Pointing Stability Analysis

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    Preliminary pointing stability / line of sight analysis

Power Analysis

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    Preliminary power budget
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    Battery charging simulation
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    Attitude and power modeling

Structural Model

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    Preliminary launch configuration and/or operational configuration Finite Element Model (FEM)
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    Modeling of launch loads

Systems and Mission Design

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    Analysis of whether mission does or does not close
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    Visualization of all mission closing custom bus designs (10’s to 1000’s)
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    Lead time, AI&T schedule, launch availability estimates for your chosen design
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    Analysis of alternatives for other mission closing designs
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    Preliminary risk matrix with mitigations
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    Preliminary success criteria
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    Preliminary block diagram
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    Preliminary thermal assessment (add on)
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    Preliminary launch options (add on)
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Technical Excellence

We use physics-based simulations, standards-based V&V
and reliability automation, and TRL9 COTS supply chain intelligence to deliver speed and reliability in custom satellite bus design. Our solutions meet the highest industry standards, ensuring compatibility and performance for diverse mission requirements:

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    Compliance with MIL-STD-881F, IPC/WHMA-A-620D-S, NASA-STD-8739, SMC-S-016 (MIL-STD-1540) and NASA/GEVS guidelines
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    Support for all ESPA/ESPA-Grande, SmallSat Rideshare, and dedicated launch configurations
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    Power systems optimized for mission demands
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    Industry 4.0 advanced manufacturing and TRL-9 flight-heritage subsystems
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    Robust supply chain relationships, management and supply chain intelligence, for reliable proposals and scalable production
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    High-throughput data solutions with robust encryption

Visit our Modern Rapid Design and Manufacturing Facility

Based in Los Angeles

Our Modern Design & Manufacturing Center is conveniently located in Downtown LA. We would love to host you on site!

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