Space Software

Revolutionizing the speed to space

Years
Days
Hours
Minutes

MAX Flight Software - Cumulative years in space

Max Portal

Configurable Software with Extensive Heritage

Rocket Lab’s industry-leading and flight proven technology in flight software, mission simulation, and Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) are comprehensive space solution spanning launch, spacecraft build, mission design, and operations.

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Proven Flight
Software

Industry-leading commercial flight software platform.

80+ successful across diverse missions.

Versatile

Designed with ALL spacecraft in mind.

Easily configurable and extendible.

SECURE

Hardened against SPARTA
and RMF Cyber Controls

Ground
Operations

Constellation-ready C3 with
automation, scheduling, flight
dynamics, and antenna control.

Scalable

Highly scalable microservices
architecture, easy API integration,
on-prem, or cloud deployments.

SECURE

Supports encryption management,
user authentication and RBAC.

Digital
Engineering

Digital engineering front-end to manage
single vehicle & constellation digital twins
using MAX + ODySSy technology.

Design & Analyze

Design and execute simulations including
Monte Carlo. Test at a unit, system,
and mission scale.

VISUALIZE

Animate and visualize in 2D and 3D
environments using built-in
visualization and API integration.

Design
Validation

A complete spacecraft simulation
environment in STK that embeds a
desktop version of MAX Flight Software.

DYNAMIC

Design and execute simulations including
Monte Carlo. Test at a unit, system,
and mission scale.

Real-time
Decision Making

Rapidly evaluate system trade-offs
and ensure that spacecraft capabilities
and constraints at all phases.

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200+cumulative
years in space
Versatile
designed for
all spacecraft
operating systems
and processors
80+successful
missions

MAX FSW
Space Heritage

50+ Successful Satellite Missions
185+ Years Cumulative On-orbit Operation

  • First Interplanetary Mission (2022)
  • 2 Commercial Imaging
    Spacecraft Launch     (December 2021)
  • Commercial Imaging
    Spacecraft Launch     (November 2021)
  • MAX Autonomy Debuts
    Mission Ops Center Operational     (June 2021)
  • DARPA Mandrake-2 Able & Baker
    Commercial Tech Demo Spacecraft Astro Digital Shasta Tenzing
    Commercial Hosted Payload Spacecraft Spaceflight Sherpa LTE-1     (June 2021)
  • Commercial Image
    Spacecraft Launch     (March 2021)
  • DARPA Launch
    Mandrake-1     (November 2020)
  • 2 Commerical Imaging
    Spacecraft Launch     (August 2020)
  • USAFA FalconSat-8
    Boeing ART-2
    Astro Digital Palisade     (May 2020)
  • MAX Received EAR 9D515 (2019)
  • Commercial Imaging
    Spacecraft Launch     (August 2019)
  • AstroDigital Launch MX-1 (July 2019)
  • USAF AFRL DSX FSW/ODY
    Commercial Imaging Spacecraft     (June 2019)
  • First MAX Satellite
    Electron Launch     (July 2019) Electron Launch Vehicle
  • USAFA FalconSat-6
    USAF STPSat-5
    Astro Digital CORVUS BC-4
    Astro Digital Comm Spacecraft
    Commercial Imaging Spacecraft     (December 2018)
  • Commercial Imaging
    Spacecraft Launch     (November 2018)
  • Astro Digital Launch
    CORVUS BC-3     (January 2018)
  • MAX Enhanced for
    Interplanetary Missions     (2017)
  • SOLIS Expands Internationally (2016)
  • ORBCOMM Launch with ASI FSW/ODySSy
    11 Gen 2 Satellites Launched     (December 2015)
  • SOLIS Target Planner Introduced (2014)
  • ORBCOMM Launch with ASI FSW/ODySSy
    6 Gen 2 Satellites Launched     (July 2014)
  • First SOLIS Release (August 2011)
  • USAFA Launch
    FalconSat-5     (November 2010)
  • ASI/AGI Partnership (2010)
  • ORBCOMM Constellation Awarded
    Provide FSW and ADCS for FalconSat     (2008)
  • TacSat-2 Launch
    With ASI ADCS FSW/ODySSy     (2007)
  • Air Force Agreement
    Provide FSW and ADCS for FalconSat
    Initial Max Development     (2006)
  • TechSat-21 Awarded
    ADCS Design & FSW including ODySSy     (2003)