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In - place actuation developerMorpheus Spaceunveiled its first software package product today , a mission pretending and design political platform called Journey .
The product has been under evolution for almost two long time , Morpheus ’ product coach Jim Gianakopoulos said in a late consultation ( and a recent product walkway - through ) . It was borne out of the typical thruster sales operation : customers coming to Morpheus and asking whether the startup ’s lineup of electric propulsion systems could come across their mission requirements . But that appendage is highly technical , disaggregated and manual .
“ We see that that was an inhibiting broker , ” Gianakopoulos pronounce . “ It can be empowering for our users to just give them the locus of control to in reality imitate their entire charge themselves , analyze it and elaborate it and see what propulsion scheme meets [ their ] needs . ”
Journey aggregate all the data that ’s typically distribute out amongst Excel sheet , Python and other system and rapidly spits out a mission and arrangement pattern . In the software system , customers can input custom system measurements , maneuvers , launching date and other requirements . The computer software is plan to be friendly even for untechnical users , with templet for vulgar dimension like satellite size .
Notably , the Journey platform does not just match customers with Morpheus ’ own actuation systems . depend on the deputation requirements , it may also recommend third - party chemical substance actuation systems , as well as unlike subsystems like mental attitude determination and ascendency system and communication .
The first ware on the weapons platform is called Preliminary Mission Design ( PMD ) and the company is also plan on rolling out a gamey fidelity Advanced Mission Design ( AMD ) . The platform is designed to take a customer from the ideation of the commission all the way through even to cease - of - spirit deorbiting operations .
Morpheus has five to six early customers using the PMD product to inform their early mission and system design ; AMD will set up in the next two workweek in a shut beta . Morpheus , which has offices in Germany and El Segundo , California , was found in 2018 . Last September , the startup closed a $ 28 million Series A unit of ammunition led by Alpine Space Ventures .
