📉 The Problem

Astronauts spend 100 hours per week on routine maintenance in the ISS, costing $150,000 an hour—or $15M per week.

And for the 10+ stations and 5+ crewed vehicles set to replace the ISS by 2030, safety is not optional.

Tasks like video production, logistics management, CO2/ammonia leak detection, and maintenance spacewalks are still performed manually, at high-risk and high-cost.

And 6-9 month un-crewed periods offer a unique opportunity for novel remote revenue streams

💡 Our Solution

Orbital Entertainment Supply (ORBES) is building ORB—the first commercial free-flying drone for station inspection and cinematic filming.

ORB enables 24/7 filming and live monitoring, saving $100M+ per station annually. Both inside, and soon outside large space vehicles.

About Us

🌐 ORBES Website

👥 Founders

👥Founding Engineers

Name: Anna Shaposhnik

Title: CEO

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Email me: [email protected]

Bio:

Formerly Marketing at Orbit Fab and multimedia lead at USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (the team that built the highest & fastest student built rocket to space)
Filmed with for IMAX screen, developed VR experiences, branding for 3 rocket campaigns, product consultant for Mattel
USC Iovine & Young Academy - BSc Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation

Name: Gavin Yam

Title: Simulations Engineer

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Bio:

MEng @ UC Berkeley, B.S. Aerospace @ CPP Honeywell International Intern

Name: Donovan Ngum

Title: Propulsion Engineer

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Bio:

5 Aerospace internships before graduating from NC State. Formerly Vast, Hermeus, and Benchmark Space Systems

L to R: at ORB Critical Design Review - John Uy, Andrew Liu, Gavin Yam, Simon Vo, Lukas Patruskey, Walid-Al Muhtaseb, Nicholas Lototsky, Anna Shaposhnik, Sergio Lucero, Tim Smith, James Bultitude, Derek Liu

👁 The Vision

ORBES is on a mission to:

Film the first American space station blockbuster
Let anyone on Earth pilot a drone in space
Protect astronaut lives with quality inspection inside & outside the station