📉 The Problem

Space is going to be industrialized in this decade. Billions are flowing into private stations to replace the ISS, Golden Dome security satellites, and space data centers, yet the ability to maintain them at scale is sorely lacking.

Currently, astronauts spend 100 hours per week on manual maintenance, costing $130,000 an hour—or $15M per week. Tasks like filming public engagement video, logistics management, CO2/ammonia leak detection, and maintenance spacewalks are still performed manually, at high-risk and high-cost.

Furthermore, the Space Force and NRO struggle to have domain awareness for their satellites. It’s hard to verify if their satellite deployed properly, was hit by space debris, or is being dazzled by an adversary without actually seeing it.

💡 Our Solution

Dual-Use Robots, ORB & exoORB

Automate routine work inside space stations

Spot problems outside stations & natsec satellites

ORBES is training space robots on Earth for a fraction of the cost.

Our first product ORB is a free-flying robot for space station interior media capture and item logistics. We provide it as a Robot-as-a-Service, along with a mission-planning dashboard to operate ORB semi-autonomously.

Our future product exoORB is a cubesat with cold gas thrusters for exterior inspection. Small ORBs can ride along with giant national security satellites, then deploy and orbit as physical security to counter threats like space debris or adversary attacks.

ORB robot model on our in-house air-bearing table

🌐 ORBES Website

👥 Leadership

Name: Anna Shaposhnik

Title: CEO

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Name: Paul Walllingford

Title: CTO

Email:

[email protected]

Bio:

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

Bio:

EECS-trained. 20+ years in IT, Security, Robotics, Electronics, Machining projects.
Former CTO for HD streaming technology
Top placer in AFRL’s Hack-A-Satellite

👁 The Vision

ORBES robot become the backbone of space infrastructure construction and maintenance. ORBs are as common in space as drones are on Earth.