"Since the cold war, human kind has launched satellites to observe the planet and the universe, but also to communicated and deliver services like Direct TV. However, to complete their commercial or scientific mission, satellites are always required to be able to change their orientation over time (e.g. imaging cities, relay telecommunication signals, etc.). Satellites need to be able to point various targets on the Earth or other location in the Universe. For a satellite to move from one target and/or object to the other, it needs to be put in rotation. Unfortunately changing the orientation of a Satellite is not instantaneous and takes time before it is completed and stabilized. During the rotation movement the satellite usually cannot complete observation tasks and has thus some “down-time” that does not offer a valuable return. High performance attitude control technologies, referred as ""Control Moment Gyroscope"" reduce this down-time. Unfortunately, this technology is not easily available on the market, is very expensive and tailored only to large satellite designs (1,000 kg to 3,000 kg). Only 1% of all satellite built and launch are thus equipped with such technology.
This is an important problem for society because satellites are the only tool that deliver un-filtered insight to decision makers. They are the eyes in the sky that looks at things from above without having to risk any human life. If they are inefficient doing their job, then decision makers are also inefficient making decision. VEOWARE SPACE is a start-up company, focused on the Space Sector, currently designing and developing an affordable miniaturized version of Control Moment Gyroscopes for all future satellite to come. This technology will allow satellite to be more efficient in monitoring our planet, more capable to screen the universe and faster to collect the science required to understand our environment.
The overall objectives of the DACTREOC project were to:
1. Develop the business plan with the complete Customer-Supplier chain
2. Identify and review the risks to be mitigated within the technology Supply Chain
3. To understand the regulatory background of the technology"
