Lightspeed Space

Comprehensive engineering support for space vehicles, covering the entire lifecycle from early concept design and detailed thermal modeling through testing, qualification, and active flight operations.

• Vehicle Thermal Design

  Designing heater placement, sensor location, multi-layer insulation layups, heatpipe layouts, and active thermal control components to optimize subsystem thermal performance.

• Thermal Modeling & Simulation

  Creating thermal models from conceptual sketches or detailed CAD, conducting independent model audits, simplifying runtimes, and integrating disparate models into unified environments.

• Vehicle Configuration & Trade Studies

  Evaluating multiple configurations to accommodate subsystem constraints in loads, stress, and dynamics while executing trade studies to balance mass, cost, and scheduling.

• Environmental & Flight Qualification Testing

  Formulating test plans, defining ground instrumentation, and determining test heater sizing to safeguard equipment and verify system requirements.

• On-Console Flight Support

  Providing active on-console support during spacecraft operations, managing real-time flight plan adjustments, and interfacing with partner teams.

• Post-Processing & Thermal Data Management

  Deploying processing tools to analyze large thermal test, analysis, and flight datasets, delivering results in clear media formats.