Nextage LLC

The Next Age in systems engineering.

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About the firm

Nextage provides avionics and aerospace systems engineering services, including flight harness design and manufacturing, integration and testing, and spacecraft systems engineering. The practice supports satellite, instrument, and deep-space missions with comprehensive capabilities in automated electrical ground support equipment (EGSE), hardware-in-the-loop simulators, environmental test engineering, and mission operations support.

Firm type
Aerospace Engineering · Electrical Engineering

Credentials

8739.4 Certified (cable and harness workmanship)

Capabilities

Electrical Systems Engineering

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Systems engineering services for spacecraft, payload, and instrument electrical systems.

  • Electrical Circuit Design & Test

    Custom electrical circuit design, modeling, schematic development, and board-level testing.

  • Harness Analysis & Design

    Flight harnessing analysis, CAD drafting, and detailed definition of flight wire harnesses.

Integration and Test

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Comprehensive payload and spacecraft assembly, integration, and environmental testing.

  • Environmental Test Engineering

    Testing across electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electrostatic cleanliness, magnetics, and thermal vacuum environments.

Automated Test & Simulation Systems

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Hardware and software development for flight simulators and automated electrical ground support equipment (EGSE).

  • Automated Electrical Test Equipment Development

    Design and development of hardware and software for automated electrical test equipment.

  • Spacecraft and Payload Simulator Design & Development

    Simulators designed to mimic interface behaviors for system-level flight qualification testing.

Ground Systems & Mission Operations

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Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

  • Mission Planning

    Support includes Mission planning.

  • Ground Software Development

    Support includes ground software development.

  • Complete Mission Operations Support

    Support includes complete mission operations support.

  • Work In This Area Is Organized Into Supported Delivery Tasks

    Support includes Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

Industries

Space · Aerospace · Federal

Projects

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)

Space

Project details

Provided subject matter expertise for spacecraft power systems, electrical ground support equipment, flight harnessing, and electrical systems. Developed a dual-axis gimbal command and telemetry ground system.

Landsat 9 and Landsat NeXt

Space

Project details

Delivered electrical systems engineering, integration and test support, launch support, and instrument EMC services for Landsat 9. Developed electrical systems and environmental requirements, including SOW and CDRL definitions, for the Landsat NeXt spacecraft and instrument suite.

Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS)

Space

Project details

Provided electrical systems engineering, instrument and systems integration and testing, mission architecture, mission operations, ground systems, harness definition, and EMI/EMC compliance. Executed electrostatic and magnetic cleanliness programs, developed test software and procedures, performed PSPICE circuit modeling, AutoCAD drafting, OrCAD schematic development, and LabVIEW development.

Mars Sample Return (MSR/CCRS)

Space

Project details

Led electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) development for the avionics and jettison electronics.