Red Canyon Engineering & Software

Exploring Other Planets, Improving Our Own

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About the firm

Red Canyon Engineering & Software is a Colorado-based engineering and software development firm specializing in flight software, spacecraft systems engineering, and aerospace technology for space exploration missions and renewable energy programs. It supports NASA, DOD, NOAA, NREL, and JPL, as well as prime contractors such as Lockheed Martin Space, Raytheon, Sierra Space, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Ball Aerospace.

Firm type
Aerospace Engineering · Software Engineering

Capabilities

Flight Software Development

Development of flight software for spacecraft.

  • Embedded Software
  • Control Systems
  • Mission-critical Applications

Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)

Mechanical Design

Structural Analysis

Systems Engineering

  • Requirements And Design
  • System Integration
  • Test Throughout The Spacecraft Mission Lifecycle

FPGA Design & Verification

Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C)

Spacecraft Operations, Command & Control

  • Spacecraft Telemetry Analysis
  • Health Assessment
  • Command And Control Systems

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) Testing

Spacecraft Assembly, Integration, Test & Evaluation (AITE)

Dynamic Spacecraft Simulators

Industries

Aerospace · Defense · Federal · Power Generation

Projects

Stardust

Project details

First spacecraft to return cometary sample and extraterrestrial material from outside the Moon's orbit.

OSIRIS-REx

Project details

First US mission to successfully collect a sample from an asteroid (Bennu).

NASA Artemis

Project details

Human lunar exploration program including HLS and Artemis I/II missions.

Mars Perseverance Rover

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