Third Planet Orbital

Third Planet Orbital (TPO) in the UK addresses needs apparent in the space industry. The business is directly part of that which the UK government has identied as being of strategic importance, and also with regards to regional development and benecial socio-economic benets (especially high tech employment and retention). A trusted enabler for commercial space technology and missions. Supplying standardised buses that are understood, tested and veried, and the means to access those buses within a customer’s design phase (FlatSat digital provision): enabling shorter lead times, lower build costs and condence that operationally platforms will perform as expected without imparting additional burden to missions. By extracting value from the methods used by the Classic Space industry (heritage methods) technology may be created, tested and veried to standards not normally realisable in the New Space domain.