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ANT61
Australian space-robotics company developing autonomous in-orbit satellite servicing and repair robots, using reinforcement learning trained on AWS to control manipulation in orbit. Its first shipped product, the Beacon, is a satellite mission-assurance subsystem providing independent two-way communication via the Iridium constellation, real-time anomaly diagnostics and recovery of tumbling or failed satellites; it has flown since a February 2024 launch on DLR's MAPHEUS-14 sounding rocket and maintained comms through rapid spin and re-entry plasma. In June 2026 ANT61 delivered Beacon hardware to a US defence systems integrator for a US Space Force flight scheduled for Q1 2027, its first US defence mission, with follow-on missions anticipated through 2027. Founder Mikhail Asavkin previously worked on the GLONASS satellite navigation system; the company went through Techstars in 2023.
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Beacon
- Independent two-way satellite communication, real-time anomaly diagnostics and recovery capabilities in a single subsystem, operable even during primary system failures
Mission-assurance functions the device provides to a host satellite
Claim source - Maintained communications through rapid spin and re-entry plasma on the DLR MAPHEUS-14 sounding-rocket flight
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