Company
A CubeSat team in Tampa.
Horizon Space designs, builds, and flies OrcaSat spacecraft.
Four missions in the committed program: Demo-1, Demo-2, OrcaSat-1, OrcaSat-2. Two more — OrcaSat-3 and OrcaSat-4 — stay gated. Launch is commercial rideshare.
Demo through OrcaSat-2 is a complete program on its own. Work past that is research until a named gate opens.
Logo
Constellation and crescent
The company mark is a constellation under a crescent. Demo-1 uses its own version with an orca.
Program
| Dimension | Detail |
|---|---|
| Missions | Demo-1 → Demo-2 → OrcaSat-1 → OrcaSat-2. OrcaSat-3 and -4 are gated. |
| Avionics | KEEL on OrcaSat-1. Later missions update it instead of starting over. |
| Launch | Commercial rideshare. |
| Budget | Each mission is funded on its own. A failed Demo does not sink OrcaSat-1. |
| Later work | Solar-sail CubeSat at Mars. No date. |
Founder
Michael France runs Horizon Space from Tampa, Florida. He writes the mission docs and builds the hardware.