Every new space mission runs into the same wall: physics and fragility. Physics, because the speed of light and contested spectrum make real-time decision-making from the ground impossible when you need it most. Fragility, because modern space systems are software-defined, interconnected, and therefore exposed to radiation-induced faults, cascading anomalies and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

The consequence is simple: if your spacecraft or orbital data center must “ask Earth” before it acts, you’re already late.

The next competitive moat in space is Earth-independent operations, putting artificial intelligence capabilities next to the data so assets can detect, predict and act without waiting for a downlink. This essential architecture can be framed as three capabilities that

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