D-Orbit's Unibap-powered In-Orbit Software Demonstration Service
Fastest way from software concept to orbital validation enabled by D-Orbit's cloud-native development tools and practices
Access to Unibap’s iX5 and iX10* AI-accelerated computing platforms to process mission data directly in orbit.
Full access to a complete array of space-qualified sensors and instruments synchronized ensuring spatial and temporal consistency
Unibap iX5 and iX10* edge computer platforms are currently part of D-Orbit’s Software In-Orbit Demonstration service on-board their fleet of ION spacecraft. D-Orbit’s framework allows organizations to develop a prototype of their proprietary application, upload it to ION as a software-defined mission, run it in the space environment, downlink the resulting data, and demonstrate the results. D-Orbit’s infrastructure enables the creation of time-sensitive applications with near-real-time performance capabilities. The flexibility of a software-defined mission allows developers to incrementally refine their applications through multiple iterations, testing and deploying in orbit, significantly reducing development risk and accelerating time-to-market for new space-based services.
*From end of 2025
The service follows industry-standard practices, with applications packaged in Docker containers for a seamless transition from ground-based testing to orbital deployment. This methodology allows technical teams to focus on application functionality through meaningful representative scenarios rather than hardware development, dramatically compressing traditional space mission timelines while gaining flight heritage with a sustainable workflow without the complexity of developing, integrating, and testing custom hardware.
The platform’s versatility supports a wide range of applications, from Earth observation-based analytics to communications optimization, space domain awareness, and emerging future applications, all benefiting from the extensive flight heritage of seasoned D-Orbit service teams, the ION platform and its demonstrated reliability across multiple orbital missions.
