Vyoma

Vyoma, based in Munich, Germany, specializes in space situational awareness and automated satellite operations.

Vyoma’s key offerings include (1) its provision of space traffic data through its constellation of satellites to monitor space debris and (2) its satellite management service.

As at June 2024, Vyoma was offering its data solutions through its global ground-based network in collaboration with its partners. Furthermore, Vyoma was expected to launch a constellation of satellites to monitor space debris and satellites from low Earth orbit (LEO) to geostationary orbit (GEO). The first generation of satellites was expected to be equipped with optical sensors and would provide continuous space traffic data and support predictive analytics for asset mapping. These sensors would detect anomalous behaviors and potential threats, issuing alerts to defense authorities. The first launches were scheduled for early 2025.

Through its constellation of satellites, Vyoma aims to monitor objects as small as one centimeter in low Earth orbit (LEO), which are currently (as of June 2024) untrackable. It plans to use satellites that are not affected by Earth's weather and can operate in a semi-autonomous surveillance mode.

Vyoma’s satellite management services enable satellite operators to monitor in-orbit satellites and include a collision avoidance dashboard and defense solutions. Vyoma's collision avoidance dashboard offers real-time monitoring and optimal maneuver recommendations, integrating conjunction warnings, ground-station passes, and data from Vyoma's sensor network. Furthermore, Vyoma's defense solutions offer advanced orbit determination services, including continuous space surveillance and an early warning system for detecting satellite maneuvers and new objects. The service provides on-demand tracking, improved orbit estimates, and timely anomaly warnings.

Vyoma offers flexible monitoring tiers, catering from single satellites to large constellations.

Key customers and partnerships

Notable partnerships include a collaboration with EnduroSat, Bulgarian cubesat specialist, to develop Europe's first commercial mission for in-situ Space Situational Awareness (SSA) using ESPA microsatellites to be deployed in LEO (August 2023). As of June 2024, the company was also partnered with Aerospacelab for a contract for a microsatellite, whereby Aerospacelab would supply its Versatile Satellite Platform-50 (VSP-50) to house Vyoma’s second Space Situational Awareness (SSA) optical payload. Additionally, Aerospacelab would handle the mission’s manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing service (June 2024).

Notably, it also secured two space launches by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) when it won two of DLR’s Small Satellite Competitions.