Black Swan

Black Swan is the listing name for Blackswan Space, a European company building autonomy tools for satellites. Its two main products are the Mission Design Simulator, known as MDS, and the RPO Kit, a plug and play spacecraft payload for autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations. The company has completed contracts with the European Space Agency to develop both, and works with the University of Luxembourg, the University of Adelaide and TU Delft. MDS is simulation software for prototyping and testing a full space mission in one package. It runs in real time or faster and covers orbital mechanics, rendezvous and docking, moving ground assets, mega constellation design and Monte Carlo analysis. It also supports hardware and software in the loop testing, synthetic visual data generation for machine learning, a Python API, and Matlab and Simulink integration. The RPO Kit uses vision based deep learning for 6DoF pose estimation with onboard processing at 10Hz or more, and the vendor quotes docking accuracy within 4mm and 0.5 degrees. The audience is satellite integrators, operators, researchers and universities. The pricing page lists MDS at $2.3k per user per month, with a free 14 day trial that needs no credit card or registration, and a special offer on request for startups and universities. RPO Kit pricing is not published.