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Our agile, cost-effective commercial space solutions are designed in the U.S. to meet each project’s unique needs and ensure you’re mission-ready, on time, and on budget.
In the commercial space race, every second counts and every decision can make or break a project. To succeed, you need a partner who understands the intense pressure to innovate quickly, deliver efficiently, and perform flawlessly across diverse and often harsh space environments. By leveraging a full spectrum of services from Spirit Electronics — from engineering and component sourcing to design, assembly and rigorous testing — you can get to market faster, stay within budget, and meet mission-specific requirements.
Lead the charge into New Space with confidence in your technology’s performance and reliability with the right support by your side. With Spirit Electronics, projects launch quickly and thrive in orbit, whether for short-term missions or long-term operations.
Don’t just navigate the New Space frontier — lead it with Spirit Electronics.From Fab to Flight
Spirit Electronics New Space Support
- Engineering services from design to foundry to qualification
- MIL-STD testing & screening
- Assembly services from die to circuit board
- Module and subsystem supply, engineering & assembly
- Space-grade components from top OEMs
The New Space Race
New Space changed the production model around space applications and satellite design. Commercial and private space programs have:
- faster production schedules
- lower production budgets
- application-specific mission requirements
- shorter mission lifespans
- a variety of mission environments
Government space and defense agencies have adapted to the New Space boom by increasing partnerships with commercial companies. From launches to space exploration, commercial-government partners must meet high-reliability standards for mission assurance.
Growing Economic Impact
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By 2035, global space will be a $1.8 trillion industry.
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Commercial Space in 2023
- Â 9,691 active satellites in orbit
- Â 2,781 commercial satellites deployed by 190 launches in 1 year
- Â 85% of commercial satellite launches were in the U.S.
New Space Applications
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- Data Collection
- Remote Sensing
- Connectivity
- Navigation
Engineering Services
Design
Spirit’s engineering team has access to extensive IP libraries digital, analog and mixed-signal to support your mission design goals.
Foundry
Spirit has access to Texas Instruments foundries for wafer processing. TI’s foundries support analog and mixed-signal ICs and include radiation hardened manufacturing processes.
Packaging
Whether you need hermetic, ceramic or plastic packaging, Spirit supports IC substrate design, supply and package assembly.
Assembly
Spirit provides circuit card assembly to take you from bill of materials to a finished board ready for launch. Our assembly services also range from kitting to and box builds.
Modules & Subsystems
Spirit supports the supply chain beyond the component level. We can source modules and subsystems from our authorized and franchised supply chain or help you design and build a module for commercial space applications.
Testing
New Space programs manage testing for mission-specific performance requirements to reduce production costs and timelines. How much mission assurance do you need?
Spirit designs your test program around your components and mission requirements. Our MIL-STD-883 test lab performs burn-in, environmental testing, electrical testing, radiation testing and more.
Components
Ep. 62: The Next Chapter in New Space: Jim Cantrell and the Phantom Space Story
In this episode of the Spirit: Behind the Screen podcast, Marti interviews Co-Founder and CEO Jim Cantrell on his history in the space industry and the trajectory of satellite and launch vehicle builder Phantom Space. Jim’s backstory connects the industry’s government space age heritage with the shift to Low-Earth orbit satellite launches and data collection applications among private and commercial launch companies.
Jim and Marti also discuss the value of the Arizona workforce, technology ecosystem and space industry. Phantom Space is headquartered in Tucson, AZ, making space more accessible through satellite manufacturing, their Daytona launch system, and space-data applications.