Leo Aerospace is building a dedicated delivery service for microsatellites. Our mission is to make it as easy to put a microsatellite into space as it is to ship a package across the country.

To achieve this, we’re developing a suite of launch services to reduce lead times by 10x. Opening access to any low earth orbit and providing high launch frequency to support the overwhelming demand. After a series of successful launch tests in 2018, we are poised to launch our first payload to space in 2020.

Existing launch services are not designed to support microsatellites. Moreover, in the next ten years, almost half of all satellites in development are projected to be microsatellites, totaling nearly 10,000.

Because there is no vehicle small enough to serve each company individually, they must rideshare, or hitchhike their way to space. Companies must schedule and place a down payment for launch two years in advance. On average, these launches slip an additional six months. Additionally, these companies only have a few orbits to choose from and must settle for non-optimal destinations or spend six more months moving to the correct orbit. Finally, there aren’t enough launch opportunities to go around.

Most microsatellites are sitting on the shelf, waiting for an opportunity to launch. A few lucky companies raise enough money to survive the incredible lead time and cost of deploying microsatellites. However, many other companies struggle to even get their satellites into space, and unfortunately some never come to fruition.

Leo Aerospace was founded with the mission to develop a launch vehicle for dedicated access to space for microsatellites.

We firmly believe that these microsatellites will define how humanity harnesses space to solve problems here on earth; thus, it is our core tenet that delivery of microsatellites to space should be as easy for a customer as shipping a package across the country.