Case Studies
The Teams Proving It With Us
Science groups and hardware builders are already on the manifest. Here is what they came to prove, and what flying with SSCo gives them.
Why They Fly
Real Conditions Are the Difference Between Working and Dead on Arrival
Nearly 1 in 5 small satellites are dead on arrival, and the leading cause is hardware that was never tested in real space conditions before launch. A suborbital flight with us costs a fraction of an orbital mission and catches those failures before they get expensive. For teams building toward orbit, flying with us is not just an experiment. It is insurance.
Our customers do not book one flight. They book a development programme. Most fly with us three to four times. Prove, learn, refly.
Featured Case, Hardware
MetaKosmos
MetaKosmos needed real flight conditions to validate their hardware without waiting years for an orbital slot. Mini Meggs gives them a path to genuine microgravity, in Australia, on a timeline they can plan around.
"An opportunity to test in microgravity conditions in Australia is what we have been looking for."
Kiriti Rambhatla, MetaKosmos.
Case Grid
Science and Hardware
Science
Affordable, recurring microgravity makes research fundable. "The best parabolic flight quote I got was $150K. Your $20K price point makes it actually possible. That's something I can justify in a grant." Kate Poole, Associate Professor, UNSW School of Biomedical Sciences.
Hardware
MetaKosmos, Waratah Space, and Orbit2Orbit, on the manifest.
In Conversation
Southwest Research Institute and NASA Flight Opportunities. SRI run active microgravity research programmes and need 3 to 4 minutes of quality microgravity. Parabolic flight does not give them enough time, orbital is too expensive and too slow, and an affordable recurring source simply has not existed.
Why SSCo
What Flying With Us Gives You
A Gentle Ride
Liquid bipropellant engines are far gentler on payloads than the solid and hybrid engines used by every other commercial sounding rocket service. Sensitive hardware, biology, and complex instruments have a home on Mini Meggs.
Your Hardware Back in Days
Full payload recovery means it is in your hands within a few days, ready for analysis and the next iteration.
A Price That Makes Sense
Dedicated missions start at $100K, roughly a tenth of any competing commercial sounding rocket service. Rideshare from $30K, which does not exist anywhere else on a sounding rocket.
A Partner That Grows With You
The customers flying with us today are the ones we expect to take to orbit on Ginger Meggs. No need to find a new launch partner when you grow.
On the Manifest
Flying With Us Today
MetaKosmos, Waratah Space, and Orbit2Orbit. Partner logos to be added.
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