Space Rider Capabilities
Space Rider offers a unique set of capabilities and services to potential customers who wish to utilise the benefits of microgravity and exposure to the space environment, as well as to perform in-orbit demonstrations, validations and servicing of technologies and applications. A unique capability of the Space Rider System is the ability to return the dedicated payloads back to Earth.
Possible Applications for Science and Technology Research
Below it will be shown non-exhaustive list of the Scientific and Technology Research fields that may benefit from the Space Rider services.
Cell Culture
- Regenerative Medicine – Organ Transplant
- Regenerative Medicine – Micoograns
- Regenerative Medicine – Stem Cells
- Stem Cell Biology
- Tissue Chips
- Accelerated Disease Models – Cell Culture
- Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs) – Cell Culture
- Vaccine Production – Cell Culture
- Infectious Disease
Large Molecule Crystallization
- MCG
- mAbs – Crystallization
- Vaccine Production – Crystallization
Microoganisms
- Microorganisms
- Secondary Metabolites
- Plant Microbes
- Biofilms / Corrosion
3D Bioprinting
Accelerated Disease Models – Rodents
Medical Devices
Deposition
- Electrodeposition
- Laser Annealing
- CVD
- MBE
- ALD
- Spraying and Coating
Formulation
- Mixing/Emulsifying
- Lyophilization
- Polymerization
- Flow Chemistry
Furnace Crystallization
3D Printing
Metal combustion
Shelf life
Fluid Dynamics
Thermal Transport
Interfacial Studies
Separations
Visible
NIR/SWIR
Thermal IR
RADAR
RF
Satellite Deployment
In Orbit Assembly
In Orbit Services
Transportation System
Space Rider can act as a transportation vehicle to support commercial service provider facilities and capabilities in orbit, such as hosting third-party experiments or end-user applications, or delivering and retrieving payloads from other platforms
Qualification System
Space Rider can perform in-orbit demonstrations and validations of technologies developed for domains such as in-orbit services and close proximity operations. Space Rider can perform orbital manoeuvres and maintain specific altitudes for the release of small satellites or cubesats.
ISS Complement
Space Rider can offer an alternative or complementary option to the International Space Station (ISS), which is expected to be decommissioned in the next decade. Space Rider can provide more flexibility, autonomy and privacy for customers, as well as reduced safety constraints and factors compared to human spaceflight.
Microgravity as a Service
Space Rider can provide a platform that supports a wide range of life and physical science applications in microgravity, such as pharmaceutical or biological research. Space Rider can offer different levels of microgravity quality, from standard to extreme, depending on the payload needs and the vehicle attitude.
In-Orbit Servicing
Space Rider can enable in-orbit services and close-proximity operations, such as Earth monitoring, satellites inspection, life-extension, de-orbiting, refurbishment, assembly and manufacturing. Space Rider can be equipped with visual markers, mechanical interfaces and robotic arms to perform cooperative and prepared interactions with other platforms
