Program 01
Aperture Backbone
Continuous metal backbones and rim members for large communications, sensing, and radar apertures that currently rely on segmented deployment.
Initiate a study
Application programs
Start with the member that changes the mission.
Ogun evaluates programs where one continuous, qualified orbital-made metal component can remove a disproportionate amount of deployment complexity, launch volume, or repair risk.
Program portfolio
High-value structural applications.
The program list is commercial targeting, not a claim that these systems have been deployed. Each concept begins with a paid design and qualification study.
Program 02
Power Spine
Long-duration trusses and load paths for large solar arrays, power-beaming systems, thermal radiators, and orbital utility platforms.
Initiate a study
Program 03
Repair Rail
Standardized replacement beams, brackets, and reinforcement members for spacecraft life extension, anomaly recovery, and on-orbit servicing.
Initiate a study
Program 04
Observatory Frame
Stable metering structures and segmented support frames for telescopes that exceed the volume or assembly limits of a single launch.
Initiate a study
Program 05
Lunar Foundry
A research pathway for processing variable lunar-derived feedstock into inspected metal stock and progressively qualified structures.
Research collaboration
Program 06
Mars Forge
A long-horizon architecture for local structural production, spares, and infrastructure growth where Earth resupply is delayed and expensive.
Research collaboration
Selection logic
A program must earn orbit.
Not every part should be manufactured in space. A candidate application must show a credible advantage after accounting for launch, payload integration, power, thermal management, robotic operations, inspection, and qualification.
Ogun prioritizes structures where eliminating a deployment architecture or enabling a new aperture class creates enough mission value to absorb the early cost of orbital manufacturing.
Design-study outputs
What a partner receives.
A standard application study creates a concrete decision package rather than a speculative concept deck.
Architecture comparisonLaunch-and-deploy versus orbital-manufacture baselineStudy output
Structural requirementsLoads, stiffness, fatigue, thermal, geometry, and interfacesStudy output
Process envelopeAlloy, wire, cross-section, deposition, field, and cooling requirementsStudy output
Qualification matrixCoupons, NDE, allowables, fracture control, and acceptance gatesStudy output
Mission conceptPlatform, robotics, power, operations, transfer, and assembly conceptStudy output
EconomicsCost, risk, schedule, launch-volume savings, and scaling assumptionsStudy output
Program filter
The first orbital-made structural member should not be the biggest structure imaginable. It should be the smallest member that removes the largest mission constraint.