Orbital Power, Weather Monitoring Focus of Strategic Partnership
Star Catcher and Mission Space Enter Mutually Beneficial Arrangement
A strategic partnership to advance real-time space weather monitoring and orbital power solutions has been announced by Star Catcher and Mission Space. The collaboration combines Mission Space’s proprietary space weather forecasting technologies with Star Catcher’s innovative Star Catcher Network, an orbital power grid designed to enhance satellite performance by eliminating power constraints.
“Integrating Mission Space’s expertise in space weather forecasting strengthens our ability to deliver reliable power to spacecraft, even during extreme solar events."
Andrew Rush, Star Catcher.
Under this agreement, Mission Space will provide real-time space weather data and predictive models to support the Star Catcher Network, which in turn will deliver additional power to Mission Space’s satellites under a newly signed Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The collaboration aims to boost both performance and resilience in orbit.
At the core of Mission Space’s forecasting capabilities is Zohar, the company’s next-generation space weather payload. Zohar is equipped with advanced spectrometers and Cherenkov detectors that capture high-energy particles in real time, enabling multi-point monitoring of the space radiation environment. This data feeds into Mission Space’s forecasting platform, improving accuracy and situational awareness across low Earth orbit.
The Star Catcher Network provides a first-of-its-kind space-to-space power beaming service. By transmitting concentrated solar energy to clients’ existing onboard solar arrays — with no retrofit required — it allows satellite operators to generate up to five to ten times more power, enabling energy-intensive operations like advanced data processing, extended mission durations, and more capable payloads.
Together, the companies are addressing key challenges in the growing space economy:
Power Reliability: On-demand energy delivery increases operational uptime, improves data throughput, and enables more powerful onboard systems.
Space Weather Resilience: Predictive analytics and real-time space weather data enable adaptive power strategies during solar events, geomagnetic disturbances, and other “stormy” space weather that may affect satellite operations.
“This partnership ensures our constellation will not only perform better but also remain resilient under the most challenging conditions,” said Mary Glazkova, CEO of Mission Space. “Star Catcher’s innovative power solutions complement our mission to provide real-time, actionable space weather insights.”
“Integrating Mission Space’s expertise in space weather forecasting strengthens our ability to deliver reliable power to spacecraft, even during extreme solar events," said Andrew Rush, CEO of Star Catcher. This better positions us to meet the rapidly growing power demands of modern space missions — enabling more ambitious payloads, extended operations, and entirely new classes of capability in orbit.”
Space may not have rain or clouds, but it does have storms — and they can wreak havoc on satellites. With reliable energy from Star Catcher and advanced forecasting from Mission Space, satellite operators can extend mission uptime, proactively respond to space weather events, adapt in real-time, and unlock new levels of performance in orbit.