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Rogue Space Systems Corporation

Rogue Space Systems is a US space infrastructure company building autonomous Orbots for payload hosting, in-space compute, inspection, and orbital logistics.

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Overview

Rogue Space Systems Corporation is an American space infrastructure company headquartered in Laconia, New Hampshire. Founded in 2020, the company describes itself as building "the intelligent backbone of space operations" — an autonomous, extensible infrastructure layer for the orbital economy. Its core product family is the Orbot™ line of orbital robots, designed to perform proximity operations, payload hosting, satellite inspection, and in-space logistics across low Earth orbit and beyond. Rogue positions itself as the last-mile delivery and logistics network for the space industry, serving commercial operators, defense agencies, and research institutions. Rogue's service portfolio spans payload hosting, space domain awareness, in-space logistics, and orbital data centers. Payload hosting allows customers to fly hardware sensors or software applications on Rogue's Orbot spacecraft without building their own satellite; Rogue handles integration, launch, operations, and data delivery. Space domain awareness offers multi-range, multi-phenomenological resident space object (RSO) characterization. In-space logistics covers last-mile cargo delivery, orbital transfer, and supply-chain support. Orbital data centers provide edge processing and hosted workloads powered by Rogue's Scalable Compute Platform (SCP). On the product side, Rogue offers the Scalable Compute Platform, a flight-demonstrated flexible compute platform for spacecraft. SCP provides a full Linux high-performance computing environment, enabling customers to containerize and move terrestrial software workflows to orbit for onboard inference, payload-data triage, compression, and mission-specific processing. SCP Gen 2 is flight-proven on the OTP-2 mission, and SCP Gen 3 — described as a 248 TOPS space-qualified micro data center — is built and scheduled to launch in Q1 2027 aboard OTP-2B. Rogue has flown two missions to date. Barry-1 launched on 2023-11-11 and is listed as complete. OTP-2 launched on 2025-03-14 and is active, with NORAD ID 63235. The company's mission pipeline includes OTP-2B (Q1 2027), OTP-3 (Q4 2027), Orbot-1 and Orbot-2 (Q2 2028), and Orbot™-3 / Waypoint™-1 (Q2 2029). Rogue's leadership team includes CEO Brook Leonard, President and Chief Strategy Officer Jon Beam, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Michael Pica, Chief Revenue Officer David Franklin, and EVP of Operations Danielle Wheeler. The company operates from its headquarters, engineering center, and spacecraft manufacturing facility in Laconia, New Hampshire, and works with customers and partners worldwide.

History

Rogue Space Systems Corporation was founded in 2020 with the conviction that the growing orbital economy needs an infrastructure layer — autonomous, extensible, and built for scale. The company established its headquarters, engineering center, and spacecraft manufacturing facility in Laconia, New Hampshire, and set out to design, build, and fly spacecraft that operate as the last-mile delivery and logistics network for the space industry. The company's core technology is the Orbot™ line of orbital robots, designed to perform proximity operations, payload hosting, satellite inspection, and in-space logistics across low Earth orbit and beyond. Rogue's first mission, Barry-1, launched on 2023-11-11 and is listed as complete. Its second mission, OTP-2, launched on 2025-03-14 and is active, with NORAD ID 63235. OTP-2 serves as the flight-proven platform for SCP Gen 2, Rogue's Scalable Compute Platform. Rogue's service portfolio has expanded to include payload hosting, space domain awareness, in-space logistics, and orbital data centers. Payload hosting lets customers fly hardware sensors or software applications on Rogue's Orbot spacecraft without building their own satellite, with Rogue handling integration, launch, operations, and data delivery. Space domain awareness provides multi-range, multi-phenomenological RSO characterization. In-space logistics covers last-mile cargo delivery, orbital transfer, and supply-chain support. Orbital data centers provide edge processing and hosted workloads powered by SCP. On the product side, Rogue offers the Scalable Compute Platform (SCP), a flight-demonstrated flexible compute platform for spacecraft. SCP provides a full Linux high-performance computing environment, enabling customers to containerize and move terrestrial software workflows to orbit for onboard inference, payload-data triage, compression, and mission-specific processing. SCP Gen 2 is flight-proven on OTP-2 today. SCP Gen 3 — a 248 TOPS space-qualified micro data center — is built and launches in Q1 2027 aboard OTP-2B. Rogue's mission pipeline extends through the late 2020s: OTP-2B (Q1 2027), OTP-3 (Q4 2027), Orbot-1 and Orbot-2 (Q2 2028), and Orbot™-3 / Waypoint™-1 (Q2 2029). The company has flown two missions and is building a growing fleet. Its customers include commercial operators, defense agencies, and research institutions who need reliable, cost-effective access to in-space services. Rogue's leadership team includes CEO Brook Leonard, President and Chief Strategy Officer Jon Beam, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Michael Pica, Chief Revenue Officer David Franklin, and EVP of Operations Danielle Wheeler. The company works with customers and partners worldwide from its Laconia, New Hampshire base.

  • Rogue Space Systems founded

  • Barry-1 mission launched (complete)

  • OTP-2 mission launched and active; SCP Gen 2 flight-proven

  • OTP-2B planned launch with SCP Gen 3 (248 TOPS space-qualified micro data center)

  • OTP-3 planned launch; hardware and software hosting available

  • Orbot-1 and Orbot-2 planned launch

  • Orbot™-3 / Waypoint™-1 planned launch

Products and positioning

Building the intelligent backbone of space operations — the logistics and infrastructure layer of the orbital economy.

  • Orbot™ orbital robots

    Orbital robots designed for proximity operations, payload hosting, satellite inspection, and in-space logistics across LEO and beyond.

  • Scalable Compute Platform (SCP)

    Flight-demonstrated flexible compute platform for spacecraft, providing a full Linux HPC environment for onboard inference, payload-data triage, compression, and mission-specific processing. SCP Gen 2 is flight-proven on OTP-2; SCP Gen 3 is a 248 TOPS space-qualified micro data center launching Q1 2027 on OTP-2B.

  • Payload Hosting

    Fly hardware sensors or software applications on Rogue's Orbot spacecraft without building your own satellite; Rogue handles integration, launch, operations, and data delivery.

  • Space Domain Awareness

    Multi-range, multi-phenomenological RSO characterization.

  • In-Space Logistics

    Last-mile cargo delivery, orbital transfer, and supply-chain support for the space economy.

  • Orbital Data Centers

    Edge processing, hosted workloads, and in-space compute powered by the Scalable Compute Platform.

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