Orion Space Solutions (Arcfield)

Building on a foundation of fundamental space physics research, we design, develop, assemble, and deploy novel ground-based instruments, space-based sensors, satellites, and sophisticated computer models.

• Orion Space Solutions of Colorado will lead the primary development of the ACMES spacecraft. Including the design and fabrication of the 12U bus and avionics. 
• Arcfield, a U.S. defense and intelligence contractor affiliated with private equity firm Veritas Capital, successfully concluded the acquisition of Orion Space Solutions, 2023-11-29.
• Small satellites aim to fill big shoes for military weather data, SpaceNews, 2024-04-10.
• A Compact High-Resolution Ion & Neutral Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Advanced Space Applications, SmallSat 2024.

• SORTIE (Scintillation Observations and Response of The Ionosphere to Electrodynamics)
• RROCI (EWS RROCI, Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager)
• RROCI-2 (EWS RROCI, Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager)

• ACMES (Active Cooling for Multispectral Earth Sensors)

• DIME (Double-probe Instrumentation for Measuring Electric-fields)
• SIPS (Scanning Imaging Photometer Systems)
• Topside Sounder