TransAstra Corporation

Orbital logistics: Unleashing space industry, from Earth to asteroids

Y CombinatorSummer 2021ActiveIndustrialsAviation and SpaceSpace Exploration

What they do

Problem

Space operations and industrialization are limited by expensive, inflexible propulsion and inadequate capability to find and characterize resource-rich asteroids and orbital debris.

Solution

TransAstra provides sunlight-powered Omnivore propulsion and related orbital transfer vehicles plus the Sutter Telescope System to enable low-cost orbital logistics and asteroid/debris detection.

Who it's for

Space industry operators such as satellite companies, space agencies, and in-space resource or debris-removal ventures.

Founders

Joel Sercel

Founder

An engineer of several disciplines and a pioneer with a proven track record in innovation, team leadership, technical architectural design, software design, systems engineering,space mission design, space propulsion technology, satellite design, enterprise process engineering, training, teaching, and public speaking. PhD in space propulsion and plasma physics from Caltech. Have successfully built and led teams ranging in size from two people to over 100.