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Slingshot Aerospace

operating 51–200 employees

Provides AI-powered space domain awareness, satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and orbital simulation for government and commercial operators.

About

Slingshot Aerospace develops AI-powered space domain awareness and space traffic coordination solutions for government and commercial satellite operators. The company operates the Slingshot Global Sensor Network, a proprietary optical sensor network spanning 20+ sites with 210+ sensors providing day-and-night tracking from LEO to xGEO with over 10 million observations per day.

Core products include the Slingshot Platform for real-time orbital data and analytics, Beacon for conjunction assessment and collision avoidance coordination, Seradata for satellite and launch intelligence with 50,000+ spacecraft records, Agatha AI for anomaly detection in satellite constellation behavior, TALOS AI for adversary simulation and maneuver planning, and Digital Space Twin for 3D orbital visualization and training. The company acquired Numerica's Space Domain Awareness division and Seradata in 2022.

Slingshot serves the U.S. Space Force, DARPA, NASA, NOAA, the UK Space Agency, and commercial operators including Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Eutelsat OneWeb. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Colorado Springs with offices in California, Texas, and the UK.

Products & Services

AI anomaly detection engine that identifies outlier behavior in satellite constellations using pattern-of-life analysis
Space traffic coordination platform for conjunction assessment, collision avoidance, and operator-to-operator messaging
Interactive 3D environment for modeling and visualizing real-time orbital data for operations and training
Proprietary optical sensor network with 210+ sensors across 20+ global sites for day-and-night tracking from LEO to xGEO
Satellite and launch intelligence database with 50,000+ spacecraft records covering mission, financial, and reliability data
Training and education platform for astrodynamics used by the U.S. Space Force
Integrated space intelligence platform providing real-time orbital data, analytics, and AI-powered decision support tools
AI agent for maneuver planning, adversary simulation, and space operations training

Locations

Colorado Springs, CO
El Segundo, CA
Windsor, CO
Austin, TX
Cornwall, GBR

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Overview

Founded 2017
HQ Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Type Private Company

Leadership

Tim Solms
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Humphrys
Chief Operating Officer
Andrea Powers
Chief of Staff
Julio Pekarovic
Chief Financial Officer
Kelli Furrer
Chief Revenue Officer & Chief Marketing Officer
Nik Smith
EVP & GM, International Business Unit
Erik Ekwurzel
Chief Data & Information Officer
Dr. Adrian Thompson
Chief of AI & Data Science
Dr. Belinda Marchand
Chief Science Officer
Audrey Schaffer
SVP, Global Policy and Government Strategy

Classification