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A new mission planning mindset for driving mission success
Posted Wed Mar 12 2025
Success in space is definitely hard, but it doesn’t have to be as difficult as a lot of us make it. It’s all in the prep and the mindset. Underestimating the complexities of mission planning and sticking to the status quo –stubbornly relying on a patchwork of legacy tools, outdated analysis software, and manual workflows – is having a stifling effect on emerging capabilities in LEO and their positive impact on life on Earth. Today, though, there are solutions to ensure a mission launched returns as a mission accomplished. go
ANT Partners with Pinkmatter to Fix EO Calibration
Posted Wed Nov 20 2024
Ascending Node Technologies (ANT), the company behind the Spaceline mission planning tool, announced a new partnership today with Pinkmatter, an EO data management company. go
Ascending Node Technologies and Pinkmatter Collaborate for Picture-Perfect Earth Imagery
Posted Wed Nov 20 2024
Alliance enables observation spacecraft to capture accurate images within a split second window more…
Spaceline Wants to Solve Your Trajectory Problem
Posted Mon Aug 05 2024
Ascending Node Technologies (ANT) launched its Spaceline 3D mission visualization software to help mission operators plan and optimize their flight paths, the company announced Monday. go
Ascending Node Technologies unveils mission-visualization software
Posted Mon Aug 05 2024
Ascending Node Technologies unveiled mission-visualization software Aug. 5 at the SmallSat conference here. go
Ascending Node Technologies Unveils Spaceline® Mission Visualization Software
Posted Mon Aug 05 2024
Breakthrough modeling solution enables operators to collaboratively prep, fly, review future, current missions. more…
Ascending Node Technologies Joins AWS Partner Network
Posted Mon Apr 24 2023
Ascending Node Technologies will be able to leverage the power and resources of the APN for the continued development of Spaceline; and other mission management and planning tools. more…
Rendering a high resolution video of asteroid Bennu directly from SPICE kernels with Spaceline®
Posted Fri Apr 14 2023
Spaceline® from SPICE kernels, renders 766 frames at a 1 second timestep for a 13 minute maneuver from the point of view of OSIRIS-REx's MapCam camera. more…
Ascending Node Technologies: An Interactive Visualization Tool for Space Mission Planning
Posted Mon Aug 22 2022
Ascending Node Technologies develops solutions to allow spacecraft mission designers and operators to work better together through their flagship product Spaceline, which is supported by several NASA SBIR Phase II awards. go
Ascending Node Technologies Wins Fourth NASA SBIR Phase I Grant for Spaceline® Planning Software
Posted Mon Jul 25 2022
Spaceline's mission planning tool continues to add new capabilities, now allowing users to analyze their mission plans directly within Spaceline. Together with Spaceline's centralized kernel management architecture, users can easily design, analyze, and share spacecraft observations earlier in their mission planning process right in their browser. more…
Ascending Node Technologies Awarded SBIR Phase II Contract from NASA to Expand its Spaceline Mission Planning Software
Posted Fri Apr 29 2022
Contract Fuels Development To Let Users Create Spacecraft Mission Observation Plans Directly Within Spaceline. more…
Ascending Node Technologies Granted Trademark for Spaceline Mission Planning Software
Posted Tue Mar 15 2022
One-of-a-kind Spaceline Planning System Lets Science and Operations Teams Collaborate on Spacecraft Mission Observation Plans. more…
NASA Awards Ascending Node Technologies a SBIR Phase II Grant to Support Spaceline's Observation Planning Capabilities for Non-Surface and Astronomical Phenomena
Posted Thu Jul 22 2021
Spaceline's science operations planning capability is expanding to support non-surface phenomena such as planetary atmospheres, magnetic and gravity fields, and eruptive volatile and particle plumes, as well as spacecraft-based astronomical observations. Spaceline's innovative design allows spacecraft mission personnel to create accessible, interactive visualizations of science data for easy sharing across the mission team. more…
Ascending Node Technologies Wins Third NASA SBIR Phase I Grant for Spaceline Planning Software
Posted Mon May 24 2021
Spaceline's mission planning tool continues to add new capabilities, now allowing users to create spacecraft mission observation plans directly within the Spaceline browser. Combined with Spaceline's centralized kernel management architecture, users can easily design and share spacecraft observations earlier in the mission planning process. more…
Ascending Node Partners with University of Arizona to Support Space Telescope
Posted Thu Jan 07 2021
University of Arizona Press Release go
NASA Awards Ascending Node Technologies Second SBIR Phase I Grant for Expansion of Spaceline's Capabilities
Posted Mon Aug 31 2020
Spaceline's mission planning capability is expanding to support visualizations of 3D phenomena, allowing space mission designers to create accessible, interactive visualizations of flight telemetry that is easily sharable across mission teams. more…
Ascending Node Technologies Expands Services to Provide Ground Data Systems for Spacecraft Missions
Posted Fri Jul 31 2020
Spacecraft missions can now take advantage of the same pioneering technology currently enabling NASA's first asteroid sample return mission. Ascending Node Technologies has licensed the ground systems source code developed for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from the University of Arizona. more…
Ascending Node Technologies Receives Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award from NASA
Posted Mon Jun 22 2020
Spaceline allows space mission designers and operators to communicate complex ideas seamlessly, displaying interactive, 3D visualizations of flight telemetry right in your web browser. more…
NASA Awards Ascending Node Technologies Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Grant
Posted Thu Jul 18 2019
Spaceline allows space mission designers and operators to communicate complex ideas seamlessly, displaying interactive, 3D visualizations of flight telemetry right in your web browser. more…