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Optimized And Orchestrated Mission Planning and Scheduling for Space

Autonomous Mission Management, Scheduling, and Orchestration for any space mission from Remote Sensing to SATCOM from Earth to the Moon and beyond

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Deployed across every orbital regime

Used by

  • Space Force
  • NOAA
  • NASA
  • Intelligence Community

Missions include

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Missile Track Custody
  • SATCOM
  • Space Domain Awareness
  • Ground Station Resource Management

Deployed across all orbital regimes

  • LEO
  • GEO
  • Deep Space
WHY HeliOS

Why Operators Choose HeliOS For Mission Planning

Flexible and Scalable

One configurable platform supports any mission, across legacy and future systems.

Feature-rich software ships faster than custom builds, with more capability out of the box. You get lower cost, lower risk, and far less operator training.

Software That Works Today

Other vendors pitch what they hope to build.

We can demo HeliOS working today. This is mature, feature-rich software running real missions, not prototypes.

Coordination Across Missions

Coordinate, orchestrate, and deconflict across many missions at once, not one asset at a time.

This is what HeliOS does today on EASI, JAM, SpyMeSat, and GMI.

Combine The Right Tools To Fit Your Mission

01 Mission Management

APS (Autonomous Planning System)
Astro Scheduler
CPAW (Collection Planning & Analysis Workstation)

Plan and replan onboard the asset, responding instantly to changing conditions.

Waiting for the operations center slows response to fast-changing conditions. APS plans and replans onboard the asset, using local data to act immediately.

APS

Key Features

  • AI/ML decision-making performed onboard the asset
  • Constellation and multi-asset coordination
  • Autonomous mission execution in denied/degraded environments
  • Reduces dependency on ground infrastructure

Use Cases

  • Modular onboard planning with a small memory and processing footprint
  • Respond immediately to in-situ events with local planning, no space-to-ground latency
  • Resilient, decentralized planning across networked assets like constellations
  • Specialized Autonomous Planning Agents (SAPA) configurable for multi-domain, heterogeneous systems
  • Deconflicts both local and global resources
  • Plans and orchestrates work pipelines: collection, processing, exploitation, dissemination
  • Flexible interface layer runs APS on most mission computers using the host’s protocols

Generate optimized, deconflicted, validated schedules for any mission, taking into account physical and temporal constraints.

Manual planning delays missions and creates conflicts. Astro Scheduler’s autonomous engine eliminates human bottlenecks entirely.

Astro Scheduler

Key Features

  • Lights-out autonomous operation
  • Robust task specification and flexible resource definition
  • Optimized, deconflicted, and validated schedule generation
  • Multi-asset coordination across orbital regimes

Use Cases

  • Ground station scheduling and optimization across multiple missions
  • Multi-mission coordination (NOAA, NASA, USSF, commercial)
  • Commercial satellite operations
  • Enterprise-level scheduling in LEO, GEO, deep space
  • Space Domain Awareness sensor tasking – Antenna Array Pointing Optimization for object tracking (DARC)

Optimized constellation-level collection planning.

Manual planning misses optimized windows and wastes opportunities. CPAW’s AI algorithms optimize for sun angle, cloud cover, coverage.

CPAW

Key Features

  • High-fidelity spacecraft modeling
  • Advanced AI scheduling algorithms
  • Deconflicted collection planning across multiple satellites
  • Optimizes for sun angle, cloud cover, and coverage requirements

Use Cases

  • Satellite imagery collection planning
  • Multi-satellite coordination for optimized coverage
  • Environmental condition optimization (sun angle, cloud cover)
  • Constellation-wide collection scheduling

02 SATCOM & Resource Management

KOS (Kythera Operating System)

Automate SATCOM network management of satellite, ground, and terminal resources.

Manual network management cannot adapt to changing conditions. KOS autonomously optimizes the entire fleet in real-time.

KOS

Key Features

  • Autonomous network control with human-in-loop or full autonomy
  • Enterprise fleet management across multi-orbit satellites
  • Automatic service provisioning and dynamic resource optimization
  • Autonomous threat mitigation (hardware failure, rain fade, interferers)
  • Real-time service optimization with beam following and handover
  • Multi-orbit/asset orchestration

Use Cases

  • Dynamic SATCOM network management for constellation operations
  • Autonomous service provisioning for mobile users
  • Real-time adaptation to changing service needs and conditions
  • Multi-orbit fleet optimization and resource allocation
  • Resilient SATCOM operations with autonomous threat compensation

03 Space Domain Awareness & Imagery

Heimdall
SpyMeSat

Optimized sensor tasking for Space Domain Awareness.

Manual sensor tasking cannot keep pace with threats. Heimdall’s AI automates observation scheduling across all sensors.

Heimdall

Key Features

  • Optimized observation planning
  • Coordinated sensor usage
  • Balances new-object search with custody tasks
  • Predicted information gain guides planning
  • Responsive re-tasking with fast algorithms
  • Ground-to-space and space-to-space tasking
  • Includes an SDA-specific Figure of Merit (FoM)
  • Equivalent autonomous onboard solution available

Use Cases

  • Space situational awareness catalog maintenance
  • Multi-sensor coordination (government + commercial)
  • New-object search and custody prioritization
  • Automated observation scheduling at scale

Order imagery from commercial providers instantly.

Traditional procurement takes days or weeks. SpyMeSat mobile and web app delivers on-demand access to multiple providers.

SpyMeSat

Key Features

  • Mobile and web application for field access
  • On-demand imagery purchasing from multiple providers
  • Multiple satellite imagery provider integration
  • Customizable configuration for mission-specific needs

Use Cases

  • On-demand satellite imagery ordering from field
  • Multi-provider imagery access through single interface
  • Mobile imagery requests for tactical needs
  • Rapid imagery procurement without traditional channels
  • Brokering of commercial satellite imagery in larger systems

04 Payload Design & Analysis

SPEC (Satellite Payload Evaluator & Comparator)

Optimize satellite payload configurations in seconds.

Manual payload design analysis takes weeks and misses optimization opportunities. SPEC evaluates complex scenarios instantly.

SPEC

Key Features

  • Rapid payload optimization (bandwidth, frequency, channels, power, beams)
  • Beam optimization and laydown visualization in seconds
  • What-if modeling and simulation for demand scenarios
  • Payload performance comparison across competing designs
  • Interference analysis and sales opportunity identification
  • Exportable results for detailed offline analysis

Use Cases

  • Payload pre-sizing and design optimization
  • Complex demand scenario analysis
  • Satellite procurement evaluation
  • Resource planning and capacity analysis
  • Sales opportunity identification
  • Full satellite lifecycle support (acquisition to operations)
  • OEM flexible payload validation

Trusted By

Mission-Critical Programs Worldwide

Commercial

Vantor

Kratos

BAE Systems

Airbus

Thales

Mitsubishi

01

20+

years of sustained licensing supporting government and commercial customers

02

10M+

square kilometers of collection in under 10 seconds for Landsat 8&9 using CPAW

03

1,000+

of users across deployed systems

04

20+

traditional and non-traditional prime contract vehicles

FAQ

Get Your HeliOS Questions Answered

What is HeliOS and what does it do?
Which HeliOS product should I use for my space mission?
Can I buy individual HeliOS products or must I purchase the full suite?
How long does HeliOS software deployment typically take?
Can HeliOS products manage large satellite constellations?
How does HeliOS integrate with existing satellite ground systems?
What classification levels do HeliOS products support for government operations?
Who currently uses HeliOS products for space operations?
How does HeliOS compare to custom-developed satellite scheduling systems?
Are HeliOS products available for commercial satellite operators and international customers?

HeliOS is Auria’s space intelligence, mission planning, and SATCOM management product family that unifies autonomous scheduling, AI-driven constellation management, real-time imagery access, and payload management into a single deployable suite. Space Force operators, commercial satellite operators, and intelligence customers use HeliOS products to plan faster, task smarter, and maximize the return on every asset from payload to ground. The family includes Astro Scheduler, APS, CPAW, Heimdall, SpyMeSat, SPEC, and KOS.

Choose Astro Scheduler for ground station and contact planning with lights-out autonomous operation. Select APS for on-board autonomous constellation management without ground operators. Use CPAW for satellite imagery collection planning with AI-optimized scheduling. Deploy Heimdall for space domain awareness sensor tasking across networks. Access SpyMeSat for on-demand mobile and web satellite imagery purchasing. Each product solves specific mission planning challenges while integrating through open architecture when needed.

You can purchase individual HeliOS products or integrate the full suite—the modular architecture supports both approaches without vendor lock-in. Customers commonly start with one product like Astro Scheduler for ground station scheduling, then expand to additional products such as Heimdall for sensor tasking or CPAW for imagery planning as operational needs evolve. Open architecture with API integration means products work with existing satellite ground systems and mission control infrastructure without requiring complete system replacement or long-term commitment to the entire platform.

HeliOS products typically deploy in weeks to months, not years, with actual timelines depending on integration complexity and existing infrastructure. NOAA’s EASI enterprise system has been under development for 6 years. Astro Scheduler for ground station operations deployed at multiple facilities in 6 months. This represents orders of magnitude faster deployment than custom-developed solutions from traditional defense contractors, which often require 18-24 month development cycles before operational deployment even begins. COTS software architecture eliminates custom development timelines while maintaining mission-specific configurability.

Yes. APS (Autonomous Planning Software) and Astro Scheduler are specifically designed for autonomous constellation management, handling thousands of satellites simultaneously through AI-powered optimization, orchestration, and deconfliction algorithms. NOAA uses HeliOS products to manage satellite operations across LEO, GEO, and deep space orbital regimes for multiple missions including Landsat imagery, GOES weather satellites, and deep space communications. The technology generates deconflicted schedules in seconds rather than hours or days required by manual planning approaches, enabling real-time constellation coordination at unprecedented scale.

HeliOS products use open architecture with API integration that allows connection to existing satellite ground systems, mission control infrastructure, and tactical communication networks without requiring complete system replacement or rip-and-replace modernization. Heimdall integrates with both government and commercial sensor networks for space domain awareness. Astro Scheduler connects to existing ground stations for contact planning. Products integrate through standard protocols and interfaces rather than proprietary connections. This approach enables incremental modernization where HeliOS products work alongside legacy systems while gradually replacing manual processes with automated capabilities.

HeliOS products operate at all classification levels from unclassified through TS/SCI (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information) for both government and commercial entities across defense and civilian space operations. HeliOS supports classified space operations for Intelligence Community satellite management and Space Force constellation operations. Products are designed with appropriate security controls, access management, and data segregation to meet classification requirements while maintaining operational effectiveness across security domains. This dual-use architecture enables the same core technology to serve both classified government missions and unclassified commercial satellite operations.

HeliOS products serve users across US Space Force constellation management, Special Operations Command, Intelligence Community mission planning, NOAA enterprise satellite scheduling, and NASA deep space operations. Commercial customers use HeliOS products for imagery satellite operations, ground-station management, and mission planning. NOAA’s EASI program uses Astro Scheduler as the enterprise scheduling system across multiple missions. HeliOS operating-system products are bundled by international satellite manufacturers for commercial programs.

HeliOS offers a lower-risk alternative to equivalent custom development by combining proven COTS products with rapid deployment. HeliOS products can deploy in months rather than the extended cycles commonly required for custom-built systems. HeliOS is already proven across multiple customers including Space Force, NOAA, and commercial operators, versus single-customer prototypes that require extensive testing and validation. The cost savings derive from shared development across multiple customers, proven mission performance, and elimination of custom coding requirements for standard constellation management functions.

Yes. HeliOS products serve both government and commercial customers, with international availability subject to ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) compliance for defense-related applications. The KOS operating system is bundled by multiple international OEMs for commercial satellite programs. SpyMeSat provides on-demand satellite imagery purchasing to commercial users through mobile applications. Commercial satellite operators license Astro Scheduler, CPAW, and other HeliOS products for mission planning and ground station operations. This dual-use technology architecture serves both defense space operations and commercial satellite markets.

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