Arkisys to fly odin Space collision sensors on four more spacecraft, extending insurance coverage fleet-wide
August 25, 2026
Arkisys to fly Odin Space collision sensors on four more spacecraft, extending insurance coverage fleet-wide
London, UK & California, USA - August 25, 2026: Odin Space, the leading provider of end-to-end solutions for lethal, non-trackable debris, and Arkisys, a pioneer in on-orbit infrastructure and operational systems, today announced an extension of their partnership that will see the Odin Black Box, the company’s on-board “black box” for spacecraft, fly on four additional Arkisys Cutter spacecraft, making evidence-based collision insurance a standard offering for every customer it hosts in orbit.
The extended contract builds on the companies’ December 2025 agreement, under which Arkisys’s first Cutter mission, launching in 2027, will carry Odin’s collision-sensing technology, making Arkisys the first operator to offer its customers collision insurance based on verified debris impact data. By committing to that protection across its next four Cutter missions before the first has even flown, Arkisys is turning a first-of-its-kind offering into a fleet-wide standard.
A long-term commitment to customers. Arkisys’s Port Architecture is designed to host customer payloads and platforms in orbit for the long haul, and the operators who build on it need confidence that their investments are protected for the full life of their missions. Extending Odin’s debris intelligence across four more spacecraft means every customer joining the Arkisys ecosystem benefits from always-on collision monitoring, with each Black Box capturing, analyzing, and reporting every impact, and access to affordable, evidence-based insurance from day one.
Setting the standard for sustainable operations. As launch rates surge and the population of sub-centimeter debris grows, the industry’s ability to operate responsibly depends on knowing what is actually happening in orbit. Each Black Box added to the Arkisys fleet strengthens the Odin Network, the distributed sensor ecosystem that records the exact moment and location of debris impacts, providing data that benefits not just Arkisys and its customers but the wider effort to keep orbit safe and usable for generations to come. Arkisys’s decision to extend the partnership marks one of the industry’s clearest commitments yet to long-term, sustainable operations in space.
James New, CEO and Co-founder of Odin Space, said: “Arkisys was the first operator to put customer protection at the heart of its offering, and this extension shows that was no one-off. Flying our Black Boxes across four more spacecraft turns debris intelligence from a single mission into fleet-wide infrastructure. This is what responsible operations look like as the space economy scales, and we are proud to work with Arkisys, who continue to lead the way.”
David Barnhart, CEO and Co-Founder of Arkisys, said: “Our customers trust us with their technology and their business ambitions in orbit, and that trust deserves long-term protection. Extending our partnership with Odin Space across our next four Cutter missions means every customer we host benefits from verified debris intelligence and access to affordable insurance. It is a commitment to their success and to the sustainable, circular space economy we are building together.”
Image: James New, Co-founder and CEO at Odin Space and Rahul Rughani, Chief Systems Engineer at Arkisys at SmallSat 2026.
Odin Space delivers the first end-to-end intelligence on lethal, non-trackable space debris, providing the data layer needed to truly understand, manage, and insure against collision risk. Odin’s Black Boxes, hosted on customer spacecraft, and Odin Outposts, dedicated sentinel satellites, designed to operate together as the Odin Network: a distributed, always-on sensor ecosystem revealing what’s truly happening in orbit and alerting operators to emerging and evolving threats. Through the Odin Insurance Gateway, this verified impact data also powers the world’s first collision insurance product, underwritten through Lloyd’s of London, and making on-orbit cover accessible to every spacecraft operator. From mission design to in-orbit operations, Odin Space provides the insight and protection operators need to build safer missions and navigate an increasingly congested space domain.
For more information, visit odin.space.
Arkisys, Inc., located in Los Alamitos, California, is a rapidly scaling on-orbit services company providing post-launch hosting, integration, and servicing capabilities through its proprietary spacecraft platform infrastructure, “Port Architecture”. The company is expanding access to long-duration platforms that accelerate technology readiness and validation for commercial, government, and academic organizations. Arkisys Astrobee Robotic Facility onboard the ISS is testing technology today to buy down risk for multiple types of new servicing technologies already. Arkisys works with system and subsystem providers to integrate their technology onto Port Modules, Cutters and Astrobee, enabling innovation in components, payloads and new missions while capturing value across the rapidly growing on-orbit services market, estimated to reach $5.1 billion by 2030.
For more information, visit https://arkisys.com/.
