Saber Astronautics
About
About Saber Astronautics
Saber combines mission-control software with staffed spacecraft operations. Its Responsive Space Operations Centers in the United States and Australia offer overnight support for a customer's existing team or outsourced operations using an associated ground-station network. This places experienced operators alongside the software and communications infrastructure used to run a mission.
Commander brings live telemetry, spacecraft commanding, activity planning and automated checks into one visual environment. Operators can schedule passes and procedures, monitor exceptions and coordinate data delivery and reporting. Ground-station integration uses existing provider configurations or suitable APIs during pre-flight preparation. The same platform supports individual spacecraft and constellations from testing through on-orbit operations.
Products
- Saber Commander
Mission operations
- Space Cockpit
Space domain awareness
Team
- Dr Jason Held - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Founder and current chief executive across Saber's Australian and U.S. operations.
- Nathan Parrott - Director, Saber Astronautics USA - Leads U.S. programme and operational engagement for Space Cockpit and related systems.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-26 - Demonstration - Turion Space manoeuvres DROID.002 in multinational defence exercise
Mission operators commanded physical avoidance burns after alerts from an international Joint Commercial Operations Cell, keeping DROID.002 outside a 500-metre intercept zone. LeoLabs supplied radar tracking and Saber Astronautics supplied visualization and orbital modelling for the multinational scenario. The spacecraft continued its primary allied-support mission while performing the avoidance sequence in low Earth orbit.
Source - 2026-07-20 - Product Launch - Saber Astronautics releases Saber Commander for constellation operations
Saber Commander combines spacecraft commanding, monitoring, automation and visualisation in one operator interface. The platform supports both individual spacecraft and multi-satellite constellation operations. It builds on Saber Astronautics' PIGI mission-operations technology and adds situational-awareness tooling.
Source - 2026-04-08 - Facility Opening - Saber opens Sydney research and development facility
The facility expands Saber's Australian engineering capacity. It supports development of space-operations and mission software. The opening adds to Saber's mission-control and laboratory footprint in Australia and the United States.
Source - 2025-01-21 - Contract Award - Saber wins $1.2 million U.S. Space Force automation contract
The contract value is $1.2 million. The work applies automation to spacecraft and constellation operations. The programme extends Saber's operational software relationship with U.S. Space Force.
Source - 2025-01-09 - Partnership - Infostellar joins Saber SATCOM marketplace
The integration adds Infostellar ground-station services to Saber's marketplace. Customers can access connectivity through Saber's mission-operations stack. The partnership expands the network available to satellite operators.
Source - 2024-12-13 - Product Launch - Saber unveils Space Cockpit Vanguard
Vanguard packages Space Cockpit for rapid deployment on controlled infrastructure. The system supports Secret and Top Secret operational environments. The first planned exercise deployment was NATO Global Sentinel 2025.
Source - 2023-04-11 - Contract Award - Saber wins A$6 million Defence Innovation Hub contract
The contract value is A$6 million. The programme converts distributed telescopes into space-monitoring sensors. The network is intended to strengthen space-domain-awareness coverage.
Source - 2023-03-20 - Contract Award - Saber selected to build U.S. Space Force application marketplace
The marketplace provides a deployment channel for third-party space applications. Space Cockpit supplies the secure battle-management foundation. The programme connects commercial software providers with defence operators.
Source - 2022-12-09 - Regulatory - Saber space-traffic architecture certified for U.S. Space Force deployment
The certification advanced Saber's software into U.S. defence deployment channels. The architecture supports space-traffic and mission-operations workflows. The milestone established a validated deployment path for operational users.
Source - 2022-03-15 - Contract Award - Saber wins U.S. DoD contract for Sentinel space-threat detection
Sentinel continuously detects hazardous and abnormal events in space. The system automates alert discovery and prioritisation for operators. The award moved the technology toward operational use with U.S. defence customers.
Source - 2021-11-24 - Partnership - Saber signs Axiom Space agreement for Australian astronaut programme
The agreement creates a pathway for Australian access to the International Space Station. The programme covers astronaut participation and industrial microgravity research. Saber leads the Australian programme relationship with Axiom.
Source - 2021-03-31 - Facility Opening - Saber officially opens Australian Responsive Space Operations Centre
The centre provides mission control and space-operations services. It gives Australian spacecraft operators a domestic operations facility. RSOC connects Saber's software, operators and ground-segment services.
Source - 2020-06-14 - Contract Award - Australian Space Agency selects Saber for Responsive Space Operations Centre
The programme created an Australian mission-control capability. RSOC combines operators, mission software and space-awareness services. The centre supports commercial and government spacecraft missions.
Source - 2019-03-18 - Contract Award - Saber wins U.S. contract for predictive mission-control technology
The programme followed a completed Small Business Innovation Research Phase I effort. The work advanced predictive diagnostics and operator support for space missions. PIGI provided the mission-control software foundation.
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Relations
Relationships
- Infostellar
Satcom Marketplace - Infostellar provides ground-station connectivity through Saber's mission-operations marketplace.
- U.S. Space Force
Automation Development Sponsor - U.S. Space Force awarded Saber Astronautics $1.25 million to develop Windu satellite-operations automation for Space Cockpit.
- Axiom Space
Australian Astronaut Programme - Saber and Axiom Space established a programme pathway for Australian human-spaceflight and microgravity research.
Context
Context tags
- Spacecraft mission operations - Workflow - Saber develops and operates spacecraft mission-control systems.
- Constellation command and control - Capability - Commander and PIGI support constellation command, monitoring and automation.
- Space domain awareness - Customer Environment - Space Cockpit supports tactical space-domain awareness.
Commercial
- Saber wins $1.2 million U.S. Space Force automation contract
2025-01-21 · Order / contract · Saber Astronautics won a $1.2 million U.S. Space Force contract to automate satellite-operations workflows.
Source - Saber wins A$6 million Defence Innovation Hub contract
2023-04-11 · Order / contract · Saber Astronautics won an A$6 million Defence Innovation Hub contract to turn hobby telescopes into space-traffic sensors.
Source - Saber selected to build U.S. Space Force application marketplace
2023-03-20 · Order / contract · Saber Astronautics received a U.S. Space Force programme to develop an application marketplace on its Space Cockpit foundation.
Source - Saber wins U.S. DoD contract for Sentinel space-threat detection
2022-03-15 · Order / contract · Saber Astronautics received a U.S. Air Force Phase II SBIR contract to move its Sentinel automated space-threat-detection system into live operations.
Source - Australian Space Agency selects Saber for Responsive Space Operations Centre
2020-06-14 · Order / contract · Saber Astronautics was selected to establish a Responsive Space Operations Centre for Australian spacecraft operations.
Source - Saber wins U.S. contract for predictive mission-control technology
2019-03-18 · Order / contract · Saber Astronautics won a U.S. contract to advance predictive mission-control technology based on its PIGI software.
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