FLYING WITH APEX
END-to-end MISSION ENABLEMENT
Apex’s end-to-end mission services accelerate customer missions and simplify the path to orbit — covering everything from initial payload validation and space vehicle analysis to launch integration and on-orbit operations.
By providing a comprehensive suite of optional mission services, Apex enables customers to augment their existing capabilities and ensure seamless technical and programmatic execution across every stage of the mission lifecycle.
SPACE VEHICLE DESIGN & ANALYSIS
Apex configures one of its standardized buses to accommodate a customer-provided payload and executes system-level space vehicle analysis to ensure optimal on-orbit operations.
PAYLOAD INTEGRATION
& TESTING
Apex integrates a customer payload onto one of Apex's standardized platforms and performs functional and environmental testing per Apex’s standard test campaign.
FUNCTIONAL & ENVIRON. TESTING
Apex performs comprehensive performance and vibration testing as part of its standard mission service offering, with additional testing available on a mission-by-mission basis.
LAUNCH BOOKING & VEHICLE INTEGRATION
Apex procures launch capacity on behalf of the customer and provides in-person launch site support, including checkout and integration with the launch vehicle.
FULL-SERVICE LEOPS & COMMISSIONING
Apex manages LEOP and commissioning of the satellite bus — including operation of the bus during commissioning, and activation and checkout of all bus subsystems.
MISSION
OPERATIONS
Apex manages day-to-day satellite operations for the duration of the customer's mission, allowing customers to focus solely on data collection and execution of the mission at hand.
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TEST LIKE YOU FLY
Apex’s Test Like You Fly philosophy enables early, iterative verification of both hardware and software interfaces throughout the program lifecycle. Apex is committed to providing customers with robust physical and virtual test environments to streamline payload integration and ensure mission success.
Apex Virtual Flatsat™
Apex's software-only flatsat can be downloaded by all customers free of charge. Emulate any Apex bus model and configuration package in an easy-to-set-up virtual environment.
Bus Emulator™ - Avionics & Data
The physical Payload-to-Bus data interfaces used in-orbit (Ethernet, RS422, etc.) connected to a representative flight computer.
Bus Emulator™ - Mech. Interface
A 1:1 model of the the bus top deck and payload interfaces, allowing for fitment, deployment testing, and Fields of View (FOV) assessment.