BLUE SUN ENTERPRISES, INC.
ACORN, a state-machine-based autonomous fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) software system for spacecraft that runs onboard to detect and respond to faults across subsystems using telemet
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Boulder, CO
- Total capital
- $4.9M
- Federal grants
- $874K
- 2 awards · 2018–2020
- Rank in peer group#7 of 29
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $4M
- 8 awards · NASA
- Rank in Aerospace#374 of 1335
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractNASA · Virtual Machine Language Consultation$322K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Autonomous Coordinated Operations Response Network for Fault Detection, Isolation, and Response$124K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · AutoNav Mark 4: Autonomous Navigation Software$750K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Growing Number Of Missions In Deep Space, From Discovery Class Missions Like Psyche And Lucy Down To Very Small Spacecraft Like Lunar Flashlight, Is Driving The Need For Standardized, Flexible, Full-featured Flight Software For Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, And Control (gnc). Autonomous Gnc Allows A Spacecraft To Perform Most Of Its Own Navigation Activities Without The Need For Ground-based Personnel And Dsn Time, Reducing Cost And Required Dsn Contact Time, Saving Money, An$123K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Growing Use In Deep Space Of Cubesats Is Driving The Need For Small, Flexible, Full-featured Telecom Hardware Like The Iris Radio. The Current Iris Software Is Rudimentary Compared The NASA Space Telecommunications Radio System (strs). The Software On Each Slice Uses A Simple 333 Khz Loop As A Basic Scheduler To Invoke Small C Elements. Changes Can Only Be Made Before The Radio Is Installed In The Spacecraft, And No Code Updates In Flight Are Possible Without Patching. This Pro$119K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Primary Objective Of The Resolve Mission Is To Verify The Presence Of Water And Other Volatiles On The Lunar Surface By Direct, Ground-truth Measurements And To Serve As A Precursor For Future Prospecting Missions To A Variety Of Locations Around The Solar System. The Resolve Mission Shall Focus On Exploring Lunar Regolith In And/or Around Permanently Shadowed Polar-regions Of The Moon. The Objective Has Been Further Refined To Include: Determination Of The Form, Concentration,$1.7M
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions - Data From Remote-sensing Missions To The Moon, Such As The Clementine And Lunar Prospector Missions (1994 And 1998, Respectively) And The Lro/lcross Missions That Gathered Data From A Material Plume Created By Crashing The Lcross And A Rocket Stage Into The Lunar Surface (2009), Indicated The Presence Of Potentially Significant Quantities Of Hydrogen-bearing Molecules In Permanently Shadowed Craters Near The Lunar Poles. These Hydrogen-bearing Volatiles, Along With$985K
Show 3 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractNASA · Consulting Services For Kennedy Space Center Lunar Rover Instruments. The Virtual Machine Language Software Suite To Be Used Consists Of A Package Of Three Elements, The Vml Compiler, Off-line Vm (olvm), And Vml Flight Software. The Software Provides Enhanced Capabilities For Sequencing Onboard The Spacecraft In The Flight Software, A Simulator For Running Sequences On The Ground To Find Errors And Provide Validation, And A Compiler For Generating Sequences From The Input Source. This Software $12K
- Federal contractNASA · Mars Sample Return Poses Some Of The Most Challenging Operational Activities Of Any NASA Deep Space Mission. Rendezvous Of A Vehicle With A Sample Canister In Order To Return The Canister To Earth Requires A Variety Of Complex Mathematical Processing On A Changing Data Set, Coupled With The Need To Safely And Effectively Handle A Large Range Of Off-nominal Conditions And Spacecraft Faults. Light Speed Delay Isolates The Spacecraft From Real-time Operator Intervention, While Inertial And Situatio$600K
- Federal contractNASA · Mars Sample Return Poses Some Of The Most Challenging Operational Activities Of Any NASA Deep Space Mission. Rendezvous Of A Vehicle With A Sample Canister In Order To Return The Canister To Earth Requires A Variety Of Complex Mathematical Processing On A Changing Data Set, Coupled With The Need To Safely And Effectively Handle A Large Range Of Off-nominal Conditions And Spacecraft Faults. Light Speed Delay Isolates The Spacecraft From Real-time Operator Intervention, While Inertial And Situatio$100K
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Standing among 29 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Orbital_ops · Software
- Federal grants#7 · top 24%
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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Sources
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