ODYSSEY SPACE RESEARCH L L C
Autonomous optical navigation and guidance algorithms for spacecraft station-keeping, rendezvous, and proximity operations in lunar orbit using image-based lunar detection and Extended Kalman filterin
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX
- Total capital
- $41.4M
- Federal grants
- $125K
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#12 of 41
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $41.2M
- 8 awards · NASA
- Rank in Aerospace#89 of 1335
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractNASA · Rpoc IV Nte Idiq Ceiling Increase$14.7M
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Autonomous Optical Navigation and Guidance for Operations in NRHO$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Rpoc IV FY18 Funding. Engineering Services.$15.8M
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Odyssey Proposes A New Fault Management Planning And Design Tool And Methodology That Uses State-based Simulations With Programmable Dynamic State Definitions To Provide Early Assessments Of Fault Management System Scope And Cost. The Tool Will Utilize Models Developed In Sysml To Capture System Characteristics And Relationships Between System Components As Well As Mapping Of Functionality To Requirements And Mission Objectives, And A Probabilistic State-based Simulation To Determin$125K
- Federal contractNASA · Odyssey Space Research Proposes To Develop A Modular Navigation Software Package To Provide Precise State Information For Offline Analysis And Real-time Applications. This Navigation Package Will Use Particle Filter Methodology To Process Discrete Observation Data And Maintain An Accurate State. This Navigation System Will Leverage Several NASA Products To Rapidly Prototype And Demonstrate The Feasibility Of This Software During Phase I, Including The General Mission Analysis Tool (gmat) And Tri$100K
- Federal contractNASA · Engineering Services For Rendezvous And Proximity Operations.$10.3M
- Federal contractNASA · Evolution Of The Trick Dynamic S/w Executive For Reusable Flight Software In Response To A Need For Cost-effective Small Satellite Missions, Odyssey Space Research Is Proposing The Development Of A Common Flight Software Executive And A Fundamental Set Of Reconfigurable Flight Software Modules. This Application Will Directly Affect The Development Cost By Avoiding The Need To Develop Software From Scratch And Allowing The Efficient Reuse Of Flight Software Even Across Vehicles. Odyssey Proposes$100K
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractNASA · Lunar Lander Development Study Description Statement: This Publication Is A Broad Agency Announcement (baa) As Contemplated By Federal Acquisition Regulation (far) Part 35 And NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation (nfs) Part 1835. A Formal Request For Proposal (rfp), Solicitation, And/or Additional Information Regarding This Announcement Will Not Be Issued. Request For Same Will Be Disregarded. NASA Will Not Issue Paper Copies Of This Announcement. NASA Reserves The Right To Select For Awar$150K
- Federal contractNASA · The Proposed Innovation Is: A Data And Information Integration (DI2) System Built From The Methods And Tools Used To Create Wiki Websites. Wiki (hawaiian For Quick) Is Software That Allows Users To Create And Edit Web Page Content Using Any Web Browser. The Significance Of The Innovation Is That A Wiki-based DI2 System Will: (1) Produce A Collaborative, Interactive Website Designed For The Unique Needs Of Government And Commercial Spacecraft Projects For Capturing, Disseminating, Managing And Li$100K
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Standing among 41 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Orbital_ops · Software
- Federal grants#12 · top 29%
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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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