Bright Ascension Ltd - IT Service Providers
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About us

Bright Ascension was founded in 2011 to offer a fresh and innovative approach to space software. Our team has a wealth of experience from both the space industry and other high-technology sectors allowing us to blend the most innovative ideas to create new approaches to software development and operation. Roots in the traditional and non-traditional space industry have given us a deep understanding of quality, and that reliability must be at the heart of even the most novel solutions.

Taking a fast-paced approach to engineering has allowed us to drive forward the state of the art in space software. We are heavily involved in R&D and standards development across the industry, including via space agencies and international bodies such as CCSDS. Through our complementary focus on products and services, we have demonstrated the benefits of our capabilities in a wide range of missions and activities, from nano-satellites to small satellites, and larger.

What we do.

Bright Ascension develops software to help with the challenges presented by the small and nano-satellite market. Our key differentiator is the flexibility we put in the hands of our customers. Our software products are designed to be fully customizable and easily adaptable for use with any payload and mission. Our customers can quickly respond to changing requirements at any stage of the development life-cycle with confidence.

Services

We are engineers with a broad base of experience that we use to solve a diverse range of research and development problems. We usually work as consultants, either off- or on-site, integrating with your own practices and procedures where appropriate.

We also do the R&D work of our own. This gives us a range of ready-to-use tools in our toolbox, helping us to create you the right solution faster and more cost-effectively than would otherwise be possible. Some of our own R&D has been developed to target specific areas, such as space flight software; other developments have been to try out new technologies, or just for fun.

Our GenerationOne Flight Software Development Kit product (using UKube-1 heritage) stands alone quite well and so is available as a product, or we can use it as the basis for bespoke software.

Our main engineering areas are:

Software

This is where we do most of our work and have the largest body of experience. We can develop software for all types of system, from desktop applications to 3D graphics, to mission-critical real-time embedded systems. Our development practices can be adapted to suit the project. We are just as comfortable working with a strict waterfall process as we are collaborating in a more agile environment.

Hardware

We have complete system hardware experience, ranging from PCB design and layout to the design of high-speed FPGAs. We can assist in the development of a physical product, including designing for test and manufacture or develop HDL IP cores or Systems on Chip. Coupled with our software expertise, we can also carry out co-engineering, trading off hardware and software factors for the optimal solution.

Space engineering

Our experience in the space industry is much broader than software or electronics. Our staff has carried out research and development spanning such diverse areas as communications, space environment simulation and artificial intelligence.

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+44 (0) 1382 602041
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