Cryptik develops onboard systems for orbit determination, perception, and state estimation.
Modern spacecraft carryGNSS receivers,IMUs,cameras, andonboard computers.
But navigation stillrelies heavily onground-generated orbital data,intermittent GNSS fixes,and sensors thatdegrade over time.
When GNSS drops out,IMUs drift.
When eclipse begins,optical systemslose visibility.
Reliable onboard navigationremains anunsolved problem.
Estimate the full orbital state — position and velocity — directly from onboard sensor data, with no ground station in the loop.
Continuously bound the error that accumulates in the inertial solution during GNSS dropouts, keeping the estimate honest.
Fuse optical and thermal imagery to hold a fix through eclipse, when sun sensors and visible cameras lose the target.
Share position, velocity, and calibrated uncertainty between spacecraft, instead of stale, static orbital elements.
