Opterus Research and Development

Opterus Research and Development, based in Loveland, Colorado, designs and manufactures innovative deployable structures and subsystems for spacecraft, engineered for simplicity, efficiency and performance. The company's core technology combines proprietary high-strain composite materials with origami-inspired folding principles to create advanced deployable structures that reduce cost and lead time compared with traditional mechanisms.

Opterus's product line spans several categories of deployable spacecraft hardware. Its hinge, boom and deployer products include the Slit Tube Boom, the Living Hinge Boom (LHB), the Collapsible Tubular Mast (CTM) and its trussed variant (T-CTM), the Recirculating Belt Deployer (RBD), and the Lenticular Offset Composite (LOC) Hinge. In solar power generation, the company offers the Modular Self-Stiffening Array (MOSSA) along with the Closed Cross-Section arrays CCX-1 and CCX-2 and the Retractable Rollable Mast Array (R-ROMA), addressing missions from small satellites up to multi-kilowatt-class power needs. For RF systems, Opterus builds the Spiral Wrapped Antenna Technology (SWATH), tension membrane antennas, continuous panel antennas and fully custom antenna structures. The company is also developing in-space assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) technologies, including Tubular Truss Additive Manufacturing (TTAM) and Tensioned Precision Structures (TPS).

Opterus operates a 25,000 sq ft vertically integrated facility offering design, prototyping, analysis and testing services and supports customers through the full product lifecycle. The company maintains an AS9100D-compliant quality management system, is FAR/DFAR compliant, and reports a 100% flight heritage success rate across its deployable products, reflecting its focus on reliability for demanding space missions.