Orbotic Systems

Orbotic Systems Inc. is a California-based spacecraft technology company headquartered in Thousand Oaks. The company develops orbital threat analysis, passive maneuvering, and precision capture technologies for commercial, civil, and defense space missions, with a focus on making spacecraft safer and more sustainable to operate in increasingly congested orbits.

The company's product line includes DiskSat, a disk-shaped spacecraft platform optimized for Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) missions where geometry, stability, and payload flexibility are important; D3 (Deorbit Drag Device), a propellant-free, passive drag-modulation device that enables maneuvering, controlled deorbit, and targeted re-entry for small spacecraft, and which has already been deployed from the International Space Station; ARGUS, a real-time onboard threat-detection and analysis system that gives spacecraft autonomous space-domain awareness without relying solely on ground-based tracking; WIND, a space weather sensor that measures ion and neutral particle densities; and RIDDANCE, a dual-net capture system designed to detumble and secure non-cooperative objects in orbit for debris remediation and on-orbit servicing.

Orbotic Systems is led by co-founders Erik T. Long (CEO) and Jane Ielmini (COO), along with CFO Scott Ryll. The company positions its hardware as low-cost, low-complexity alternatives to propulsive or robotic systems, aimed at helping operators comply with orbital debris regulations such as the FCC's 5-year deorbit rule while supporting a broader range of orbital operations from environmental sensing to active debris removal.