Falcon Heavy Launch — Mission Systems
Mission Status · Q3 Cycle Open
Falcon Heavy Launch is the independent payload integration and campaign management partner that turns complex heavy-lift missions into on-orbit success. We sit between operators and the pad — owning compatibility analysis, regulatory filings, fairing allocation, and ground operations from contract through separation.
Chapter 02 · Why Independent
Procurement officers who brief a heavy-class launch by selecting a vehicle first are buying a rocket. They are not yet buying a mission. Between selection and on-orbit handover there are roughly 1,800 technical and regulatory line items — and no launch provider’s standard contract covers all of them. That is the gap Falcon Heavy Launch is built to own.
The structural problem
Operators traditionally negotiate the launcher themselves, then assemble a campaign team from the launcher’s integrator list, an outside regulatory consultant, a fairing broker, and a ground-handling subcontractor. Four contracts, four points of accountability, and a schedule that slips when any one of them disagrees on an interface.
Our position
Falcon Heavy Launch holds a single prime contract for the integration workstream. We answer to the operator, not the launch provider, and we are certified across four heavy-class flight profiles. One accountable party from kickoff through payload separation and post-flight disposal coordination.
Mass, volume, mechanical, electrical, RF, thermal, and dynamic envelope trades against the verified payload library. Runs to a signed ICD before contract close.
FAA/AST license packages, range safety coordination, NOTAMs, ITAR/EAR technical-data releases, and debris-mitigation compliance — filed on the operator’s behalf.
Envelope-class matching, dispenser selection, multi-payload slotting, and on-pad encapsulation choreography across four provider families.
Receiving inspection, processing facility scheduling, hazardous operations, transport to pad, and integrated countdown through separation and early-orbit hand-off.
186 campaigns delivered since 2014. 412 satellites deployed. 98.4% on-spec separation rate. A 11.3-month average campaign timeline against an industry median of 17 months.
See the engagement record →Chapter 03 · Defensible IP
Our proprietary envelope library — 1,240+ verified payload envelopes across four heavy-class flight profiles — is the largest in independent integration. It is the reason a feasibility review takes days here and quarters elsewhere.
Library scale
Each envelope is a signed envelope-class record — mass bucket, volume bucket, mechanical ICD, electrical ICD, RF allocation, thermal window, and dynamic load envelope — cross-checked against an actual flight result. The Matrix grows with every campaign we close.
Envelope classes
Provider coverage
First independent integrator certified for Heavy-class flight profiles across four providers. We do not own a launch vehicle — we are cleared to integrate on any of them.
Certification pathway
Envelope match
Operator-supplied payload characteristics are scored against the Matrix. A feasibility recommendation lands inside 5 business days.
Interface freeze
A signed ICD, dispenser selection, and provider allocation memo. Average close: 6.4 weeks from kickoff.
Flight readiness
Integrated milestones through processing, encapsulation, and countdown. ISO 9001 / AS9100D process discipline throughout.
What it means for your program
A pre-qualified envelope cuts weeks out of compatibility analysis. Direct API integrations with FAA/AST, range safety, and three launch providers’ planning systems compress the regulatory and scheduling workstream. Trusted by 2 of the 5 largest LEO broadband constellations and 14 national space agencies.
§ 04 — Track Record
A single data slab for the program manager who has thirty seconds to verify the integrator behind the form.
§ 05 — Mission Operations Cell
Our 24/7 Mission Operations Cell is built from 38 ex-launch engineers who have worked consoles at Cape Canaveral, Kourou, and Baikonur. They sit between your payload team and the launch range, watching the trajectory product, the range safety picture, and your spacecraft state-of-health in the same shift.
§ 06 — Selected Engagement Patterns
The names are scrubbed. The mission shapes, fairing allocation logic, and regulatory pressure are the real ones our team has integrated.
Pattern 01 — LEO Broadband Constellation Slot
A commercial LEO broadband operator consolidating a 28-satellite replenishment batch onto a single heavy-class rideshare, with strict deployment timing to maintain phase plane spacing across two orbital planes.
Pattern 02 — Defense-Class Rideshare
A defense primary integrating alongside a hosted secondary payload under separate classification streams. Two separate program offices, one fairing allocation, one regulatory filing chain.
Pattern 03 — Deep-Space Science Mission
A national space agency's deep-space science observatory requiring a customized dispenser, a tight planetary-protection cleanroom flow, and a TLI injection accuracy budget measured in meters per second.