HELIX FLIGHTKIT
WHY CHOOSE FLIGHTKIT?
Flightkit is an innovative development environment, designed to rapidly create mission-specific flight software for any unique mission – whether it’s a single nano-satellite or a large constellation. Flightkit is part of our end-to-end HELIX suite of space software products.
More about HELIXReduced time to market
Central elements of Flightkit are software components, that allow to quickly cover most standard flight software functionality and focus on the unique parts of the mission, helping you to significantly reduce development time.
Learn more about componentsReduced risk
Our heavily-tested components come pre-validated with extensive flight heritage, reducing the risk of failure and giving you a peace of mind. Moreover, the platform is designed with architectural clarity in mind to future-proof your mission and avoid serious risk as the mission evolves.
Learn more about mission risksSupport unique missions
The component-based architecture means that your software can be quickly and easily supplemented with new components to support additional capabilities, tailored to your unique and specific space mission.
View our case studiesScalability
Flightkit comes with in-built scalability to adapt to new software updates, hardware changes or new spacecraft additions, meaning that you won’t have to re-design your software from scratch as your system evolves.
More about large space systemsAllows for multiple vendors
Flightkit allows you to use multiple hardware vendors, even within a single constellation, which means you can choose the most appropriate and cost-effective option for your space mission.
More about vendor lock-inEase of use and support
Flightkit does not require specialist skills, thanks to its inherent simplicity and ease of use. It also comes with an extensive support and onboarding resource base to help you get started.
Open Resources portalBlog
What does “component-based” software really mean?
In the rapidly changing and growing commercial New Space market, there is a strong need to produce space software quickly and at low cost. The key to achieving this is…
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Developing Flight Software for Large Satellite Systems
As the New Space market continues to grow, more and more satellite applications require a large number of spacecraft. Find out how to efficiently design flight software to support high-volume…
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What Does Our Core Technology Really Mean?
In the rapidly changing commercial space market, there is a strong need to produce satellite software quickly and at low cost. Find our how our technology supports software reuse.
CURRENT FSDK USERS
ALREADY HAVE AN FSDK LICENCE?
HELIX Flightkit, our newest flight software development environment, designed to offer better clarity, ease of use, expressivity, build speed and flexibility. To take advantage of the new features and tight integration with HELIX solutions, it is necessary to upgrade your existing flight software, developed via the FSDK.
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Simplified and improved design process
We have simplified and improved the design process. Flightkit introduced a completely new workflow, that will make the platform significantly easier to learn and use.
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Simplified tooling and well-structured workflow
Simplified tooling and well-structured workflow also mean far better support for large scale software systems which are distributed across multiple computers, spacecraft or teams.
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New build system
We have completely replaced the build system to make it significantly faster and more flexible.
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Support resources
We have created a large knowledge base of tutorials and documentation to help engineers get to grips with our concepts and tools.
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OS-VOLT
OS-VOLT is a true testament to our upcoming HELIX suite of space software products. Find out how HELIX will be used to boost this pioneering multi-million mission.
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FARADAY PHOENIX
The Faraday Phoenix mission enables multiple third-party payloads to ‘rideshare ’ on a single satellite platform, providing fast and low-cost access to space.
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IOD-1 GEMS
The IOD-1 mission was the key first step in the OMS’s GEMS programme roll-out to test commercial viability of the service and prove the concept and technology.
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SEAHAWK
The SeaHawk project observes the changing biology of the ocean surface and its implication for various maritime applications.
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PICASSO
Developed for the European Space Agency, PICASSO CubeSat is designed to investigate the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere.