Capabilities
Opterus is committed to delivering high-performance structures and systems that advance the aerospace and defense industries. We cover the gamut from novel deployable structures for In-Space Manufacturing and Assembly (ISAM) to piece parts for a constellation.
Space Structures & Mechanism Production 
Opterus Products

Opterus is equipped to support government prime, government subcontract, and commercial projects.

We are AS9100 certified, DCAA approved, and CMMC compliant. Located in Loveland, CO, our facilities feature a 30-meter-long oven, a metrology lab, clean room, machine shop, 3D printers, and various test equipment for rapid prototyping.

Our advanced structures and systems allow spacecraft components to fold compactly for launch and expand 10 to 1,000x in length, area, and volume once on orbit. Our technologies include space flight mechanisms and High Strain Composite (HSC) booms, antennas, hinges, solar array structures, reflectors, light shades, radiators, and robotic architectures.

Opterus has achieved successful space flight heritage since 2018, with dozens of HSC-enabled structures on orbit.

Contact us with any questions or inquiries about flight mechanisms and structures production. 

Key Features

  • Conception
  • Design
  • Analysis & Simulation
  • Prototype Fabrication
  • Testing

Missions supported

  • DARPA NOM4D
  • AFRL SSPIDR
  • DARPA ISAT
  • AFRL MOIRE
  • JPL StarShade
  • AFLR PowerSail 

Missions supported

  •  100% deployment success (Capella antenna, Capella Solar Array,  Flexitech antennas).
Research & Technology Development
Opterus Expertise

Key Features

  • Conception
  • Design
  • Analysis & Simulation
  • Prototype Fabrication
  • Testing

Missions supported

  • DARPA NOM4D
  • AFRL SSPIDR
  • DARPA ISAT
  • AFRL MOIRE
  • JPL StarShade
  • AFLR PowerSail 

Bring us your challenge or concept, and we will work with you to develop innovative solutions.

Opterus’s high-performance composites manufacturing facility is located in Loveland, CO, and is equipped to tackle a wide range of prototyping challenges.  We offer unrivaled engineering design capabilities, and our in-depth understanding of structures can be applied to spacecraft, lunar, and naval environments.

We are pioneers of High Strain Composites and experts in spacecraft structure sand mechanisms, with over 15 patents and 70 publications. We offer industry-leading analysis and simulation capabilities, specializing in deployment simulations, finite element analysis, structural analysis, and thermal analysis. We design and simulate using high-performance computing workstations equipped with state-of-the-art software such as SolidWorks, SWSimulation Professional, Abaqus, and Mathmatica.

Contact us with any questions or inquiries for structure invention, design,analysis and simulation, rapid prototyping, or testing.

High strain composites
Opterus Composites

Missions supported

  •  100% deployment success (Capella antenna, Capella Solar Array,  Flexitech antennas (how many?)

As the inventors of High Strain Composites material technologies, we have spearheaded the development of manufacturing methods for optimal quality, performance, and efficiency. Opterus is equipped with modular 30-meter ovens that are easily reconfigurable and lengthened to meet production constraints. 

Our proprietary High Strain Composite manufacturing processes deliver autoclave quality composite components at significantly reduced costs and lead times. Our expertise allows us to take on a wide range of composites manufacturing challenges. Our staff is well-versed in structures and deployment testing through flight qualification.

Contact us to see how our novel processes can be tailored to tackle your challenges.

Looking for Products?
Opterus specializes in deployable and unfolding spacecraft structures. Applications range from high gain RF reflectors to high power solar array architectures, antennas, sails, shades, and any spacecraft subsystem that must compact within small volumes for launch and expand in length, area and volume for in-space applications.
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