CORE BUSINESS
SPiN - Space Products and Innovation spins technology into the space industry to simplify space manufacturing.
SPiN offers modularity as a service, providing design expertise and software and hardware integration, enabling manufacturers to integrate components efficiently and cost-effectively.
SPiN’s solutions combine system engineering with MA61C, the Multipurpose Adapter Generic Interface Connector, a plug-and-play intelligent data node that allows rapid and flexible design.
Thanks to our adapter, SPiN also offers an all-inclusive modular CubeSat design and integration service, using COTS to reduce the price and time-to-orbit.
SPiN’s innovative approach earned multiple awards, including Best Business Solution at Startup Weekend Space (2015), the Space2Business competition (2022),
and Space2Connect (2023). In 2022, SPiN launched SPiN-1, a CubeSat for orbit demonstration, with plans for a follow-up mission in 2025.
Based in Europe and the USA, SPiN democratizes access to space, empowering manufacturers to unlock new ventures.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
The Multipurpose Adapter Generic Interface Connector (MA61C) is a universal adapter that transforms incompatible off-the-shelf components into plug-and-play for satellite manufacturers.
MA61C facilitates seamless integration of off-the-shelf components, reducing design costs by 50%, production costs by 30%, and integration time by a year. It accommodates satellites of various sizes, from CubeSats to larger spacecraft.
MA61C is a solution to facilitate and reduce the costs of satellite integration. It is used in space as a Command and Data Handling (CDH) device, which can also host the onboard software for small satellite missions. It connects to most off-the-shelf components thanks to its ability to support 9 different interfaces, delivering 50% cost reductions on design and 30% on production and removing a year from satellite integration time.
TECHNICAL MEANS
The MA61C adapter offers a single connector that matches 80% of suppliers. The core of MA61C is the GR712RC LEON3-FT SPARC V8 processor. It supports nine interface standards for command and control subsystems: SpaceWire, UART, RS232, RS422, RS485, SPI, CANBUS, I2C, GPIOs, GPIs, and JTAG lines for debugging.
All interfaces besides SPI and I2C can be used as inputs and outputs. The processor also comes with a built-in timer based on an onboard oscillator.
MA61C holds a database of drivers, enabling plug-and-play functionalities such as device recognition, self-configuration and driver installation.
In addition, it is equipped with an internal memory of 32Mbit of SRAM, 3Gbit of SDRAM, and 64Mbit of FLASH for storing onboard software, drivers and data.
The embedded API is an intelligent system that can scan connections, detect incoming data, route, and convert data between the subsystem and the onboard software.
MAIN CUSTOMERS
MA61C accommodates satellites of various sizes, from CubeSats to larger spacecraft, making it a versatile solution.
Prime satellite manufacturers are planning to produce large constellations, and new space companies are looking to integrate and test new technologies while saving satellite assembly and integration costs and time. SPiN, thanks to its compatibility with multiple suppliers, offers the opportunity to expand entrepreneurs’ market potential and produce units at a higher rate while saving costs and time.
MAJOR SPACE PROJECTS
The company launched its first satellite, SPiN-1, on May 25, 2022. The 1U cubesat was fully designed and integrated by SPiN.
SPiN-1 in-orbit demonstration mission is a project that was born to demonstrate in-orbit reconfiguration and the benefits of modular satellite assembly with off-the-shelf components through MA61C, SPiN’s universal adapter.
