DISTRIBUTION / SUPPLY

/Launch Reservation

Reserve a CubeSat

For as low as $17,500/CubeSat you can now have your own tethered launch provided that the location allows. We are open to high rise buildings, city partnerships, and many forms of commercial and government applications. In many ways, the sky is the limit!

Why launch w/ us?

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Logistics

We are developing software to handle our logistics and hardware to be oriented towards scaling our launches.

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Distributed

We are an easy to launch system, and aim to eventually set foot throughout the entire world. 

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Weather

We utilize Aerostats, weather-coated electronics, and flexible solar arrays to be built to last.

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Manufacturing

We aim to be modularly built and to be sustainable as well as scalable in many of our designs.

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Connecting the Disconnected

There is a huge problem in relation to information disconnect that we want to solve starting with the internet. Many isolated parts of the world doesn't have access to proper connectivity and communication channels. This is also problematic at times of war, and in needing to stay in touch with loved ones or for even everyday innovations we take for granted such as shipping and logistics.

With our new form of making people more connected, now this can be fixed more than ever. We are connecting the disconnected and getting ready to level up the playing field.

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Launches/ Testing

From Humble Beginnings

It didn't take us until 2022 to be able to get started testing for telemetry data. This was in Harbor Beach, Michigan utilizing a weather balloon and during a time where there was a massive helium shortage. We had to literally use tanks from Walmart, and it was at a relatively low elevation of only about 500ft.

We've went a long way to where we are at now, which was to switch to much higher elevations, less likely to burst aerostats, and outfitted CubeSats for large radius and frequency capabilities for connectivity.

Future Launch Vehicles

Stark Drones have been working behind the scenes on some designs for potential future launch vehicles for sustainable LEO launches including a Modular Space Plane and a SPUAV or Steam-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Design. That flying car thing you see in yellow could help too. The more launches, the bigger the potential for sustainable launch vehicle development in the future is, and this goes beyond just utilizing traditional aerostats.

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What is Stark Maps?

Stark Maps is a work in progress application to map out satellite debris, flight path and other data to make launch scheduling much easier. We want to utilize Stark Maps as part of our reservation system and to make FAA complaint launches done at a potentially much quicker scheduled pace than industry standard.

Mapping our Connectivity

Right now from the perspective of space launches, satellites and CubeSats, there aren't that many applications that globally map out everything in an efficient manner. Beyond that, the space debris problem is something that we are lacking a big picture of. Stark Maps is part of the mission to map out our connectivity, and in helping Starkcom Global's overarching mission in making the world more connected.

Reserve a Launch

Are you interested in reserving a launch? CubeSats are $17,500/each and we traditionally go after contracts that are at least 10 satellites but are open to negotiations. Contact us today!

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Frequently asked questions

  • What is Kevlar rope?
    Kevlar is a fiber material that is known to be much stronger than steel and is used in many tactical applications such as  bulletproof vests or lifelines. 
  • How are you so "cheap"?
    We utilize our own PCBs for our CubeSats as well as our own gateway designs. We also utilize an acrylic CNC CubeSat enclosure from a third party vendor or can CNC or 3D print our own high quality enclosures.  
  • How strong is our Kevlar rope?
    Our goal is to be within 1500LBs+ braided Kevlar rope in relation to tension strength. 
  • Who is your aerostat provider?
    We utilize Allsopp Helikites Ltd. or various other providers depending on price and our needs. Our typical lift requirements are 3000 to 5000ft. 
  • What are your powerup methods?
    We utilize 5V solar panels and lithium Ion battery packs. Typically we could use flexible solar arrays, depending on the supplier. We mainly implement 3.0 power requirements used as industry guidance for CubeSats and NanoSats. We also want to focus on redundancy through deep sleep and other protocols.
  • What are some of your competitors?
    The main ones are Project Loon which restructured to Aalyria, StarLink, Amazon Kuiper, and Virgin Orbit. There is also NanoAvionics, Pumpkin Space Systems, AAC Clyde Space, EnduroSat, Surrey, and Blue Canyon Technologies on the hardware side. We also compete with Frontier Development Lab, Singularity University, Boston Dynamics, BPS Space, Arca Aerospace, ERA INC, RocketLabs, and Space Perspective through the Stark Drones Corporation. Self-serve competitors like SatCube also exist. 
  • How are you different from SatCube?
    They provide a terminal (gateway) service that piggybacks off of other satellites through partner networks to offer telemetry to remote areas. We actually are a launch and gateway provider ourselves. Since they are just a gateway/terminal as a service, their speeds are quite low. 
  • Are you a software or hardware play?
    We like to implement both software and hardware to what we do, but technically our biggest strong suit is our algorithms which include data compression, new variations of fuzzy logic and other proprietary systems. You can even say that our setup is "mathematical" and math is our strong suit. 
  • How do you differ from Project Loon?
    Both Google's Project Loon and Facebook Aquila were considered defunct, but Project Loon actually just restructured to Aalyria. Project Loon utilized Raven Aerostar balloons to carry 4G Antennaes and commercial satellites instead of CubeSats, and focused on entirely different algorithms and paradigms. Some may say that they were essentially overengineered in components and balloon costs.
  • What is LEO? What is the Kármán line?
    LEO depends on orbit, it is generally 100Kft or more above earth, and can range all the way up to 2,000 km or 6,561,680ft. The Kármán line which can be effectively the minimal near zero gravity or edge of space elevation altitude is around 330k ft. 
  • How do you tether these to the ground?
    Tethered launches are done in relatively low elevation, and can be tethered to the ground or to a high rise commercial building on the roof top. Typically, you would use a peg, and for ground based tethering you can dig up to a 5ft hole that you would fill with cement. The rope would be commercially available military-grade or high tension Kevlar or some variation of steel reinforced fibers.
  • Do you manufacture everything "in-house"?
    We rely heavily on cloud manufacturing to scale, but are slowly upgrading our designs and infrastructure to be more in-house as time progresses. 
  • What are Low Elevation/Tethered Launches?
    These are launches within 3000 to 5000 ft. Our launch capabilities depend on the balloon model and launch requirements. Typically from ground it can be 3500 to 4000ft depending on peak connectivity and balloon, while from a high rise commercial building 5000ft is doable. If a more expensive balloon is needed to meet your launch requirements from on ground, we can sometimes pay the difference.
  • How do you protect the electronics from weather?
    We utilize silicon coatings or synthetic polymers and sprays such as ElectroniCoat, Skotchkote, MG Chemicals or similar water/weather-proofing agents.
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