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ATLAS Space Operations – #SBDC Client Showcase

February 7, 2020
ATLAS Space OperationsATLAS Space Operations, Inc. (atlasground.com | @AtlasSpace)
Countdown to the 2020 Client Showcase: #5

SBDC: Michigan SBDC, Lead Center Tech Team
SBDC Advisors: Scott Taylor, Kayo Ramirez

ATLAS Space Operations, Inc. is a leading innovator in ground communications for the space industry. The company, based in Traverse City, Michigan, empowers global access to space through Freedom™, a simple solution for processing and analyzing data from space through a global antenna network, powered by revolutionary cloud-based software.

ATLAS’s forward-thinking communications solutions are transforming the space industry by making ground communications simple, affordable and more scalable than ever before. Over the last year alone, ATLAS has supported numerous client space missions, including those for BlackSky Global and NOAA, added new partners like Aevum and Quintillion, added AWS functionality to its cloud platform, expanded its land footprint to 13 ground station sites, and collaborated with the military to further develop some of its communications products.

“Michigan SBDC provides invaluable mentorship and support to ATLAS Space Operations, and has from day one! The SBDC Tech Team worked closely with us to refine ATLAS’s pitch deck, resulting in a successful Angel-round funding and more. Michigan SBDC support to ATLAS demonstrates how growth of an entrepreneurial enterprise can be cultivated by an expert network — the SBDC network.  (more…)