Optical Systems for Flagship and Next-Generation Observatories
Optical system architecture, performance modeling, and integration analysis for observatory-class instruments and calibration systems.
Odyssey
Odyssey Space
Enabling mission architecture, instrumentation, and program execution across civil, commercial, and defense.
Who We Are
Odyssey Space develops spacecraft, payloads, and scientific instruments across science, exploration, and national security missions, advancing systems from architecture through integrated hardware and operational execution.
Engineering Depth
High-performance optical systems, precision instruments, and calibration hardware developed from early design through fabrication, integration, and validated mission performance.
Optical system architecture, performance modeling, and integration analysis for observatory-class instruments and calibration systems.
Design and implementation of high-performance optical subsystems and calibration hardware, including adaptive optics instrumentation achieving record angular resolution in ground-based observatories.
Payload architectures and mission subsystems developed from requirements through design, fabrication, integration, and mission-ready performance.
Precision calibration and astrophysics instrumentation programs, including the NASA–GMU Landolt mission, covering mission architecture, optical performance definition, and system-level integration.
AI-enabled methods support system trades, performance modeling, and design optimization.
Mission Areas
Astrophysics, orbital research, cislunar systems, and advanced optical instrumentation.
Selected Hardware
Systems built for real missions.
PADRE
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CubeSat-class solar physics mission focused on polarization and X-ray directivity. Development spans instrument systems, optical performance, mechanical integration, and multi-institution coordination.
VISIBLE BAND GUIDER
W.M. Keck Observatory
Precision guider instrumentation supporting the Keck Cosmic Reionization Mapper, including optical assemblies, alignment systems, and integrated hardware validated for on-sky performance.
Selected
News / Updates
Mar 2026
Odyssey Space contributed to a multidisciplinary study developing hybrid observatory architectures for imaging and characterizing Earth-like exoplanets.
Feb 26, 2026
Odyssey Space established a strategic collaboration with OMP, expanding access to advanced optical design, fabrication, and integration capabilities for spaceflight missions.
Jan 9, 2026
Odyssey Space has strengthened its technical leadership with the appointment of Bert Pasquale, a veteran NASA optical engineer with extensive experience in space observatories and planetary science missions.
Apr 18, 2025
Odyssey Space supports the Landolt calibration mission with mission architecture and instrument performance analysis alongside GMU and NASA GSFC.
Mar 2025
Odyssey Space supports a biological research payload with WSSU and international partners studying plant resilience and molecular responses to microgravity.