{"id":142,"date":"2026-01-15T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacetimespod.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:43:27","slug":"atomic-6-protects-portal-space-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacetimespod.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/atomic-6-protects-portal-space-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Atomic-6 Protects Portal Space Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Portal Space Systems Selects Atomic-6 to Shield Their Critical Systems with Space Armor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Space has, as the name suggests, a lot of space; ~1 trillion km3<\/sup> of area in LEO, the most popular of orbits. Speeding around in that region is hundreds of millions of pieces of debris that are untrackable due to being too small, between 1mm to 1cm. With so much room it may seem unlikely these objects would bump into each other, but that\u2019s exactly what happened last month to the Shenzou-20 capsule, jeopardizing the lives of the Taikonauts aboard the Tiangong space station. As the number of satellites in LEO grows, so will this problem. There have already been 148,696 avoidance maneuvers performed over the last 6 months for 9,000 active Starlinks to avoid the other 16,000 trackable space objects, and with more than 50,000 satellites planned to be launched to that region between Starlink, Guowang, and Qianfan it will become increasingly difficult to avoid collisions. There are plenty of companies working on keeping satellites away from each other, but there are also plenty of other companies working on bringing satellites closer together. Whether for docking to space habitats, in-space assembly and manufacturing, refueling, formation flying, or RPO for friendly or adversarial operations; these are all growing demands in the space industry. The proximity of these operations increases the chance of collision, increases collision areas, and decreases agility to avoid collisions; so if the nature of the operation increases chances of collision, then the need for better protection becomes critical. That\u2019s the problem Atomic-6 has been developing solutions for, including Lightwing for more flexible and lower-profile solar arrays, and Space Armor to protect critical spacecraft systems like that of Portal Space Systems\u2019 Starburst-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n