Enabling technologies for safe, structured interaction between servicing and client spacecraft

Manna Energy Group already has a solution for cube-satellite collision avoidance in low Earth orbit — proven, executable, and ready under technology that exists today

Photonic Associates LLC

Manna Energy Group's approach differs fundamentally from decades of laser ablation research aimed at deorbiting uncooperative space debris. Rather than disposing of derelict objects, Manna Energy Group's architecture is designed to preserve and support active, operational satellites, through a cooperative, consent-based engagement model that integrates real-time collision warning data to protect satellites still performing their mission.

The foundational physics of laser ablation propulsion, including its long-studied application to orbital debris deorbiting, has been publicly documented in the peer-reviewed literature for decades. For readers interested in that background, we recommend Phipps, C., et al., "Review: Laser-Ablation Propulsion," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2010. Manna Energy Group's contribution lies not in this underlying physics, but in the cooperative, consent-based architecture described above.

This work is developed for licensing to spacecraft manufacturers, operators, and servicing providers, rather than for direct operational deployment by Manna Energy Group. We welcome conversations with organizations across the satellite servicing ecosystem interested in incorporating these approaches into their own missions.

Cooperative servicing and refueling capability is a recognized priority for national security space, reflected in efforts such as the U.S. Space Force's Space Mobility and Logistics program. We've seen this pattern before: government funding is moving into deorbit and servicing contracts faster than the operational architecture exists to support them, the same gap that opened in power generation when capital outpaced operational maturity. Our development approach is informed by that landscape and by emerging industry standards work at CONFERS and AIAA, though Manna Energy Group is not currently a member of either body.

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Claude Phipps

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