Space startup Pave Space: on-board computer test on SpaceX mission

Munich. Vibration, massive temperature changes, radiation: A rocket mission with SpaceX starting this Thursday will show whether Pave Space's on-board computer can withstand the conditions in space. “This is a very exciting first step because for the first time we are going through the entire qualification process from design to production and testing to launch,” says founder and company boss Julie Böhning.

The Swiss woman has already raised more than $35 million to build a company that will advance the economy in space and resolve conflicts in space. Pave Space is developing transfer vehicles for this purpose: First, a kick stage that shoots satellites from low-Earth orbit into geostationary orbit within 24 hours.

She has now told Handelsblatt exclusively what will follow: a kind of “police car” that can guard satellites in geostationary orbit and defend them against possible military attacks with devastating effects on Earth.