Detection and characterization
Combine attributed tracking, imaging and operator data to estimate object identity, state, geometry, rotation and uncertainty.
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Debris Recovery Intelligence
TVK Orbital owns the debris-recovery mission thesis. OSOIX is the proposed supporting layer for mission intelligence, authenticated state, decision provenance, verification and evidence. It is not the capture hardware or flight-control system.
Mission intelligence chain
Prioritization
Evaluate environmental risk, technical recoverability, legal authority, mission value and uncertainty without reducing the decision to a single opaque score.
Rendezvous planning
Generate bounded approach scenarios, constraints, abort conditions and evidence requirements for authorized mission teams.
Capture support
Maintain target-state estimates and discrepancy alerts while deterministic guidance, navigation and control systems retain execution authority.
Stabilization
Record post-capture dynamics, configuration changes, constraint checks and operator decisions.
Removal or recovery
Verify the final orbit, controlled disposal condition, transfer, inspection or future reuse pathway.
Evidence package
Create a portable record of sources, models, authorizations, telemetry, observations, decisions, outcomes and limitations.
Non-negotiable principles
No mission without explicit legal authority
No hidden uncertainty
No AI-only capture decision
No unverifiable completion claim
No settlement before evidence
No reuse claim before inspection
Current maturity
Concept and architecture stage.
There is no OSOIX flight implementation, TVK Orbital capture vehicle, active customer mission, regulator-approved recovery operation, funded demonstration or flight heritage claimed here. The next credible step is a simulated reference mission with explicit assumptions, authority boundaries, failure cases and independently reviewable evidence.