Extremely excited for this launch! We have amazing companies doing some really cool stuff in the space sector! Cannot wait to support all the amazing missions with Epsilon3!
Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
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Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#12Love this! It's certainly surprising that something like this doesn't exist for the space industry yet (and other industries that do complex texting and operations). Glad to see someone working to fill that gap especially as the commercial space industry starts to blossom. Couple of thoughts/questions:
1.) How do you convince space orgs that using a third-party SaaS offering is a better approach than building it in-house? Especially as part of the ERP the org may be using already?
2.) Does Epsilon3 support scripted procedures? What language(s) does it support?
3.) Any thoughts on a ChatOps like interface (e.g. Slack)?
Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#13This is awesome and made my day knowing that the space industry is big enough to support a startup building this kind of ops tooling. You said “you don’t hear about most of those on the news” and you’re right - most of the customer logos on your website I’d never heard of - is there a website / twitter / ? that you rely on for daily coverage? I would love to build a better view of the industry, players, priorities.
Cheers! Thank you! https://orbitalindex.com/ is an amazing resource. https://jatan.space/ is another that I follow. Payload Research newsletter rocks too: https://mailchi.mp/payloadresearch/bezos-leaves-earth?e=e515... There's even a Slack bot to be notified of launches (most of which you don't hear about on the news): https://groundcontrolbot.space/
NewSpace Hub (https://newspacehub.co/) is also a great resource for tracking all of the new startups, and existing, in this industry.
Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#14Love this! It's certainly surprising that something like this doesn't exist for the space industry yet (and other industries that do complex texting and operations). Glad to see someone working to fill that gap especially as the commercial space industry starts to blossom. Couple of thoughts/questions: 1.) How do you convince space orgs that using a third-party SaaS offering is a better approach than building it in-h…
Nice! Thanks for great ideas and questions.
1. Building in house is expensive, slow, and painful, and most teams have better things to spend their time on. We’re helping several teams move off their in-house solution because they aren’t satisfied with it.
2. We are building out automation and scripting capabilities. We support integration with Python scripts and other local commanding destinations via our API.
3. Love the idea! We already support real-time comments that are embedded in procedures. We want to build out even more things along those lines to streamline communications.
Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#15Is the any planned integration with requirement tracking software such as DOORS? If it were possible to flow test results back into the requirement specification systems it could seriously save a lot of time and money.
Also, for commenting on procedure steps are there any additional tools available for the text formatting? We find we have to do a lot of red lining and colour coding as things progress to track deviations in a simple way for customers and PA to find.
Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#16Is the any planned integration with requirement tracking software such as DOORS? If it were possible to flow test results back into the requirement specification systems it could seriously save a lot of time and money. Also, for commenting on procedure steps are there any additional tools available for the text formatting? We find we have to do a lot of red lining and colour coding as things progress to track deviati…
Most certainly! We are planning to integrate with all software packages that our customers are using to enable really efficient operations for them. We have a few Next Gen DOORS customers, as well as other requirements tracking tools. I love the suggestions!
In addition, we can comment and actively redline running procedures. If you want me to show you I'd be happy to. You can email me at laura@epsilon3.io and in addition I'll make a small tutorial and link it here when complete.
Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#17Love this! It's certainly surprising that something like this doesn't exist for the space industry yet (and other industries that do complex texting and operations). Glad to see someone working to fill that gap especially as the commercial space industry starts to blossom. Couple of thoughts/questions: 1.) How do you convince space orgs that using a third-party SaaS offering is a better approach than building it in-h…
Joseph, for #1, I've worked on in-house tools and:
1. They never get enough developers.
2. They usually get deprioritized in lieu of other projects.
3. Many small space companies don't have resources to build awesome in-house tools.
It can be really time consuming and take the team's focus off of the primary goal as well, so we try to get teams to focus on the things that they are uniquely qualified to do, rather than build software to support their operation.
Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#18Congrulations on the launch, it sounds awesome. This is one of the companies where I would love to work. Are you taking remote candidates?
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#19First, congrats on launching.
Second, "AWS GovCloud for ITAR compliance," can the USG access my data (EU company) then?
Re: Launch HN: Epsilon3 (YC S21) – Software for spacecraft and complex operations
#20This is awesome and made my day knowing that the space industry is big enough to support a startup building this kind of ops tooling. You said “you don’t hear about most of those on the news” and you’re right - most of the customer logos on your website I’d never heard of - is there a website / twitter / ? that you rely on for daily coverage? I would love to build a better view of the industry, players, priorities.
Cheers! Thank you! https://orbitalindex.com/ is an amazing resource. https://jatan.space/ is another that I follow. Payload Research newsletter rocks too: https://mailchi.mp/payloadresearch/bezos-leaves-earth?e=e515... There's even a Slack bot to be notified of launches (most of which you don't hear about on the news): https://groundcontrolbot.space/
Orbital index has a very good email letter they send out with news, links, and great commentary. Sign up on site above.