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Illustrative stand-off inspection: a conceptual servicer observes an inactive satellite above Earth without contact
ILLUSTRATIVE MISSION SCENE / NOT HARDWARE OR FLIGHT DATA

R&D program of Management Services NYC LLC

Working toward orbital service.

TowBot is our early orbital-servicing concept: a small vehicle that might approach, capture, and assist objects in orbit. We're answering the hard questions before we build anything.

Technical inquiries → See the concept
Conceptual mission simulation of a small servicer maintaining separation from an inactive satellite while assessing it above Earth
Illustrative scenario — stand-off observation before any close approach or capture decision.Not an engineering rendering, simulated flight output, or selected TowBot design.
ORBIT MATCH STAND-OFF / INSPECT CAPTURE ASSESSMENT DISPOSAL OPTIONS / TBD SCHEMATIC RELATIVE GEOMETRY · NOT A FLIGHT PATH 01 02 03 04
Fig. 1 — Illustrative orbital context: match orbit · inspect · assess approach and capture · study disposal optionsConcept graphic · relative motion and distances not to scale
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The program

Questions first. Hardware follows.

Asterlock Space Technologies is the first space technology R&D program under Management Services NYC LLC. Current work focuses on mission simulation, orbit-change studies, capture concepts, and test planning.

NASA DAS modeling helps us examine proposed disposal scenarios. Capture hardware remains at the concept and test-planning stage.

Define the mission. Organize the technical work. Test assumptions. Move forward on evidence.

Program telemetry

STAGEEarly research
CONCEPTTowBot orbital servicer
MODELINGNASA DAS disposal scenarios
CURRENT WORKMission simulation & orbit-change studies
CAPTURE HARDWAREConcept & test planning
FLIGHT HARDWARENone flown

Research tracks

What we're examining.

TRK-01 · MISSION● IN PROGRESS

Orbit & mission studies

Simulating missions and evaluating how proposed orbit changes affect outcomes.

TRK-02 · CONTACT○ CONCEPT

Capture concepts

Studying controlled approaches and capture methods for non-cooperative objects.

TRK-03 · EVIDENCE○ PLANNING

Test planning

Defining the measurements and ground tests needed to narrow technical uncertainty.

Partnership & technical inquiries

Explore the work with us.

Engineers, researchers, and organizations working on orbital servicing, debris mitigation, or test facilities — we'd like to hear from you.

Get in touch → Email us 917 995 1976