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KinetX Deep-space navigation, flight dynamics, mission design, ground-software, systems-engineering, and constellation-design provider.
Company website Arizona-founded aerospace engineering company that provides navigation and flight-dynamics operations, mission design, ground systems, software, and hardware engineering for civil, commercial, and government programs. KinetX became a wholly owned Intuitive Machines subsidiary on October 1, 2025.
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KinetX customers & supported companies Motorola — supplier Tell me more KinetX was contracted by Motorola in 1992 to develop, integrate, test and provide operations support for the Iridium ground system — supplying ground-system development, integration, hardware and operations services that enabled Motorola’s Iridium satellite system program.
Relationship research record NASA — customer Tell me more KinetX provides deep-space navigation and flight-dynamics services as the only commercial company certified by NASA for interplanetary missions, including MESSENGER (Mercury), New Horizons (Pluto/Kuiper Belt), OSIRIS-REx (asteroid sample return), Lucy (Jupiter Trojans, selected 2025), and others, using Deep Space Network tracking.
Relationship research record Iridium — customer Tell me more KinetX provided ground-system development, software, hardware, integration, test, and constellation operations support for the Iridium satellite communication system starting in 1992 and ongoing for many years.
Relationship research record Lockheed Martin — customer Tell me more KinetX provided engineering support and software development for multiple Lockheed Martin space programs as a prime-contractor partner.
Relationship research record Boeing — customer Tell me more KinetX provided engineering support and software development for Boeing space programs.
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KinetX program partners Motorola — program partner Tell me more Motorola contracted KinetX starting in 1992 for development and implementation of the Iridium satellite constellation ground system, including software integration, test, development, hardware development, and constellation operations.
Relationship research record Internalized capabilities Intuitive Machines — acquired capability 4 connections Tell me more Intuitive Machines acquired KinetX as a wholly owned subsidiary on October 1, 2025, integrating its deep-space navigation, flight dynamics, mission design, ground software, and constellation capabilities to expand end-to-end lunar/Mars services.
Relationship research record Intuitive Machines agreed to acquire KinetX to expand deep-space navigation, ground software, and constellation/relay capabilities; acquisition announced Aug 2025 and completed as a KinetX subsidiary Oct 1, 2025.
Relationship research record Intuitive Machines finalized and completed the acquisition of KinetX, making KinetX a wholly owned Intuitive Machines subsidiary effective Oct 1, 2025.
Relationship research record Intuitive Machines acquired KinetX to expand deep space navigation, constellation management, and Moon-to-Mars data relay capabilities (completed 2025).
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Government awards & missions Naval Air Systems Command — program-customer-end-user Tell me more Naval Air Systems Command received KinetX engineering support for the BAMS Unmanned Aircraft System through KinetX's subcontract to Northrop Grumman. · BAMS UAS Airborne Recorder development.
KinetX explicitly states it supported NAVAIR under its Northrop Grumman BAMS subcontract.
government agency Arizona State University — mission-design-and-engineering-partner Tell me more KinetX partnered with Arizona State University on LunaH-Map, identified the lunar-orbit trajectory, led mission design, and contributed engineering and operations personnel. · LunaH-Map 6U CubeSat lunar-polar hydrogen-mapping mission.
KinetX calls ASU a project partner and describes its mission-design role; ASU independently identifies KinetX as part of the LunaH-Map engineering/operations team.
customer organization Emirates Mars Mission — mission-navigation-provider Tell me more KinetX is responsible for all navigation functions for the Emirates Mars Mission Hope spacecraft, including ephemeris generation and trajectory, maneuver, and collision-avoidance analysis. · Hope Mars orbiter and its Mars-orbit science mission.
KinetX identifies itself as responsible for all EMM navigation functions; the EMM ground-segment description specifies its navigation outputs and analyses.
mission context Southwest Research Institute — mission-operations-coordination Tell me more KinetX coordinated navigation-image requirements with Southwest Research Institute personnel sequencing Lucy instruments and designing spacecraft pointing. · NASA Lucy mission.
NASA directly records KinetX's description of its coordination with Southwest Research Institute for Lucy imaging and pointing.
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