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Executive space systems advisory
Schaub Space Consulting
Direct executive consulting, strategic advisory support, and aerospace technical counsel for CEOs, boards, investors, and mission leaders building advanced space systems.
Founder-led expertise
Board-level judgment backed by deep technical execution.
Schaub Space Consulting (SSC) helps aerospace companies, investors, mission teams, and space organizations evaluate advanced technologies, de-risk autonomy and control concepts, shape growth strategy, and connect mission ambition with flight-relevant engineering reality.
Executive consulting model
Direct Counsel for Strategic and Technical Decisions
SSC supports executives when decisions require both aerospace depth and boardroom judgment: where to invest, what to build, which risks matter, how to structure technical leadership, and how to engage customers, industry partners, government stakeholders, and international relationships.
Retained or focused executive counsel
Senior aerospace judgment for strategic decisions, customer conversations, and board-facing moments.
SSC works directly with CEOs, founders, boards, and mission leaders who need an independent senior voice that can move between strategy, technical credibility, and executive communication.
Best fit
- Corporate strategy and technical positioning for advanced space capabilities.
- Board preparation, customer meetings, partner conversations, and review gates.
- Fractional advisory support where leadership needs periodic senior technical counsel.
Typical outputs
- Executive decision memos, briefing structure, and strategic options analysis.
- Independent perspective on mission fit, technical priorities, and leadership structure.
- Preparation for high-stakes reviews, stakeholder discussions, and market messaging.
Investment, acquisition, partnership, and go/no-go support
Independent technical diligence for organizations evaluating aerospace technology, execution risk, and strategic value.
SSC helps investors, acquirers, partners, and leadership teams understand what is credible, what is immature, and what technical claims need deeper validation before commitment.
Best fit
- Technology readiness review for autonomy, ADCS, GNC, RPO, and simulation capabilities.
- Strategic assessment of defensibility, maturity, team capability, and execution path.
- Transaction, partnership, and market-entry decisions that require technical depth.
Typical outputs
- Technical diligence findings written for executive and investor audiences.
- Risk register, validation gaps, maturity assessment, and recommended follow-up questions.
- Clear distinction between flight-ready strength, manageable uncertainty, and critical exposure.
Independent mission and engineering challenge
Red-team review for assumptions, algorithms, margins, architecture choices, and high-consequence technical decisions.
SSC provides a constructive outside review when teams need their mission concept, autonomy approach, simulation evidence, or design-review posture tested before the stakes rise.
Best fit
- Mission architecture, ADCS, GNC, autonomy, RPO, and spacecraft operations concepts.
- Design reviews, readiness reviews, anomaly reviews, or investor-facing technical claims.
- Engineering teams that want candid review without slowing program momentum.
Typical outputs
- Focused review workshops, technical findings, and prioritized risk-retirement actions.
- Assessment of assumptions, margins, model fidelity, validation evidence, and integration risk.
- Executive-ready summary of what matters, why it matters, and where to invest attention.
Digital engineering, Basilisk, Vizard, and model confidence
Simulation support for teams building credible spacecraft dynamics, autonomy, and mission-analysis environments.
SSC advises on simulation architecture, digital twin strategy, Basilisk and Vizard roadmaps, validation planning, and technical team capability development for advanced spacecraft work.
Best fit
- Simulation strategy for spacecraft autonomy, ADCS, RPO, and mission operations.
- Basilisk module planning, Vizard visualization direction, and model-based review workflows.
- Teams that need better confidence in model fidelity, test coverage, and technical ownership.
Typical outputs
- Simulation architecture review, roadmap guidance, and validation planning.
- Prioritized module, workflow, and visualization recommendations.
- Practical guidance for using simulation evidence in executive and technical decisions.
Selected credibility
Experience That Travels From Analysis to Flight
31+
years in spacecraft dynamics, autonomy, and control
630+
technical publications and conference papers
$20M+
program support for advanced space systems
240+
keynote and invited technical talks
Operating leadership
Executive-Scale Experience in Aerospace Teams, Programs, and Mission Decisions
SSC brings leadership experience from large aerospace organizations and flight-relevant technical programs, translated into the questions clients face: strategy, resources, talent, technical risk, partner alignment, and execution discipline.
Advanced Technical Team Building
Built and led high-performing spacecraft autonomy, simulation, ADCS, RPO, and mission-support teams with 15-25 active technical contributors and more than $20M in sponsored program support.
Flight-Relevant Subsystem Leadership
Served in ADCS algorithm and subsystem leadership roles through major design reviews, launch support, and post-launch mission operations for operational deep-space programs.
Industry and International Engagement
Supported customer conversations, strategic reviews, international collaborations, technical workforce development, and partnerships across government, commercial, and mission organizations.
Consulting focus
Technical and Strategic Services for Space Organizations
SSC supports selective advisory, fractional executive, technical review, and board-facing engagements where credible independent judgment matters.
Executive Aerospace Advisory
Direct counsel to CEOs and executive teams on space strategy, mission positioning, board preparation, customer interactions, and technical decision quality.
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- Board and executive decision framing for high-consequence space initiatives.
- Customer, partner, and stakeholder preparation for strategic conversations.
- Technical leadership structure, hiring priorities, and advisory review moments.
Mission and Technical Red-Team Review
Independent review, algorithm strategy, performance validation, and technical risk assessment for autonomy, ADCS, RPO, mission architecture, and GNC systems.
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- Objective review of mission concepts, assumptions, margins, and readiness.
- Independent assessment of ADCS, RPO, autonomy, GNC, and simulation approaches.
- Executive-ready findings for risk trades, design reviews, and investment decisions.
Growth, Transactions, and Partnerships
Assessment of aerospace technology readiness, business opportunities, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, investments, collaborations, and market-facing risk.
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- Technical diligence for investments, acquisitions, partnerships, and market entry.
- Evaluation of defensibility, maturity, execution risk, and customer credibility.
- Support for strategic narratives that connect capability to mission value.
Simulation, R&D, and Technical Workforce
Guidance using the Basilisk spacecraft simulation framework, plus support for R&D planning, IRAD direction, module development, Vizard visualization, recruiting, and technical leadership mentoring.
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- Simulation architecture, digital engineering strategy, and model validation planning.
- Basilisk and Vizard roadmap guidance for advanced spacecraft dynamics work.
- R&D direction, IRAD prioritization, and technical team capability development.
Frontier domains
Advanced Space Domains Where Strategy Meets Execution
From RPO and robotic servicing to autonomous mission operations and high-fidelity digital twins, SSC helps leaders evaluate when emerging capabilities are ready for serious investment, customer engagement, and flight.
Rendezvous and proximity operations
Precision Mission Execution
Space robotic servicing
On-Orbit Intervention and Sustainment
Autonomous mission operations
Scheduling, Autonomy, and Decision Support
Digital twins and simulation
Model-Based Mission Confidence
Mission-informed judgment
Selected Program Experience
UAE/LASP Mars Mission Hope
Supported the Emirates Mars Mission as ADCS algorithm lead from major design reviews through launch and post-launch operations, contributing to a novel subsystem still operating at Mars.
UAE/LASP Multi-Asteroid Explorer
Supported ADCS simulation and flight algorithm development through CDR, providing objective judgment on technology readiness and mission risk.
CICERO Mission
Served as ADCS lead for the LASP-led mission through CDR phase.
TechSat-21 Formation Flight
Pioneered J2-invariant relative motion concepts for LEO satellites flying kilometers apart.
Leadership
Hanspeter Schaub, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO, Schaub Space Consulting
Dr. Schaub is a National Academy of Engineering member, AIAA Fellow, and AAS Fellow who has advised NASA, AFRL, LASP, AIAA, leading aerospace companies, international partners, and investment groups.
His work spans nonlinear dynamics and control, astrodynamics, spacecraft autonomy, RPO, charged astrodynamics, space debris mitigation, digital engineering, mission simulation, executive technical counsel, and leadership for flight-relevant aerospace programs.
Areas of expertise
Domains Where SSC Adds Signal
- R&D Strategy and Leadership
- Spacecraft Autonomy and Guidance
- High-Fidelity Simulation
- Spacecraft RPO and ADCS
- Digital Engineering and Modeling
- Aerospace Innovation Ecosystems
- Industry-Government Partnerships
- Strategic Transactions and Diligence
- Technical Leadership and Recruiting
- Advisory, Review, and Governance
- Risk and Safety Management
- International Space Relationships
Contact
Engage an independent senior advisor.
For executive advisory, retainer-based consulting, board-facing support, technical diligence, strategic review, red-team mission assessment, or Basilisk simulation support, contact Schaub Space Consulting directly.