Engineering the next
path to space.
Electromagnetic acceleration. Liquid propulsion. Mission intelligence. Explore the purpose, progress, and development goals of MiST’s three core programs.
Caelus
Investigating launch assist through controlled electromagnetic acceleration.
Caelus is MiST’s experimental electromagnetic-assisted launch program. A sequence of independently mounted coils accelerates a test article along a guideway, providing a platform for studying timing, controls, sensing, and system integration.
The program has advanced from concept work to an integrated subscale ground-test article through prototype funding, fabrication, and subsystem development.
Caelus Mission Patch
A small number of 4-inch woven Caelus mission patches are available from the first batch. Proceeds support MiST outreach, prototype development, and the next patch run for events and handouts.
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Development focuses on repeatable measurements, coil timing, projectile motion, and the integration of mechanical, electrical, and control systems.
These figures describe the subscale ground-test configuration. Future launch applications remain development goals.
KRATOS
A small launch vehicle program built around rapid design iteration.
KRATOS is MiST’s liquid-propellant launch vehicle concept. Its development approach emphasizes additive manufacturing and the integration of propulsion, vehicle systems, and mission requirements.
AETHER is the associated engine development program, exploring how 3D-printed components can support iterative liquid-engine design and fabrication.
Small payloads.
A focused launch architecture.
KRATOS has a payload design goal of up to 150 kg. That goal guides the vehicle concept and propulsion development; it is not a demonstrated payload capability.
The program’s next steps center on engineering design, component development, and hardware validation.
C3Po
Turning mission information into options decision-makers can evaluate.
C3Po is an early-stage AI mission-system concept focused on mission planning, course-of-action generation and adjudication, and decision support.
The development vision includes using mission and system information to support monitoring and anomaly detection, while keeping operational decisions accountable to the people responsible for the mission.
- PlanExplore possible courses of action against mission objectives and constraints.
- EvaluateCompare options and make assumptions visible to the decision-maker.
- SupportInvestigate tools for monitoring, anomaly identification, and informed mission decisions.
C3Po is a development concept. These are intended functions, not claims of deployed autonomous capability.
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