Blackwing Space and Parsimoni Partner on Orbital Software Rideshare Mission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mission will give startups an affordable path to flight heritage and on-orbit validation for software, AI, and edge compute missions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. and PAU, France, Sept. 1, 2026 - Blackwing Space and Parsimoni today announced a commercial collaboration supporting an upcoming orbital software demonstration mission designed for startups and technology teams seeking an affordable path to flight heritage and on-orbit validation for software, AI, and edge-compute missions.
Targeting Q3 2027, the mission will host multiple independent software payloads on Blackwing Space's Sparrow 2U XL nanosatellite and CM5 Edge Compute Module, powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5). The mission will enable customers to demonstrate software, AI inference, machine learning, edge computing, and related technologies in low Earth orbit using a commercial compute environment, without incurring the cost and complexity of a traditional satellite mission.
Parsimoni SpaceOS will serve as the mission's payload software environment, supporting customer onboarding, software integration, testing, deployment, and application management. Blackwing Space will provide the nanosatellite platform, edge compute payload, launch services, licensing, mission operations, and mission operations API.
"Our goal is to make flight heritage and on-orbit validation much more accessible for software and compute startups," said Paul Anderson, Founder and CEO of Blackwing Space. hosting multiple software payloads on one mission, we can provide a more affordable way to prove technology in orbit."
Working with Blackwing Space creates a practical path for developers to move from ground development to real execution in orbit, said Miklos Tomka, Co-founder and CEO of Parsimoni. "Deploying software on orbit does not have to be hard. Our vision is to enable startups to validate their technology easily and securely."
Blackwing Space is building commercial, American-made nanosatellite platforms designed to lower the cost and complexity of getting payloads to space. The company's goal is simple: make access to orbit faster, more affordable, and more practical for commercial, government, and research teams building what comes next in the Space 3.0 economy.
As more space startups build software, AI, autonomy, and edge-compute applications for use in orbit, access to affordable flight opportunities remains challenging. Many teams can develop and test their software on the ground, but validating it in the space environment still often requires a dedicated spacecraft, custom integration, and significant mission cost. This mission is intended to close that gap by giving multiple software teams a practical, lower-cost path to run their applications on real flight hardware and build on-orbit heritage.
Blackwing Space is now accepting reservations for a limited number of software payload slots at: https://blackwingspace.com/missions/software
The CM5 Edge Compute Module was developed for Blackwing Space by Manuel Imboden of Build a CubeSat, based on Pierluigi Colangeli's open-source CM5 MINIMA REV2 design and adapted for Blackwing Space's Sparrow payload interface. The design will be released under the CERN Open Hardware License v2.
About Blackwing Space
Blackwing Space builds commercial, American-made nanosatellites that lower the cost and complexity of accessing space. Blackwing Space's affordable, modular platforms accelerate ideas to orbit for commercial, research, and educational missions, supporting a wide range of operational and technology-driven use cases, including Earth observation, communications, edge computing, technology demonstration, and other space-enabled applications in the Space 3.0 economy.
For more information, visit blackwingspace.com
About Parsimoni
Parsimoni develops SpaceOS, a secure, hardware-agnostic software environment for deploying, managing, and operating applications on spacecraft. SpaceOS provides app developers and satellite operators with the tools to package, deploy, orchestrate, and manage software in orbitâenabling secure and efficient application management throughout the spacecraft lifecycle.
For more information, visit parsimoni.co
Media Contacts
Blackwing Space
Carmen Hughes, Ignite X
carmen@ignitepr.com
+1.650.576.6444
Oliver Muoto
media@blackwingspace.com
+1.650.787.5567
Parsimoni
Miklos Tomka
contact@parsimoni.co
+33 6 52 45 37 60
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