F.A.Q.

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As a NATO DIANA selected company, Dacreo can be accessed by NATO countries through the NATO Rapid Adoption Service via NSPA and NCIA, without the need for a separate tender process.

Today, every mission rebuilds the same foundation from scratch. Software stacks are custom, tightly coupled to hardware, and rarely reused. The result is slow development, fragile systems, and limited ability to evolve once in orbit.

Dacreo changes that.

Dacreo Apto provides a common software foundation for space. An orchestration layer adapted, hardened, and tested for the realities of orbit. It brings the flexibility of modern cloud systems into an environment where connectivity is limited, failures are expected, and physical access is impossible.

No other actor has made Kubernetes operational in space. With Dacreo Apto, applications can be deployed, updated, and managed in orbit just like on Earth. We have proven that it works, directly on the ISS.

The AI Foundation enables advanced AI workloads to run directly in orbit. The Dacreo OS ties everything together into a complete, operational system built for modern space hardware.

Together, they form a unified software stack for space. Ready to deploy, operate, and evolve over time.

No vendor lock-in. No fragmented systems. Just a consistent foundation for running and scaling applications in orbit.

Dacreo addresses the core limitations of operating in space.

  • Bandwidth Bottleneck: It removes the bandwidth bottleneck by processing data directly in orbit instead of sending large volumes to Earth. Instead of terabytes of raw data, satellites send down actionable results.
  • Latency Problem: It reduces latency from hours to seconds or minutes, enabling real-time decision making.
  • Fragile groundlinks problem: It also removes dependence on stable ground links. Applications continue running autonomously even when connectivity is limited or unavailable.
  • Reusability problem: Finally, it eliminates the need to rebuild software stacks for every mission by providing a common, reusable foundation.

 

Space hardware compatibility

  • Dacreo runs on x86-based space hardware, including the Space Edge Processor (generation 1 and 2),  from Blue Marble Communications.
  • Support for ARM-based platforms is underway.

Results are delivered in seconds to minutes, not hours.

Dacreo processes data in orbit and sends down results, not raw data. That is what makes real-time decisions possible.

Because processing happens on the satellite itself you are not dependent on a constant stable link to get value out of the asset. The satellite keeps working. When the link comes back up you get your output.

We use A/B partitioning and every update is delivered as a signed bundle, validated before it goes live. If anything goes wrong it automatically rolls back to the previous working version. So you can do over the air updates without any risk of being stuck with a broken system. If that would against all odds also fail we have an On-orbit factory reset capability handles recovery from worst-case scenarios without physical access.

Dacreo is built for autonomous recovery.

Applications are continuously monitored in real time. If unexpected behaviour is detected, the system can automatically restart, pause, or shut down workloads based on predefined rules.

This ensures the spacecraft continues operating without manual intervention.