Apple,in orbit.
A proposal to bring Symphony Space’s reusable orbital platform, team and launch into Apple.
Apple’s satellite features run on someone else’s network.
Emergency SOS via satellite launches on iPhone 14, followed by Messages, Find My and Roadside Assistance.
Apple funds Globalstar’s next constellation in exchange for 85% of its capacity.
Amazon acquires Globalstar and becomes the primary satellite provider for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Apple took silicon and modems in-house when they became core to the product. Orbit is next.
Spacecraft that upgrade in orbit.
Adagio is a reusable, uncrewed platform. Payloads sit in swappable modules that robotic arms replace and upgrade in orbit, so the hardware in space keeps getting better instead of aging out.
Hardware that upgrades like an iPhone.
Apple ships new silicon every year. Satellites still fly their launch-day hardware until they die.
What Apple could build on it.
Host Apple-designed direct-to-device payloads, then refresh them as radios improve, the way iPhone modems do.
Process data in space on Apple hardware, so less raw data crosses anyone else’s network.
Imagery, positioning and timing payloads that feed Maps, Find My and satellite features directly.
Emergency and messaging capacity under Apple’s own control, with spares on orbit for continuity.
Illustrative applications for discussion. Symphony’s platform hosts payloads from any vendor through one standard interface.
The interface that makes it work.
SWIS, the Symphony Wireless Interface System, carries power and data across a pin-free docking interface, so modules can be swapped in orbit again and again.
2 patents pendingSpacecraft architecture and the docking interface
Trade secretsCore interface design, held in-house
A full product familyDesigns from the Prelude demonstrator to 200 kW Adagio-XL
Everything needed to fly in 2028.
Two patent filings, the SWIS interface, flight software in development and the full platform family.
A rideshare from Cape Canaveral. Launch slots are typically booked 12–24 months ahead.
Founders and engineers working inside Apple for a year to transfer the program and fly it.
Interface design review complete, prototyping under way, supply chain and contractors secured.
Also in hand: 29 signed LOIs and agreements, and Space Force engagement, which Apple can keep, transfer or wind down.
Years of work, already done.
The team that comes with it.
Former White House OSTP International S&T Lead and 12-year Foreign Service veteran in emerging tech and space; contributor to the Artemis Accords, with relationships across 60+ governments. Mechanical engineer; earlier battery work at GM.
25+ years in space systems. Galileo IOV Chief Engineer for design and validation at ESA-ESTEC; CNES Representative to the U.S. with oversight of 97 missions; Launch Manager at Kourou.
Former NIST Chief Engineer; 21 years on satellite systems. PhD, Caltech.
GNC and flight software for MRV and MEP; 100+ console hours on MEV.
NASA Goddard GEO ground project; NASA Langley and White House communications.
A simple path.
All IP, including patent filings, the SWIS interface, designs and software, plus the April 2028 launch slot.
Founders and core engineers commit 12 months inside Apple to transfer the program and fly Prelude.
Mutual NDA, a technical deep dive with our CTO, then diligence through our data room.
Indicative and non-binding. Subject to diligence and a definitive agreement.