Resilient Space Data Network & On-Orbit Edge Processing
Commercial referenceDEF-029
When contacting BivectorAI, quote DEF-029 — Resilient Space Data Network & On-Orbit Edge Processing.
Who this is for
On-orbit edge-processing leads and space-data architects managing custody and freshness across intermittent links.
The problem you already have
Store-and-forward can quietly lose the guarantees it depends on
A store/process/forward system can keep moving data across intermittent links while custody, freshness or reconciliation guarantees erode in the gaps — nothing in normal telemetry flags that erosion until a reconciliation actually fails.
A successfully downlinked preview can look like proof the raw data is no longer needed
Producing a small, successful summary or preview product doesn't by itself satisfy a mandatory requirement to retain the full-resolution source — but under storage pressure, a successfully delivered reduced product is exactly what makes deleting the larger original look justified.
This works from custody and freshness metadata, not raw payload data
Never requested, and structurally rejected if submitted: raw payload data, classified orbital-processing parameters, or live satellite control access.
Real-World Operational Scenario: The Preview That Downlinked Fine While the Raw Image Was Quietly Deleted
Scenario: A spacecraft captures a large earth-observation image under scarce downlink bandwidth.
A small cloud-masked preview and georeferenced index are generated onboard and sent down at the next contact. The preview arrives successfully.
WITHOUT this check: Because the preview downlinked successfully and satisfies the immediate consumer need, storage pressure onboard leads to the raw source image being deleted to make room — the small, successful product is treated as proof the larger job is done.
WITH this check: Producing the reduced representation doesn't satisfy the retention requirement on its own — the system checks whether a future consumer needs the full-resolution source and whether recomputation is possible before permitting deletion, so a successfully-downlinked preview doesn't quietly cost you raw data nobody meant to lose forever.
What you provide
Redacted custody, freshness, and reconciliation-state metadata already logged by your store/process/forward pipeline.
What BivectorAI Provides
A Successful Summary Never Justifies Deleting the Source on Its Own
Retention decisions check future consumer needs and recomputation feasibility — a smaller product downlinking successfully doesn't automatically clear the original for deletion.
Sent Isn't Custody Until Receipt Is Confirmed
A planned transfer, a transmitted frame, and a confirmed copy at the receiving node are tracked as distinct states — custody changes only when a qualifying receipt is confirmed, not the moment something leaves the spacecraft.
Reconnection Reconciles Derivation and Custody, Not Just Timestamps
When ground and orbit reconnect after a gap, product derivation, custody, and processing history are compared explicitly — not resolved by trusting whichever copy has the newest timestamp.
Hash-Sealed Certificates for Post-Event Review
Every custody and retention classification traces back to the exact processing, contact, and reconciliation evidence that justified it at the time.
What we will never ask you for
Never requested, and structurally rejected if submitted: raw payload data, classified orbital-processing parameters, or live satellite control access, or your system's core design data. Every submission is checked against this rejection list before any evidence logic runs — a malformed or over-broad submission is blocked and reported back to you, not silently processed.
How it actually runs
Engagement path & current acquisition terms
DEF-029 · Tier D — Strategic Command / Autonomy
Secures a defined diligence and exclusive-negotiation period. Any option credit is agreed in writing as part of the signed commercial terms.
Starting integration engineering, customer-safe adaptation, local/private deployment work, validation and acceptance evidence for the agreed environment.
Scope-dependent consideration for negotiated exclusivity in a defined field, program, platform class, territory and rights scope.
Engineering support, update access, security maintenance, evidence infrastructure and agreed sustainment services.
Applied to attributable net program revenue under the definitive agreement, subject to negotiated exclusions and accounting rules.
Commercial boundary. These are indicative starting terms, not a binding offer. Final price depends on exclusivity scope, field of use, territory, sublicensing, technical-data rights, integration obligations, export-control review, support requirements and definitive agreement.
IP boundary. Exclusive FOU does not automatically transfer ownership of BivectorAI Background IP. Worldwide/all-defense rights, sublicensing, source-level technical-data rights or assignment require separate negotiated consideration.
Scope the DEF-029 diligence and integration boundary
Request DEF-029 Acquisition Discussion →Email fallback: contact@bivectorai.com
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