Patents pending
The Air Traffic Control System for the Interplanetary Civilization.
Future space missions will not be managed one spacecraft at a time — or from one planet.
Helios Control builds AMOCS — the Autonomous Mission Operations and Coordination System — the first unified platform for coordinating distributed human and robotic assets across multiple space domains simultaneously. From the lunar surface to cislunar space, Earth orbit, and ultimately Mars, AMOCS provides the mission intelligence layer that makes complex multi-asset operations manageable by a small human crew.
This is not simulation. This is not modeling. AMOCS coordinates actual assets in real time, under actual communication constraints, with human supervisory authority at every level of the operation.
Real-Time Execution
AMOCS coordinates multiple autonomous assets simultaneously during live missions. Anomaly detected, response generated, action executed or escalated — all within milliseconds.
Communication-Constrained
Every decision accounts for the lightspeed delay between operator and asset. At the Moon: 1.28 seconds one-way. At Mars: up to 22 minutes. AMOCS scales its autonomy to match the delay so the mission never waits for Earth.
Human Authority Preserved Three graduated autonomy modes give operators calibrated oversight. Monitor Only. Recommend. Supervised Autonomy. The human is always in the decision chain for high-risk actions. Always.
Simulation platforms model space missions. Flight software runs individual spacecraft. Mission control displays telemetry.
But when multiple heterogeneous assets are simultaneously operating on the lunar surface — rovers, habitats, power nodes, relay satellites, crew systems — under a 1.28-second communication delay, no existing system coordinates them as a unified operational fleet.
That is the mission execution layer. That is what Helios Control builds. And as human presence expands to the Moon and Mars, the need for that layer grows with it.
Earth Control — Now
Primary human authority. Unified operational picture across all domains. Mission planning and strategic decisions.
Lunar Control Station — 2030s Permanent Helios Control installation at the lunar south pole. Regional hub for cislunar and surface operations. Fully independent during Earth blackout.
Mars Control Station — 2040s
Fully autonomous. With 3 to 22 minute communication delay to Earth, Mars Control executes all decisions locally. Earth and Moon receive status reports.
CURRENT STATUS:
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Provisional patent filed — USPTO Application No. 64/064,189 — May 2026
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Helios Control v4.0 — operational prototype running now
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Nine coordinated operations panels with inline decision support
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Mission Planner with full environmental preflight analysis
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Trajectory Collision Advance Warning System (TCAWS) operational
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Three-domain view — Lunar Surface, Orbital, God's Eye 3D solar system
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Sub-5ms anomaly detection — target was under 5 seconds
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NASA Human Research Program RFI response submitted — September 2026
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