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Melanie Stricklan served 21 years in the United States Air Force, where she logged more than 1,500 flight hours aboard ground-surveillance aircraft, commanded experimental spacecraft missions, and led the development of space-control technologies for the Department of Defense. She holds a B.S. in aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an M.S. in space operations management from Webster University. After retiring from the military she co-founded Slingshot Aerospace in 2017 with Air Force colleague Thomas Ashman and entrepreneur David Godwin to build space data, simulation, and analytics products. Stricklan later served as the company's CEO and was named one of Inc. Magazine's Top 100 Female Founders.
David Godwin is a technologist and serial entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience building enterprise software, specializing in cloud architecture, data pipelining, and analytics. Before Slingshot he founded and ran the game studio Sneaky Games and served as chief technology officer at AlertMedia. He co-founded Slingshot Aerospace in 2017 with Melanie Stricklan and Thomas Ashman, pairing his software and data background with their space-operations expertise. As President and chairman of the board he leads fundraising, strategic partnerships, and investor relations.
Thomas Ashman is a US Air Force veteran who served as Chief of Analysis, Correlation, and Fusion at the Combined Space Operations Center, working with data gathered by satellites, aircraft, and drones. He earned a degree in space operations from the US Air Force Academy and studied business administration at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He co-founded Slingshot Aerospace in 2017 with fellow Air Force officer Melanie Stricklan and entrepreneur David Godwin, motivated by the goal of building technology to analyze and make use of sensor data, and has served in product leadership at the company.
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AI-powered space domain awareness (SDA) software that fuses satellite tracking data from Slingshot's global optical sensor network, commercial data providers, and government feeds into a unified operational picture. Used by the U.S. Space Force, Missile Defense Agency, and allied space commands for collision avoidance, anomaly detection, and space traffic management. The Slingshot Digital Space Twin provides 3D visualization of the orbital environment for training and mission planning.
Comprehensive satellite and launch database covering tens of thousands of spacecraft records with mission, ownership, financial, and technical lineage updated regularly. Used by satellite operators, government agencies, investors, and insurers worldwide for market intelligence and technical due-diligence. Acquired by Slingshot Aerospace to complement its SDA analytics platform and integrated to provide enriched contextual threat assessment against known and unknown orbital objects.
Slingshot operates a worldwide network of optical sensors that observes objects across low Earth orbit through geostationary orbit, generating proprietary tracking data the company owns rather than reselling. The network feeds the Slingshot Platform with independent observations used for orbit determination, conjunction screening, and detection of new or maneuvering objects. Owning the sensing layer lets Slingshot offer operators and governments tracking coverage that is not dependent on the U.S. Space Surveillance Network alone.
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