PTC's Onshape Picked for Development of Reusable Orbital Reentry Capsule

PTC reports that Reditus Space, a manufacturing company focused on providing sustainable and scalable microgravity access as a service, has selected PTC’s cloud-native Onshape computer-aided design (CAD) and product data management (PDM) platform to support the development of its reusable spacecraft and all supporting hardware. 

Introduced to PTC through the Onshape Startup Program, Reditus used Onshape to move from early concepts to flight-ready designs. As the company prepares for its first full orbital mission, ENOS Mk1, it transitioned to Onshape Government to help meet ITAR and EAR requirements. The ENOS Mk1 mission, launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare, will deploy a reusable spacecraft into low Earth orbit, host commercial payloads, orbit for approximately 8 weeks, and then return safely to Earth for recovery and reuse. 

“Onshape lets us move fast,” says Will Sherman, chief technology officer and co-founder of Reditus Space. “From our first day in the Startup Program, we had full access to professional-grade CAD and PDM tools without the friction of license management or IT overhead so our teams could scale confidently with the compliance and control we needed.”

“Reditus Space is transforming how aerospace teams approach orbital logistics and manufacturing,” says David Katzman, executive vice president and General Manager of Onshape and Arena, PTC. “Their ability to go from concept to launch-ready hardware with exceptional speed reflects the strategic advantage of cloud-native tools. With Onshape, they’ve gained the flexibility to collaborate securely, iterate rapidly, and meet regulatory standards, all within a single platform built for the pace of modern aerospace innovation.”

With Onshape and the rest of its portfolio, PTC is delivering on its vision for the Intelligent Product Lifecycle: enabling manufacturers and product companies to build a product data foundation in engineering, PTC reports. A product data foundation enables companies like Reditus to accelerate AI-driven transformation across their organization. 

To learn more about Onshape, visit https://www.onshape.com.

About Reditus

Reditus Space is building reusable satellites to facilitate return from orbit. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, where it builds full-scale orbital reentry systems to achieve microgravity research & defense goals.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.