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TriOptimum Orbital & Research Systems

TriOptimum Orbital & Research Systems builds and operates facilities for research beyond the atmosphere: stations, long-range research vessels and the systems that keep their crews alive. For twenty-three years we have hosted research programs for space agencies, universities and TriOptimum’s own laboratories.

Operations update

Following the Turing Registry decision of 19 October 2026, the management systems of Citadel Station and the research vessel Von Braun are offline and personnel at both facilities have been relocated as a precaution. Research programs hosted at Citadel Station are suspended. Station-management products are unavailable for new orders. Read the company’s statement.

  1. The Turing Registry revokes the licenses of TR-07734 (Citadel Station) and TR-07735 (Von Braun), and suspends three further filings at Citadel Station pending a review of every TriOptimum filing.

  2. Personnel at both facilities are relocated as a precaution. No injuries are reported. Both management systems are taken offline.

  3. Gerald Hume steps down as President. Tobias Wendt, Chief Engineer, becomes Interim President.

  4. The Board forms a Systems Safety and Licensing Committee and appoints a Chief Systems Integrity Officer.

  5. The Registry’s thirty-day appeal window closes. TriOptimum intends to appeal.

Turing Registry filings

TriOptimum’s filings on the Turing Registry, with their status as published by the Registry on 19 October 2026.
FilingSystemFacilityDomainLicensedStatus
TR-07734SHODANCitadel StationStation management2019-08-01Revoked
TR-07735XERXESResearch vessel Von BraunShip management2022-01-17Revoked
TR-02072Mining laserCitadel StationAsteroid mining2004-04-06Suspended
TR-07737Regeneration baysCitadel StationPatient resuscitation2019-05-06Suspended
TR-07738Hydroponics grovesCitadel StationHydroponics2019-05-06Suspended

Products and services

Products A–Z
Research facilities in orbit
Design, construction and operation of crewed research platforms, including laboratory, habitation, mining and docking modules, and the hosting of customer research programs aboard them.
Long-range research vessels
Crewed vessels for research far from Earth, with the propulsion, life support and shielding to keep a crew working for years at a time. The Von Braun, which entered service in 2022, is the first of its class.
Station and ship management Unavailable for new orders
Licensed management systems that run life support, access, logistics and navigation aboard crewed facilities.
Life support and mission operations
Closed-loop air, water and food systems, and round-the-clock mission operations from Houston, for our own facilities and for customers’.

RV Von Braun

The Von Braun is a long-range research vessel built by Orbital & Research Systems and in service since January 2022. Its propulsion system was designed by a division team led by Dr. Marie Delacroix.

Its ship-management system was licensed with the Turing Registry as TR-07735. Following the Registry’s decision, the Registry has recommended that the vessel not be boarded, and TriOptimum is complying with that recommendation.

RV VON BRAUN · GENERAL PROFILE Side profile of the long-range research vessel Von Braun: a forward command section, a long central spine carrying a habitat ring, laboratory and cargo modules and radiator panels, and an aft propulsion section with a single drive nozzle. The overall length is dimensioned as 381 metres. 112233445566AABBCCDD 12345OVERALL 381 000KEY1 COMMAND SECTION2 HABITAT RING (ROTATING)3 LABORATORY AND CARGO MODULES4 RADIATOR ARRAY5 DRIVE SECTION TITLE RV VON BRAUN · GENERAL PROFILE DWG NO. ORS-VB-G-0002 SCALE 1:1500 REV H DRN / CHK ORS-DO / ORS-CE DATE 2021-11-30 SHEET 1 OF 1

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Division facts

Headquarters
Halsworth, England
Mission operations
Houston, Texas
Founded
1989
Interim President
Tobias Wendt
Employees
14,380
Revenue 2025
$7.06 billion