Seagate Space and Aurex Partner for Offshore Orbital Launches

Seagate Space and Aurex announced a strategic partnership on November 10, 2026, to create turnkey offshore orbital launch solutions. The collaboration integrates Seagate Space's mobile Gateway spaceports—modular steel float units featuring automated ballasting—with the LaunchReady mission engineering framework developed by Aurex.

The initiative seeks to resolve airspace congestion and capacity bottlenecks at domestic terrestrial spaceports, which currently manage fewer than 500 launches per year. The companies intend to validate the offshore model through Project Neptune, a collegiate spaceflight initiative led by the University of Central Florida.

As part of this validation, Seagate Space is providing engineering integration for a student-built rocket. The project is scheduled for a maritime demonstration flight in May 2027 off the Gulf Coast of Florida.