Case Study: Analytical Space achieves rapid nanosatellite development and eliminates version-control delays with Onshape

Analytical Space Aims to Bring High‑Speed Internet to Space with Shoebox‑Sized Satellites

Analytical Space, a Boston-based aerospace startup building a relay network of shoebox-sized CubeSats to deliver high-speed data from space, was hampered by its file-based CAD workflow. Engineers faced version-control confusion, time-consuming manual file management and frequent CAD crashes and data corruption that caused delays and wasted valuable engineering hours.

By adopting Onshape’s cloud-native CAD with built-in real-time data management and edit history, the team gained instant visibility into changes, automatic version control and cloud redundancy that prevents crash-related data loss. The switch let Analytical Space design its Meshbed satellite from scratch in just 45 days (vs. months previously), eliminated hours of rework per project, and accelerated product development overall.

Analytical Space

Weston Marlow

Chief Technology Officer