OUR MISSION

Launch on Demand integrates and synchronizes real-time data from the best and most reliable international sources in order to create safe passage corridors for our customer's launch vehicles and their payloads. We understand the necessity and complexities of space travel and desire to leverage our skill and expertise in order to provide the finest end-to-end launch service available. Our flight-tracking system is the largest in the US sourcing data from more than 60 feeds and our patented On Orbit Collision Avoidance software will provide you with the smoothest launch, passage, and space vehicle recovery possible. We aim to   inspire you to aspire. 

OUR TEAM

Launch On Demand is led by aerospace and technology pioneers who recognize the opportunity to create new value for the space economy. Our staff have extensive experience on U.S. government ranges and are committed to ending the industry’s reliance on 1960’s practices and technologies. In addition to tearing down stovepipes and inefficiencies, they have developed a federated and patent-pending architecture to network and define a safe, effective, and efficient range.

Burton Catledge

Burton Catledge, Colonel, USAF (Ret) is Launch On Demand’s CEO. He has 15 years of launch, acquisition, strategy, finance, and orbital safety experience. Prior to founding Launch On Demand he was the Commander of the US Air Force’s 45th Operations Group, 45th Space Wing, with operations at PatrickAir Force Base, Florida, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Kennedy Space Center. He has extensive knowledge and operational experience at both the United States Eastern and Western Ranges. 

Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis​, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Ret) is co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of Launch On Demand. Jonathan brings 15 years of experience leading innovation and information technology (IT) change, cybersecurity, and space support/launch transformation. Before founding Launch On Demand, he led a communications organization supporting government and commercial launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center where he improved computer, network, and critical mission system operations.

Marshal Heard

Marshall Heard​​ is Launch On Demand’s Senior Advisor. Marsh enjoyed a 55+ year career in the aerospace industry and was a Boeing Company Vice President. He has served on numerous cabinet level panels and commissions, including the Defense Science Board and the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee, and has been a frequent witness before the US Congress.