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About LOD

OUR MISSION

LOD integrates data from the National Airspace System, the Marine Transportation System, and the Orbital Object Catalog to create a safe passage corridor for launch vehicles and their payload. LOD capabilities provide Launch Collision Avoidance (L-COLA) with orbiting objects, air/sea/orbit surveillance and coordination, in-flight vehicle tracking, situational awareness & debris prediction, weather forecasting and monitoring for launch commit criteria, frequency monitoring to prevent interference, electro-optical, infrared, and synthetic aperture radar optics.
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Launch On Demand is incorporated in Florida and located on the Space Coast.
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OUR TEAM

Launch OnDemand is led by aerospace and technology pioneers who recognized the opportunity to create new value in a space economy. Our staff have 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.
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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. 
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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.
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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.

Research & News

This collection of White Papers represents a brief overview of the current state of the industry from a diverse set of perspectives.
ALPHA White Paper—Safe Integration of Commercial Space Operations
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Congressional Research Service—Commercial Launch Activities on Aviation
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Faculty Innovative Research in Science and Technology Program—Sharing Airspace Simulation
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