🚀 Aerospace Use Case

Make Rocket AI Explainable

Every sensor reading. Every guidance decision. Every engine command. Observable, queryable, and auditable. Finally answer the question everyone asks after an anomaly: "Why did the booster do that?"

33
Engines per heavy-lift stack
1000+
Sensors streaming telemetry
~8 min
Launch to landing window
$100M+
Per launch attempt
"We lost the vehicle. We're still analyzing the data."

Every test flight generates terabytes of telemetry. But when something goes wrong, finding the root cause means sifting through millions of unstructured data points.

Regulatory Investigation Delays

After every anomaly, regulators demand a root cause analysis. Without structured event data, teams spend weeks reconstructing what happened — delaying the next launch by months.

Rapid Iteration Blocked

The advantage in aerospace is iteration speed. But you can't iterate on failures you can't query. "Show me all engine shutdowns where chamber pressure dropped before the command" should take seconds, not days.

Cross-Flight Patterns Invisible

Was this anomaly a one-off, or has it happened before? Without semantic event IDs, comparing across flights requires manual data archaeology.

The Event Model Solution

Every spacecraft decision becomes a structured, queryable event. The same domain.entity.action:version pattern that works for software telemetry works for rocket telemetry.

LIVE Launch Vehicle Telemetry Stream
Flight Test 7 • Launch Complex
BOOSTER LANDING BURN T+00:07:12
rocket.guidance.entry_burn_complete:1 T+06:45.003
rocket.telemetry.altitude_check:1 T+06:58.112
rocket.landing.grid_fins_deployed:1 T+07:01.234
rocket.guidance.trajectory_nominal:1 T+07:05.567
rocket.engine.landing_burn_initiated:1 T+07:08.891
rocket.engine.main_ignition:1 T+07:08.923
rocket.telemetry.thrust_nominal:1 T+07:09.045
rocket.landing.tower_approach_confirmed:1 T+07:10.234
rocket.stage.booster_catch_sequence:2 T+07:11.567

Query Anything. Instantly.

Regulatory Anomaly Investigation
WHERE event_id LIKE 'rocket.engine.%'
AND timestamp BETWEEN 'T+07:08' AND 'T+07:12'
AND flight_id = 'FT-6'
Every engine event in the 4-second window before loss of vehicle. Exact sequence of commands and responses.
Cross-Flight Pattern Analysis
WHERE event_id = 'rocket.engine.shutdown:1'
AND chamber_pressure < nominal_threshold
GROUP BY flight_id
Has this engine behavior happened before? Find patterns across all test flights instantly.
Landing Burn Success Rate
SELECT flight_id,
COUNT(CASE WHEN event_id LIKE '%.landing.successful%' THEN 1 END)
FROM events GROUP BY flight_id
Track improvement across iterations. Which changes improved landing success rate?
Real-Time Anomaly Detection
STREAM WHERE event_id LIKE 'rocket.anomaly.%'
OR (engine.thrust < expected * 0.95)
Subscribe to anomaly events in real-time. Trigger alerts before mission control sees it.

Flight Test: The Anomaly Reconstruction

T+07:08.891
Landing burn sequence initiated
rocket.landing.burn_initiated:1
T+07:09.234
Engine 13 chamber pressure drop detected
rocket.engine.pressure_anomaly:1 {engine_id: 13, pressure: 2847 psi, expected: 3200 psi}
T+07:09.567
Guidance system compensates with remaining engines
rocket.guidance.thrust_rebalance:1 {engines_active: [11, 12, 14], delta_v: -2.3}
T+07:10.123
Flight termination criteria met
rocket.safety.termination_triggered:1 {reason: "trajectory_deviation_exceeded"}

Total time to reconstruct this sequence with EventIDs: 47 seconds
Previous method (raw telemetry analysis): 3 weeks

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Regulatory Compliance

Generate anomaly reports in hours, not weeks. Every event is queryable, every decision is traceable. Get back to launching faster.

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Rapid Iteration

"Show me all flights where this condition occurred." Query across the entire flight history to validate fixes before the next launch.

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Predictive Maintenance

Find the signature that precedes engine failures. Train models on structured event sequences, not raw telemetry noise.

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Real-Time Decisions

Stream events to mission control dashboards. Trigger automated responses when anomaly patterns are detected mid-flight.

"If something is important enough, you should try even if the probable outcome is failure."

But when you fail, you need to know why. The Event Model turns every failure into a queryable lesson.
That's how you iterate from explosion to orbit to catch.

Make Your Systems Observable

The same Event Model that makes AI code observable can make any complex system auditable. Rockets. Vehicles. Satellites. If it makes decisions, it should emit events.

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