An Epsilon3 eBook
Built for What’s Next
The hardware team’s guide to leaving legacy MES behind
Programs that once had a decade to reach flight now have a few years. Constellations are built by the hundred. This guide shows hardware teams what legacy tooling is really costing them, and how to move to a modern platform without pausing a program.
Inside This Guide
Eight chapters, from the case for change to a plan you can run
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03
05
07
The world changed
Compressed timelines, fleet-scale volume, and new expectations.
Five hidden costs
The change request tax, the paper shadow system, and more.
Modern operations
What a platform built for today’s programs actually does.
How to switch
Discover, pilot, run in parallel, cut over: on your schedule.
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04
06
08
How legacy MES got here
What these systems did well, and where the industry moved past them.
The upgrade that isn’t
Questions to ask before you accept a vendor’s migration path.
Where does your team stand?
A 20-point scorecard you can fill in with your team.
Buyer’s checklist
What to look for when you evaluate a modern platform.
Written for
TEST
Test and integration engineers
OPS
Mission operations leads
QUALITY
Quality and manufacturing managers
PROGRAM
Program leaders who own the dates
Why Epsilon3
Built by operators. Proven in flight.
Founded by former SpaceX mission operations leaders, Epsilon3 helps space, defense, and advanced manufacturing teams plan, build, test, and operate in one connected system.
98%
fewer execution errors
FedRAMP High
ITAR
20x
faster execution than paper
NIST 800-171
SOC 2 Type II
2 wks
average time-to-value, per ABI Research
1/3
of U.S. orbital launches supported
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