Engagement Methodology
Drosjer Quantum delivers fixed-fee orbital data infrastructure audits to satellite operators, ground station providers, and orbital intelligence companies. This page explains how an engagement works: what we deliver, how we price, and what to expect.
What We Audit
Each engagement produces a Drosjer Quantum Orbital Intelligence Report covering five components:
- Dependency Inventory — every TLE, catalog-width, Alpha-5, and format-lock-in touchpoint in your codebase, with file:line citations and severity grades.
- Element Set Quality Assessment — per-object freshness, update frequency, consistency, and drag-stability scoring across your tracked fleet.
- Impact Assessment — severity-tiered findings (critical, high, medium, low) with remediation specificity.
- Remediation Plan — sequenced code changes, library upgrades, and schema modifications keyed to each finding.
- Validation Checklist — post-migration verification steps your engineering team executes independently before production cutover.
A representative sample report is available on the homepage. The same methodology runs against private customer codebases under NDA.
Three Tiers
Engagement size is determined by source-code volume and revision passes included. Tier selection happens during discovery. Mid-tier ambiguity is resolved upward to eliminate scope conversations mid-engagement.
Small
$2,500
≤50,000 lines scanned · 1 revision pass
Single pipeline, <50 tracked objects. Typical for university research labs, single-CubeSat operators, small ground station deployments.
Medium
$5,000
≤250,000 lines scanned · 2 revision passes
Multiple pipelines, 50–500 tracked objects. Typical for mid-size LEO constellation operators, commercial ground station providers, mid-stage SSA companies.
Complex
$8,000–12,000
Custom scope · 2+ revision passes
Enterprise. Multiple pipelines with CI/CD integration requirements, compliance considerations (SOC 2, ITAR-relevant), or fleet sizes beyond 500 objects. Pricing within range determined by complexity factors during discovery.
Engagement Timeline
- Discovery call (30 minutes). Tier confirmed, scope agreed.
- Engagement letter signed. Standard terms; non-negotiable on liability cap, IP ownership, and payment terms.
- Codebase access within 10 business days of signing. Audit clock starts on functional access.
- Audit delivery 5 business days from access.
- Revision pass(es) per tier inclusion. Findings clarified, remediation refined.
- Final report delivered. Engagement closes.
Pricing and Payment
Engagements are fixed-fee. We do not bill hourly. Net 15 invoice terms; payment via Stripe or wire transfer. Late payments accrue interest at the lesser of 1.5% per month or the maximum permitted by law.
We do not offer discounts on a discovery call. Three discount paths exist as published policy:
- Referral discount — 25% off your next engagement when a referred customer signs an engagement letter.
- Multi-engagement discount — 25% off a second concurrent engagement (e.g., auditing two distinct codebases simultaneously).
- Strategic reference partner — up to 30% off in exchange for a public reference (case study, logo permission, named testimonial). Limited availability during Phase 0.
Discounts are non-stacking. The larger applicable discount applies.
What's Included Per Tier
All three tiers include the same five-component report structure described above. Tier scope determines:
- Source-code volume covered (lines scanned)
- Number of revision passes
- Inclusion of CI/CD integration analysis (Complex only)
- Compliance framework analysis (Complex only)
Out-of-scope work (additional revisions beyond included passes, scope expansion mid-engagement, audits of additional codebases) is quoted separately as a follow-on engagement.
What We Don't Do
- Implement remediation code changes for you. We deliver the plan; your engineering team executes.
- Audit classified or ITAR-controlled codebases. The Drosjer Quantum methodology is designed for unclassified commercial and research codebases.
- Provide ongoing managed services. Engagements close on report delivery. Phase 1 (continuous orbital risk scoring) launches separately in 2027.
The Quantum Question
Drosjer Quantum is named for the company's trajectory, not the current toolkit. Today's audits use standard statistical methods. There is no quantum computation in the audit deliverable.
The roadmap below shows where the name leads. Each phase builds on the data infrastructure of the prior one. Quantum methods enter as research in Phase 1, become the core advantage in Phase 2, and inform Phase 3 work where applicable. Most companies name themselves for what they do today. Drosjer Quantum is named for the trajectory.
Phase 0: Migration Readiness Audits
2026Fixed-fee audits of satellite tracking pipelines for the July 2026 catalog exhaustion. Statistical scoring, dependency analysis, remediation planning. Available now.
Phase 1: Continuous Orbital Risk Scoring
2027 Quantum TestedSubscription-based orbital risk index for satellite operators and insurance underwriters, built on public catalog data and Drosjer Quantum's scoring methodology. Initial release uses heuristic methods. Quantum optimization prototypes run in parallel as research toward Phase 2.
Phase 2: Quantum-Assisted Maneuver Optimization
2027-2028 Quantum AppliedQAOA-class quantum optimization algorithms applied to collision avoidance maneuver selection. The combinatorial trajectory optimization problem (which maneuver, when, what magnitude, considering multiple possible debris encounters) is where quantum methods have a credible advantage on near-term hardware. Built on PennyLane.
Phase 3: Atmospheric Forecasting for Ground Stations
2028+High-resolution atmospheric attenuation forecasting for ground station network scheduling decisions. Physics-based models combined with machine learning.
Ready to Start
Two paths from here. Schedule a discovery call to confirm tier fit, or pay directly if you've already determined scope from the sample report.