01 / UNDERSTAND
Start with the whole mission.
Model the actual mission architecture: the vehicles, interfaces, dependencies, and handoffs that shape exposure.
A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR SPACE RISK
Risk infrastructure
for the
space economy.
Space will always carry risk. The infrastructure
around that risk doesn’t have to remain primitive.
01THE EXPANDING RISK SURFACE
Space commerce
has outgrown
traditional risk models.
More valuable payloads. More complex launch architectures. More companies, vehicles, interfaces, and handoffs between Earth and destination.
A failure at any one point can create consequences far beyond the hardware itself.
Counterweight exists for that expanding risk surface.
A counterweight doesn’t remove a force.
It balances it.
Space cannot become risk-free.
Risk can become commercially bearable.
02THE COMPLETE MISSION
Protect the mission.
Not just the launch.
Risk travels through the entire mission.
The infrastructure around it should too.
BUILD / MISSION LENS
Risk begins before the journey.
Manufacturing, testing, and readiness decisions shape everything that follows. The mission’s financial exposure starts long before it reaches a launch vehicle.
RISK TERRITORYPayload protectionReplacement exposureSchedule dependencies
The territory we’re being built to address. Specific solutions will develop with the missions they support.
03A DIFFERENT MODEL
Understand the force.
Find the balance.
Technical reality and commercial consequence,
brought into the same frame.
02 / PRICE
Connect risk to consequence.
Bring technical mission risk into the same frame as its commercial impact. Understand what a failure really costs.
03 / BALANCE
Build around the mission.
Structure protection, capacity, guarantees, and risk transfer around the mission and the commitments behind it.
04TWO DISCIPLINES. ONE MISSION.
Operational insight.
Insurance expertise.
Counterweight brings SEOPS’s operational knowledge together with Lockton’s insurance expertise, connecting the realities of a space mission with the thinking behind its protection.
SEOPS brings the mission perspective: architecture, launch logistics, interfaces, and deployment. Lockton brings the insurance perspective: understanding exposure and shaping protection around the mission.
A more complete view of the mission.
A stronger foundation for the risk conversation.
COUNTERWEIGHTRISK ARCHITECTURE
LOOKING AHEAD / LATTICEConnecting mission intelligence
Connecting mission intelligence
with policy knowledge.
Future direction
We’re exploring how insurance policy information can connect with mission intelligence in Lattice, giving operational and insurance teams a more complete picture of the mission and its protection.
05BUILT FOR WHAT COMES NEXT
Launch is only
the beginning.
As space becomes infrastructure,
risk infrastructure must evolve with it.
01Orbital logistics02Servicing03Transfer vehicles04Hosted payloads05Stations06In-space manufacturing07Compute08Communications09Lunar logistics10Commercial infrastructure
The space economy cannot scale if every mission
remains a bespoke financial gamble.
Counterweight is being built for what comes next.
LET’S TALK RISK ARCHITECTUREBuilding a mission?
Building a mission?
Building what’s behind one?
Let’s talk about the risk architecture.