Avionics & Components companies in Germany

German space hardware company — develops, builds and tests small-satellite systems, reaction wheels, mechanisms, structures and payloads.

German small-satellite manufacturer — TU Berlin spin-off building microsatellite platforms, cameras and subsystems at Berlin-Adlershof.

Bremen space electronics maker — builds satellite mass memory units, on-board computers, data processing and encryption units, plus radiation testing.

German space subsystem supplier — develops deployable reflector antennas, booms, deorbit sails and thermal multilayer insulation for spacecraft.

Berlin radio technology company (formerly IQ wireless) — its IQ spacecom unit builds software-defined radio transceivers for small satellites.

Produces laser communication terminals for aerospace and defense, enabling high-bandwidth optical links in space.

Independent European space technology company developing satellites and space infrastructure.

German electronics group in Munich — supplies test and measurement, secure communications and SATCOM equipment, with a space unit expanded via Dresden acquisitions in 2026.

German space subsystem supplier — builds solar generators, structures, mechanisms and laser-optical instruments for Earth observation and science satellites.

World leader in laser communication terminals for satellite and deep space applications.

German space instrument maker — develops and qualifies scientific payloads, mass spectrometers and space electronics for agency and commercial missions.

German spacecraft component maker — builds magnetic torquers and magnetometers for satellite attitude control, spun off from ZARM at the University of Bremen.

German space hardware startup — makes shape-memory release actuators, deployable solar arrays and other deployable structures for satellites.

Munich space component maker — builds valves, pressure regulators and pumps for spacecraft, launchers and landers, aiming at in-orbit refuelling.

DLR spin-off developing cost-effective non-toxic green propulsion systems for nanosatellites and CubeSats — the HyNOx hypergolic propulsion module uses hydrogen peroxide for saf…

Develops high-performance satellites for defence, security and government missions.

German optics startup spun off from Fraunhofer IOF — designs and manufactures metal mirrors and optical systems for space instruments and astronomy.

Kiel University space physics group — builds particle detectors for missions such as Solar Orbiter's Energetic Particle Detector and studies heliospheric physics.