Ground Systems & Infrastructure companies in Germany

German GFZ spin-off — designs and installs satellite laser ranging stations for geodesy, space debris tracking and agencies such as ESA and JAXA.

DLR subsidiary operating the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen — handles satellite control and orbit determination for the Galileo constellation.

Leading satellite deployment and mission management company — deployed over 300 satellites on SpaceX and other launchers.

German technology and test company — operates the national space test centre in Ottobrunn for environmental testing and AIT of spacecraft.

German satellite navigation firm — builds multi-GNSS constellation simulators, software receivers and test ranges for Galileo and GPS users.

OHB group ground segment company — builds and upgrades satellite ground stations, antennas and SATCOM terminals for institutional and military customers.

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

Space software and engineering firm headquartered in Darmstadt — builds ground segment, mission control and data processing software for ESA and others.

Munich-based joint venture of DLR GfR and Telespazio — prime contractor running service operations of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system.

Darmstadt space software company — develops ground data systems, mission control systems, simulators and independent software verification for ESOC.

European intergovernmental organisation operating meteorological satellites — provides weather, climate and environmental data from Meteosat, MetOp and Sentinel satellites to 30…

German Air and Space Force command — plans and conducts military space operations and space situational awareness from the Uedem operations centre.

Intergovernmental astronomy organisation — builds and operates ground-based telescopes in Chile, including the VLT, ALMA partnership and the ELT.

German Fraunhofer radar institute in Wachtberg — operates the TIRA space observation radar and developed the GESTRA space surveillance radar.

Makes space travel safer with automated collision avoidance software — the OKAPI platform provides autonomous manoeuvre planning, conjunction analysis and space traffic manageme…

University of Stuttgart spin-off — develops SAT.OS, a modular ground software platform for multi-mission satellite and constellation operations.

German spaceport company — planned sea-based launch platform in the North Sea for small launchers, with preparation area in Bremerhaven; no launches yet.