In-Orbit Services & Sustainability companies in Germany

German CubeSat startup in Munich — develops small-satellite solutions for in-orbit detection and monitoring of space debris.

German space logistics startup — builds PHOENIX return capsules with inflatable heat shields to bring cargo and experiments back from orbit.

TUM space propulsion spin-off in Garching — develops a reignitable cryogenic methalox-propelled in-space transporter for orbital logistics.

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

German electric propulsion startup — develops SUPREME, a superconductor-based magnetoplasmadynamic thruster for high-power spacecraft missions.

Builds reusable cargo spacecraft to service space stations and enable the in-space economy.

German space situational awareness startup — tracks space debris with ground and planned in-orbit sensors and provides collision and traffic management services.

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

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

TU Braunschweig university institute — researches space propulsion, satellite technology, space debris modelling and in-space manufacturing.

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

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