Navigation & Positioning companies in Germany
Space Atlas lists 6 organisations in Germany working in navigation & positioning: 4 private companies, 1 incubator/accelerator, 1 research institution. That is 7% of the 87 space organisations in Germany and 10% of the 60 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in Munich (2), Darmstadt (1), Weßling (1).
Private Company (4)
- ANavS GmbH – Advanced Navigation Solutions · Private Company · Munich
TUM spin-off in Munich — develops high-precision GNSS/RTK receivers and GNSS-inertial sensor-fusion positioning systems for vehicles and robots.
- DLR Gesellschaft für Raumfahrtanwendungen mbH (DLR GfR) · Private Company · Weßling
DLR subsidiary operating the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen — handles satellite control and orbit determination for the Galileo constellation.
- IFEN GmbH · Private Company · Poing
German satellite navigation firm — builds multi-GNSS constellation simulators, software receivers and test ranges for Galileo and GPS users.
- Spaceopal GmbH · Private Company · Munich
Munich-based joint venture of DLR GfR and Telespazio — prime contractor running service operations of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system.
Incubator/Accelerator (1)
- cesah GmbH – Centrum für Satellitennavigation Hessen · Incubator/Accelerator · Darmstadt
German space incubator and competence centre in Darmstadt — manages ESA BIC Hessen and ESA BIC Baden-Württemberg and acts as ESA technology broker.
Research Institution (1)
- GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences · Research Institution · Potsdam
German Helmholtz geoscience research centre — leads science data and operations for gravity missions such as GRACE-FO and GRACE-C and runs satellite laser ranging.