Satellites & Spacecraft companies in Germany

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

German space engineering company in Berlin — provides spacecraft engineering, small-satellite systems and related space services.

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

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

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

Braunschweig composites maker and DLR spin-off — builds CFRP satellite structures such as central tubes, panels, reflectors, booms and radiators.

German space engineering company — develops deployable and reconfigurable antenna reflectors of 0.5 to 30 m aperture for satellites.

Independent European space technology company developing satellites and space infrastructure.

German satellite operator in Munich — plans a global low-latency LEO constellation with optical inter-satellite links for secure enterprise data.

Berlin space engineering firm — designs and builds spacecraft and launcher structures such as sandwich panels, struts, adapters and housings.

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

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

German NewSpace startup (formerly Levity Space) in Bremen — developing NEMO, a next-generation Earth–Moon orbiter, as a space-as-a-service platform.

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

German space company in Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin spin-off — provides small-satellite engineering and space technology services.

Operates a thermal infrared satellite constellation for precision agriculture — provides high-frequency land surface temperature data to help farmers optimise irrigation and mon…

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

German electric propulsion startup — TU Dresden spin-off building liquid-metal field emission thrusters (GO-2) for small satellites, with a US office in El Segundo.

Berlin space robotics startup — develops modular CubeSat-based lunar rovers and flew its Tacheles CubeSat on NASA's Artemis II mission in 2026.

Operates a thermal satellite constellation for early wildfire detection and monitoring from space.

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

Munich NewSpace startup — builds satellite-IoT animal trackers and the ICARUS 2.0 CubeSat receiver system with the Max Planck Society.

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

German microgravity research centre — University of Bremen institute operating the 146 m Bremen Drop Tower and researching fluid physics and space technology.

Germany's national aeronautics and space research centre — conducts research across aerospace, transport and energy.

German Max Planck research institute — studies the Sun, planets, moons and small bodies and builds instruments for ESA and NASA space missions.

Würzburg non-profit research centre — develops CubeSats, satellite formation flying, VLEO communications and attitude control test facilities.

TU Berlin university chair — designs, builds and operates small satellites such as the BEESAT and TUBiX series, with its own ground stations and labs.

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

German university space institute — researches electric propulsion, re-entry and small satellites, with over 170 staff at the Space Center Baden-Württemberg.

Germany's space agency function within DLR — manages German space budget, ESA contributions and national space missions.

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