Space organisations in Ireland

Irish composites manufacturer in the Galway Gaeltacht — designs, builds and tests carbon-fibre structures and baffles for ESA satellites and launchers.

Irish surface-coatings company — developed the SolarWhite and SolarBlack thermal coatings flying on ESA's Solar Orbiter.

Irish teleport operator — runs the Elfordstown Earthstation near Cork, providing satellite ground station, TT&C and teleport services.

Dublin space electronics and software firm — supplies ESA-qualified real-time operating systems, onboard computing, memories and satellite subsystems.

Irish space electronics company — designs and builds high-reliability electronics such as video telemetry for Ariane 6 and payload interface units for ESA missions.

Irish space software company — develops astronaut procedure and flight support software for the ISS and the Lunar Gateway.

Irish marine data company in Dún Laoghaire — combines in-water metocean sensing with satellite Earth observation data services for coastal monitoring.

Cork forestry technology company — provides forest management software using satellite-based monitoring, with ESA support, to the forestry industry worldwide.

Irish space photonics company — designs and manufactures optical inter-satellite link terminals and optical ground stations in Galway and Shannon.

Dublin photonics spin-out from DCU and Tyndall — develops optical frequency comb sources for space laser communications, 6G and defence links.

Irish launch services startup — is developing a commercial spaceport in Ireland and partnering on the Pathfinder suborbital rocket launch.

Irish space AI company — provides the SPACE:AI onboard processing platform for Earth observation satellites and operates CogniSAT-6.

University College Dublin space research centre — built EIRSAT-1, Ireland's first satellite, and leads CubeSat, gamma-ray detector and EO research.