Avionics & Components companies in Netherlands
Space Atlas lists 12 organisations in Netherlands working in avionics & components: 6 private companies, 3 research institutions, 3 startups. That is 27% of the 45 space organisations in Netherlands and 4% of the 337 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in Leiden (3), Delft (3), Noordwijk (3).
Private Company (6)
- Airborne · Private Company · The Hague
Dutch advanced composites manufacturer — produces spacecraft components, solar-array substrate panels and launcher tank structures.
- Bradford Space · Private Company · Heerle
Dutch-rooted propulsion and AOCS company — builds green HPGP, water and cold-gas thrusters and spacecraft subsystems.
- cosine Remote Sensing · Private Company · Leiden
Designs and manufactures innovative optical instruments and payloads for Earth observation satellites.
- ISISPACE Group (Innovative Solutions In Space) · Private Company · Delft
Dutch small satellite company — builds CubeSats and smallsat missions and supplies satellite subsystems and launch services, a spin-off of TU Delft.
- Lens R&D · Private Company · Noordwijk
Dutch space component maker — designs and produces space-grade sun sensors for satellites, including the BiSon and MAUS product lines.
- Stellar Space Industries · Private Company · Leiden
Dutch engineering firm — provides rapid engineering and precision manufacturing of instruments, robotics and subsystems for space and defence.
Research Institution (3)
- ASTRON – Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy · Research Institution · Dwingeloo
Dutch NWO radio astronomy institute — builds and operates radio telescopes such as LOFAR and Westerbork and develops radio instrumentation.
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research · Research Institution · Leiden
Dutch national space research institute — develops space instruments for astrophysics, Earth science and exoplanet research, part of NWO-I.
- TNO Space · Research Institution · Delft
Applied research institute developing optical instruments, detectors and systems for space science and Earth observation.
Startup (3)
- FSO Instruments · Startup · Delft
Dutch joint venture of Demcon and VDL Groep — develops and produces laser satellite communication terminals, including for the PAMI-1 mission.
- Revolv Space · Startup · Noordwijk
Dutch-Italian space startup — develops autonomous solar array drive assemblies (SARA) for small satellites, flight-validated in orbit.
- SPHERICAL · Startup · Noordwijk
Dutch space electronics startup — designs dedicated semiconductors and builds electronic subsystems for satellites; Zero Debris Charter signatory.