Launch Vehicles & Propulsion companies in Netherlands
Space Atlas lists 7 organisations in Netherlands working in launch vehicles & propulsion: 3 private companies, 2 non-profits, 1 startup, 1 research institution. That is 16% of the 45 space organisations in Netherlands and 3% of the 270 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in Delft (4), Heerle (1), Amsterdam (1).
Private Company (3)
- Bradford Space · Private Company · Heerle
Dutch-rooted propulsion and AOCS company — builds green HPGP, water and cold-gas thrusters and spacecraft subsystems.
- 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.
- T-Minus Engineering · Private Company · Delft
Dutch rocket company — develops and launches DART and Barracuda solid-fuel sounding rockets for science and defence testing.
Non-profit (2)
- Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE) · Non-profit · Delft
Dutch student rocketry society at TU Delft — designs, builds and launches sounding rockets and develops solid, liquid and hybrid engines.
- Team VOID · Non-profit · Eindhoven
Eindhoven University of Technology student rocketry team — develops reusable rocket technology for future satellite launch applications.
Research Institution (1)
- Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) · Research Institution · Amsterdam
Dutch aerospace research centre — develops and tests satellites, payloads, launch systems and small-satellite propulsion alongside aviation R&D.
Startup (1)
- Arceon · Startup · Delft
Dutch materials startup — develops ceramic matrix composites resistant to 1600 °C and above for rocket nozzles and other extreme-heat applications.