Space organisations in South Africa
16 space companies, agencies, research centres and other organisations headquartered in South Africa, across 8 cities. Each profile shows its sectors, locations and links. See them on the map.
Private Company (10)
- Aerial & Maritime · Private Company · Midrand
South African company providing satellite-based Earth observation analytics and intelligence — serves defence, maritime, agriculture and natural resource management sectors.
- Astrofica Technologies · Private Company · Cape Town
Provides space engineering solutions in systems integration, satellite AIT, engineering validation testing and launch campaign management — supporting South Africa's sovereign s…
- Cloudflight Africa (formerly EO Africa) · Private Company · Johannesburg
Provides Earth observation data analytics and downstream space applications for agriculture, mining and environmental management across Africa.
- CUBECOM · Private Company · Stellenbosch
South African manufacturer of high-speed communication systems for CubeSats and small satellites — provides S-band, UHF and VHF transceivers with flight-proven heritage for LEO …
- CubeSpace · Private Company · Stellenbosch
World-class ADCS and reaction wheel manufacturer for small satellites — decade of flight heritage, supplying to commercial constellations across 33 countries globally.
- Dragonfly Aerospace · Private Company · Stellenbosch
Develops high-performance imaging satellites and payloads for Earth observation — builds the Raptor sub-metre imager and turnkey smallsat solutions for global commercial and gov…
- NewSpace Systems (NSS) · Private Company · Stellenbosch
Multinational spacecraft GNC components manufacturer — supplies reaction wheels, star trackers and magnetorquers to 500+ satellite constellations across 33 countries, ESA-accred…
- Pinkmatter Solutions · Private Company · Centurion
Develops space data analytics and satellite mission management software — FarEarth platform provides real-time satellite processing and ground segment solutions for Earth observ…
- SCS Space · Private Company · Stellenbosch
Provides commercial nanosatellite missions and tailored space technology solutions — built nSight-1 nanosatellite, South Africa's longest-running private smallsat mission provider.
- Simera Sense · Private Company · Somerset West
Develops intelligent satellite imaging cameras and optical payloads for Earth observation — xScape cameras have flown on 50+ nanosatellites with sub-metre resolution products in…
Government Agency (3)
- Denel Spaceteq · Government Agency · Centurion
South African state-owned aerospace company focused on small satellite design, manufacturing and satellite AIT — built and tested several South African government satellites.
- Houwteq (Denel Aerospace) · Government Agency · Grabouw
South Africa's national rocket propulsion and aerospace test facility — conducts solid rocket motor development, propulsion testing and aerospace vehicle integration for governm…
- SANSA (South Africa) · Government Agency · Pretoria
South Africa's national space agency — operates ground stations, space weather research and Earth observation.
Startup (2)
- Amaya Space · Startup · Cape Town
CPUT spin-out manufacturing nanosatellites and satellite components — commercialises innovative nanosatellite communications solutions and complete missions with Africa-focused …
- DeltaV Aerospace · Startup · Cape Town
Specialises in design, simulation, AIT and testing of aerospace propulsion and satellite components — develops gas turbines, rocket motors, liquid engines and small launcher sys…
Academic Institution (1)
- French South African Institute of Technology (F'SATI) / Africa Space Innovation Centre, Cape Peninsula University of Technology · Academic Institution · Cape Town
South African university space centre at CPUT — builds CubeSats such as ZACube-1 and ZACube-2 and exports CubeSat radio systems.