Leaf Space, founded in 2014, is an Italian ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) provider that operates a global network of ground stations. They offer services like telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C), and payload data downlink to satellite operators, simplifying satellite communication and data access. Leaf Space partners with organizations like Maritime Launch Services, Azercosmos, Odysseus Space, and Sateliot, and supports ISRO's missions, providing ground station infrastructure for satellite communication. Key services include Leaf Line and Leaf Key, offering both shared and exclusive ground segment access.
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Leaf Space raised 5,000,000 EUR in a Series A investment round in January, bringing its total funding to date to 10,000,000 EUR.
Leaf Space offers ground segment services to the European Space Agency.
Leaf Space will provide several ground stations to the Swiss client Astrocast using the dedicated Leaf Key ground segment service.
Leaf Space will implement services in 2021 to improve and simplify operational use for customers and to cover almost all protocols and communications schemes currently used in the microsatellite market.
Leaf Space plans to provide downlink services to satellites in sun-synchronous orbit at least once per orbit.
Leaf Space completed a Series A financing round of 5,000,000 EUR, bringing its total funding to 10,000,000 EUR.
Leaf Space will use the Series A funding to further develop its ground segment services for smallsat operators and globally scale up its business.
Leaf Space plans to grow its operational ground stations from eight to 11 during the first trimester of 2021 by deploying and activating stations in Sri Lanka, Canada, and Australia.
Leaf Space’s ground segment services are used by institutional customers including the European Space Agency, Telespazio-Leonardo, and the Indian Space Research Organisation.
The CARES project is led by Leaf Space, which is providing integration of a remote monitoring health platform with satellite telecommunications infrastructure.
Leaf Space signed a contract with the European Space Agency and is working in consortium with H&S to provide remote medical data monitoring services for COVID-19 patients at home.
Leaf Space will make its network compatible with GomSpace manufactured radios and provide an immediately available ground segment service capability to GomSpace.
Leaf Space has raised around 2,700,000 EUR through private investments and public-sector grants, including the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 fund.
Leaf Space considers having 12 ground station locations ideal to ensure satellites in low Earth orbit can establish contact at least once every orbit.
Fleet, an Australian cubesat operator, contracted Leaf Space to supply a dedicated ground station for a constellation it hopes will one day number 100 satellites.
Leaf Space originally planned to have 20 ground stations by 2017 but reexamined that approach after deploying four stations.
Leaf Space modified its business plan to offer two services called Leaf Line and Leaf Key.
Leaf Space envisions building two or three ground stations at some of the same locations to increase available capacity.
Leaf Space currently employs 18 people and plans to use new investment to expand its payroll.