Aerospacelab, founded in 2018, is a vertically integrated satellite manufacturer specializing in small satellite platforms and end-to-end satellite solutions for Earth observation, telecommunications, and technology demonstrations. The company designs, manufactures, and operates LEO satellites ranging from 50 kg to 1,000 kg, offering services from satellite design and manufacturing to launch operations and data processing. Aerospacelab partners with organizations like ESA, Xona Space Systems and MDA Space, and is expanding with facilities in Europe and the United States to meet growing demands and support its constellation deployments.
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Aerospacelab’s Charleroi megafactory is 6,000 square metres and is designed around satellite throughput.
EnduroSat, Aerospacelab, Loft Orbital, and Open Cosmos have raised $400 million of private capital in the last eighteen months.
Simon van den Dries joined a panel with AAC Clyde Space CEO Luis Gomes, Open Cosmos CTO Jordi Barrera Ars, Aerospacelab’s Pierre Wilhelm, and Canopy Aerospace and Defense’s Dr. Marco Villa.
The European Investment Bank’s New Space portfolio includes support for Aerospacelab, Sateliot, and D-Orbit.
Aerospacelab is adapting its manufacturing approach to a business model that places more emphasis on sovereignty on the infrastructure side than on the operations side.
Aerospacelab CEO and founder Benoit Deper defines space sovereignty as control over what an organization procures or operates.
Aerospacelab plans to pre-assemble satellites and supply kits that can be efficiently assembled in a specific country to meet domestic content requirements.
Aerospacelab is seeing growing demand for domestic content and knowledge or technology transfer to build in-country capabilities.
Redwire and Aerospacelab will jointly develop MATTEO.
Redwire and Aerospacelab will jointly develop the MATTEO satellite.
Redwire won a prime contract from the Belgian federal government to build Belgium’s first national security satellite in collaboration with Aerospacelab.
Aerospacelab moved component manufacturing in-house to secure its supply chain.
The expanded order from Xona builds on the prior collaboration between Xona Space Systems and Aerospacelab.
The expanded partnership positions Aerospacelab as a flexible, high-throughput supplier to constellation operators.
Aerospacelab will serve as Xona Space Systems’ transition manufacturing partner for initial Pulsar deployment.
Aerospacelab will supply flight-proven satellite platforms and systems integration expertise while Xona develops in-house production capabilities in California.
Xona Space Systems selected Aerospacelab to produce eight additional satellites for its Pulsar next-era navigation constellation.
Aerospacelab’s Versatile Satellite Platforms (VSP) and integration services will accelerate early Pulsar deployment and enable Pulsar to offer commercial services to Xona’s earliest customers in the distributed timing and connected devices markets.
Aerospacelab intends to open The Megafactory in 2026, which is described as one of Europe's largest satellite manufacturing facilities.
With launches beginning in late 2026, Aerospacelab's platforms and integration services are expected to accelerate early constellation deployment for Xona.