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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Benoit Deper is the CEO of Aerospacelab.
The acquisition of AMOS marks a significant milestone for Aerospacelab and opens new markets for both companies.
The venture capital arm of Airbus co-led Aerospacelab’s Series B funding round in 2022.
Aerospacelab acquired AMOS on 2025-04-15.
Xona Space is providing the payload for Aerospacelab’s PNT satellite in time for a 2025 launch.
Aerospacelab raised around $46,000,000 from venture capitalists in 2023 to build out a vertically integrated satellite manufacturing and operating business.
Aerospacelab secured a contract in March 2025 to build its first positioning, navigation, and timing satellite in a deal for Xona Space.
Aerospacelab plans to open a second Belgian facility next year roughly 40 km from its current site that would be large enough to produce 500 satellites annually.
Aerospacelab’s current manufacturing facility in Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium is designed to produce as many as 24 satellites per year.
Aerospacelab’s workforce expanded from around 200 to 330 people as a result of the AMOS acquisition, mainly across Belgium, France, and Switzerland.
Satellites Aerospacelab deployed to date have been a mix of Aerospacelab technology demonstrators and remote sensing customer payloads for the European Space Agency and the Swiss Ministry of Defense.
Aerospacelab will leverage its Versatile Satellite Platform (VSP) capabilities to design, manufacture, and launch Xona Space Systems' upcoming navigation satellite.
Aerospacelab will assemble, integrate, and test Xona Space’s navigation satellite at its new U.S. facilities.
Aerospacelab was founded in 2018 and has launched satellites to orbit as part of its remote-sensing business.
Aerospacelab will use its Versatile Satellite Platform (VSP) to design, manufacture, and launch Xona Space Systems’ upcoming navigation satellite.
Under the agreement with Xona Space, Aerospacelab will assist in obtaining the necessary satellite operator’s license and will support launch operations for two years.
Albedo is a U.S. customer of Aerospacelab that plans to establish an optical and thermal imaging constellation in very-low Earth orbit.
The satellite for Xona Space will be manufactured at Aerospacelab’s planned future facility in the United States.
Aerospacelab secured a contract with Xona Space on 2024-03-19 to build Xona Space’s first PNT satellite.
The smallsat being built for Xona Space uses Aerospacelab’s VSP bus, also called the Versatile Satellite Platform.