LusoSpace, founded in 2002, is a Portuguese aerospace engineering company that designs, develops, integrates, and tests advanced space technologies and components. They specialize in critical systems, including magnetometers, optical communication systems, and augmented reality applications for the space industry. LusoSpace collaborates with organizations like the ESA, GMV, and the Portuguese Navy, and is involved in projects such as the Atlantic constellation of satellites and the VDES communication constellation. Key activities include satellite integration, development of AOCS (Attitude and Orbit Control System) products, and augmented reality solutions for aerospace.
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D-Orbit supported four payloads for LusoSpace, the QubitCore quantum key distribution payload for Qubitrium, and the Camera SpaceMast payload for Germany’s DLR.
AAC Clyde Space won a GBP 4.3 m order from Portuguese company LusoSpace for 11 satellite kits to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2024.
LusoSpace intends to combine the EPIC 8U satellites into a VDES communication constellation to be launched in late 2025.
LusoSpace will develop and deploy 12 nanosatellite spacecraft carrying VDES payloads.
LusoSpace’s revised magnetorquer was expected to reach Technology Readiness Level 6 in 2021, enabling LusoSpace to begin offering the product to satellite manufacturers.
ESA awarded LusoSpace a contract in early 2019 under the Generic Support Technology Program with a small contribution from ESA’s Earth Observation Program to qualify a larger magnetorquer and produce a new line of components.
LusoSpace is a Portuguese space technology company that supplied the magnetorquer tested by ESA Clean Space.