LeoStella is a state-of-the-art company that specializes in designing and manufacturing small satellites (smallsats) cost-effectively and at scale. As a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and BlackSky, LeoStella focuses on transforming constellation construction to meet the growing demand for efficient satellite production. Their primary product is small satellite buses, like the LS-300, and they have partnerships with companies like Loft Orbital, BlackSky, and Safran, and also works with the Space Development Agency (SDA). LeoStella aims to provide agile solutions for various missions, delivering critical space infrastructure for government and commercial clients.
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LeoStella’s production facility is located in an office park in a Seattle suburb and includes a 10,000-square-foot production floor, a clean room, and other facilities needed to assemble small satellites.
LeoStella is seeking customers beyond BlackSky but has not announced any contracts with customers outside BlackSky.
The first two satellites to be assembled in the LeoStella factory, Global-5 and Global-6, should be completed in the summer.
LeoStella’s initial work is to build the remainder of BlackSky’s initial 20-satellite constellation.
Deep Space Industries has a contract to provide 20 Comet thrusters to LeoStella, the joint venture of Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space, for the BlackSky imaging-satellite constellation, under a deal disclosed on 2018-04-03.