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Aerospacelab

BE
commercialFounded 2018
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
www.aerospacelab.com
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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.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/15/2024Smallsat maker Aerospacelab snaps up spacecraft optics specialist

Aerospacelab’s current manufacturing facility in Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium is designed to produce as many as 24 satellites per year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/15/2024Smallsat maker Aerospacelab snaps up spacecraft optics specialist

Aerospacelab secured a contract in March 2025 to build its first positioning, navigation, and timing satellite in a deal for Xona Space.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/15/2024Smallsat maker Aerospacelab snaps up spacecraft optics specialist

Aerospacelab acquired AMOS on 2025-04-15.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/15/2024Smallsat maker Aerospacelab snaps up spacecraft optics specialist

Aerospacelab was founded in 2018 and has launched satellites to orbit as part of its remote-sensing business.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT3/19/2024Aerospacelab to build Xona Space’s first navigation satellite

Aerospacelab secured a contract with Xona Space on 2024-03-19 to build Xona Space’s first PNT satellite.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/19/2024Aerospacelab to build Xona Space’s first navigation satellite

Aerospacelab is preparing to open a mega factory in Belgium and is eyeing U.S. commercial and government customers for its satellite buses and payloads.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/12/2023Overseas firms on a journey to establish themselves as U.S. entities

Aerospacelab appointed Tina Ghataore as Group Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer and CEO of Aerospacelab’s new branch in North America, effective August 7th, 2023.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/7/2023Aerospacelab: CEO of the new North American branch + Group Chief Strategy + Revenue Officer named

Aerospacelab’s Versatile Satellite Platform provides standardized building blocks intended to accommodate various missions and to support the company’s plan to build a satellite constellation.

NARRATIVE PLAN6/15/2023Exolaunch and Aerospacelab Announced the Successful Launch of Grégoire Satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket

Aerospacelab’s Versatile Satellite Platform is designed to provide standardized building blocks to accommodate various missions and to support the company’s plan to build a satellite constellation in upcoming years.

NARRATIVE PLAN6/13/2023Aerospacelab + Exolaunch successfully launch the Grégoire satellite

Aerospacelab raised €40 million in a Series B funding round in February 2022.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/15/2022Satellite megafactory unveiled by Aerospacelab — 500 satellites capacity per year

Aerospacelab committed to a satellite megafactory with a yearly production capacity of 500 satellites.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY6/15/2022Satellite megafactory unveiled by Aerospacelab — 500 satellites capacity per year

Aerospacelab’s Monnet Center facility in Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve can produce up to 24 satellites per year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/15/2022Satellite megafactory unveiled by Aerospacelab — 500 satellites capacity per year

Aerospacelab announced plans on 2022-06-14 to establish a megafactory capable of producing 500 satellites annually.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/14/2022Aerospacelab to build “megafactory” in Belgium

Aerospacelab’s existing factory in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is designed to produce as many as 24 satellites per year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/14/2022Aerospacelab to build “megafactory” in Belgium

Aerospacelab plans to begin producing satellites weighing 150 to 400 kg later 2022 at the 2,000-square-meter Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve factory.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/14/2022Aerospacelab to build “megafactory” in Belgium

Aerospacelab plans to start manufacturing 150- to 700-kilogram satellites at the Charleroi factory in early 2025.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/14/2022Aerospacelab to build “megafactory” in Belgium

Aerospacelab raised 40,000,000 EUR in a Series B funding round.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL2/22/2022Aerospacelab Raises 40 Million Euros in Series B Financing Round

Aerospacelab raised €40 million in a Series B funding round.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL2/17/2022Aerospacelab Successfully Raises €40 million (US$45.4 million)

Aerospacelab intends to open The Megafactory in 2026, which is described as one of Europe's largest satellite manufacturing facilities.

NARRATIVE GENERALAerospacelab expands Pulsar navigation constellation work with new Xona satellite order