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Companies and Organisations in the small satellite industry - Europe
 Alcatel, France.
- Alcatel was the main contractor for the GE Starsys microsatellites, since stopped. It
has procured the Cerise microsatellite from SSTL which was launched in 1995, as well as
the follow-on mission Clementine to be launched in 1998.
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- C.N.E.S.,
France.
- CNES is aiming to launch a series of mini-satellites by 1999
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- Dassault, France
- Responsible for S80/T payloads design and construction.
- DERA,
Farnborough, UK
- DERA is responsible for the STRV-1a-d GTO launched microsatellites.
- INETI
- Involved in the PoSAT-1 mission.
- Institute für
Raumfahrt Electronik (IRE), Germany
- The commercial arm of the Technical University of Berlin, responsible for the TUBSAT
series of spacecraft.
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- Institute of
Space Physics (IRF), Sweden
- Involved in the Munin small satellite
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- Kayser-Threde,
Germany
- Kayser-Threde has built the following small
satellites
 Temisat microsatellite,
- GFZ-1 microsatellite,
April 1995.
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- Matra Marconi Espace,
France and UK
- Matra is developing the LEOSTAR bus. The first customer is Alcatel for GE Starsys.
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- OHB-System, Bremen, Germany
- Optik und Hydraulik Systeme is involved with ABRIXAS '98, and responsible for the
attached experimental communications payload SAFIR included on a Russian satellite
launched in August 1994, and the SAFIR-2 microsatellite.
SAFIR-2 microsatellite,
July 98
- ABRIXAS minisatellite,
1999
- SAIT, Brussels,
Belgium.
- SAIT were
involved in the
development of a small satellite constellation (LLMS/IRIS) for data communications and
messaging, but this project was eventually cancelled in 2000
- Satellite
International Ltd. (SIL), Newbury, U.K.
- SIL has been responsible for the design of a series of
small satellites buses, sub-systems, ground stations and system studies. Also involved in
the BADR-B microsatellite project for Pakistan.
The company entered receivership and many of its products, assets and people
were taken over by SSTL.
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- Smolsat
Association, former, Russian Federation
- A consortium including NPO PM, Soyuzmedinform Program Management and the US
Network Servis International. Responsible for the Gonets communication messaging system.
- Space Applications Systems, Belgium.
- Involved in the development of the ground segment for the PROBA mission.
- Surrey Satellite
Technology Ltd. (SSTL), Guildford, Surrey, U.K.
- SSTL has been
responsible for the UoSAT series of satellites, various sub-systems, ground
stations and system studies.
- UoSAT-1 microsatellite,
October 1981
- UoSAT-2 microsatellite,
March 1984
- UoSAT-3 microsatellite,
January 1990
- UoSAT-4 microsatellite,
January 1990
- UoSAT-5 microsatellite,
July 1991
- KITSAT-1
microsatellite, August 1992
- S80/T microsatellite,
August 1992
- KITSAT-2
microsatellite, September 1993
- PoSAT-1 microsatellite,
September 1993
- HealthSat-2
microsatellite, September 1993
- CERISE microsatellite,
July 1995
- FASat-Alfa
microsatellite, October 1995
- FASat-Bravo
microsatellite, July 1998
- TMSAT microsatellite,
July 1998
- Clementine
microsatellite, 1999
- UoSAT-12 minisatellite, 1999
Tsinghua-1 microsatellite
2000
SNAP
nanosatellite 2000
Tsinghua-1 microsatellite
2000
PICOSAT microsatellite 2001
- Swedish Space
Corporation, Sweden.
- The SSC has been responsible for the Viking and Freja
mini-satellite, the ASTRID micro-satellite and the TELE-X GEO DBS for TV broadcasting. The
ODIN mini-satellite is planned for launch in 1999. SSC
News.
- Viking minisatellite
- Freja minisatellite
- Astrid-1 microsatellite
- Astrid-2
microsatellite, 1998
- ODIN microsatellite,
TBL 1999
- Telespazio,
Italy.
- Procured the Temisat micro-satellite from Kayser-Threde
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- Verhaert, Belgium
- Teamed with SIL in the PROBA small spacecraft study for ESA.
- ZARM, Germany.
- University of Bremen's Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity
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