GomSpace is a manufacturer and operator https://gomspace.com/constellation-management-(2).aspx of

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s for customers in the defence, academic, government and commercial markets. GomSpace's services include systems integration, nanosatellite platforms, constellation operations management and miniaturised radio technology. The company serves customers in more than 50 countries.

History

GomSpace was founded in January 2007 and it is headquartered in

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. The letters G-O-M refer to the two elderly Muppet Show hecklers. The company has subsidiaries in Sweden, North America and Luxembourg. In 2016, GomSpace became listed on Nasdaq in Sweden and GomSpace Sweden was founded. In October 2016, GomSpace bought the Swedish company NanoSpace from the

Swedish Space Corporation The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) provides space subsystems, space and satellite operations, rocket and balloon systems including experiment equipment, launch services, aerospace engineering services as well as airborne maritime surveillance s ...

. NanoSpace is developing

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-based miniature

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for satellite navigation. using

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as a propellant. In 2018, NanoSpace changed name to GomSpace Sweden. GomSpace has signed several contracts with the Luxembourg Government to develop advanced satellite operations facilities in Luxembourg. In 2021 the company signed a major deal to build and operate the Scout CubeMAP constellation, an advanced climate monitoring system. GomSpace has also collaborated to complete several research projects with universities and industrial partnerships.

References

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