46 space organisations in Portugal

Develops guidance, navigation and control systems and propulsion components for launchers and satellites.

Portuguese agritech company — provides crop monitoring services such as AgroRadar using Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite data and AI.

Portuguese safety-critical software and systems engineering company — supplies flight and ground software and verification services to ESA, NASA and space primes.

Develops space-qualified electronics and embedded systems for satellites and launch vehicles — provides avionics, power management and onboard computers for ESA and commercial N…

Portuguese space hardware company — develops thermal protection, structures and flight hardware for ESA missions such as ExoMars, now part of the Frezite group.

Portuguese Earth observation satellite operator — owns and operates GEOSAT-1 and GEOSAT-2 and is building new VHR satellites for the Atlantic Constellation.

Portuguese space engineering company — designs and manufactures satellite magnetometers, optical metrology systems and a maritime communications constellation.

Portuguese space propulsion company — makes valves, thrusters and fluid-control components for satellites and launchers, and leads micro-launcher work.

Portuguese composite and metallic structures manufacturer — builds structures, tooling and MGSE for space, aeronautics and defence, with a space unit in Porto.

Portuguese aerospace engineering company — develops GNC systems, structures, mechanisms and landing systems for space missions and UAVs.

Portuguese drone and space technology company — builds unmanned aircraft and GAMALINK inter-satellite link radios flown on ESA's Proba-3 and Hera missions.

Portuguese systems engineering company of the Thales Group — operates the Santa Maria teleport and builds ground segment and naval systems.

Portuguese collaborative laboratory for the Atlantic — applies satellite remote sensing, Copernicus data and AI to ocean and coastal monitoring.

Intergovernmental Atlantic research network based in the Azores — works on space, Earth observation, climate and ocean data for Atlantic countries.

Azores space geodesy station on Santa Maria island — operates a 13.2 m VGOS radio telescope, GNSS receiver and gravimeter within the RAEGE network.

Portuguese engineering and product development centre — designs small satellites such as AEROS MH-1 and runs space data and mission projects.

Private non-profit astrophysics research association in Porto — hosts the Porto node of the IA and runs the Planetário do Porto.

Portuguese aerospace technology and innovation centre — set up by the Air Force, CEiiA and GEOSAT; acquired the Atlantic Constellation's first SAR satellite.

Portuguese technology research institute — develops space robotics and drones for ESA analog missions such as SOLIS100 and microgravity-tested robots.

Portuguese national astrophysics and space science institute — conducts research on exoplanets, cosmology and space instrumentation, with nodes in Porto and Lisbon.

Portuguese telecom research institute — leads New Space Portugal, builds AIS/VDES antennas for the LUSIADA constellation and space radar at PASO.

LIP particle physics laboratory group in Lisbon — develops space radiation monitors and models, including RADEM on ESA's JUICE and BERM on BepiColombo.

University of Coimbra research unit for Earth and space sciences — studies geomagnetism, space weather and solar physics at the Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory.

University of Porto Faculty of Sciences research unit — works on heliophysics, remote sensing and GIS at the Prof. Manuel de Barros Astronomical Observatory.

Instituto Superior Técnico research unit for astrophysics and gravitation — includes a scientific and space instrumentation and modelling group.

University of Minho student aerospace team — builds experimental rockets and CubeSat technology, selected for the European Rocketry Challenge 2026.

University of Porto planetarium and Ciência Viva science centre — runs public astronomy and space science sessions, talks and school programmes.

University of Porto student rocketry association at FEUP — develops hybrid rockets and competes in the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC).

Instituto Superior Técnico student rocketry team — designs, builds and launches solid-propellant rockets and competes in the European Rocketry Challenge.

Portuguese environmental monitoring startup — SaaS platform using Copernicus Earth observation data and AI to track water, air and soil pollution.

Portuguese Earth observation startup — monitors reservoir storage, bathymetry and water quality from satellite data with AI, incubated at ESA BIC Tagus.

Portuguese small-satellite integrator — designs, builds, integrates and tests Earth observation satellites, including VHR satellites for the Atlantic Constellation.

Portuguese space traffic management startup — offers an AI-based platform for collision avoidance, manoeuvre planning and orbital tracking.

Portuguese space sustainability startup — develops ultra-light inflatable drag sails that passively de-orbit satellites at end of mission.

Portuguese space startup — develops optics and photonics hardware, plus thermal and mechanical simulation, for space applications and space debris detection.

Lisbon-based Earth observation startup — combines satellite imagery and machine learning to map and monitor forests, land cover and natural-disaster risk.

Portuguese Air Force space operations centre in Monsanto — coordinates space-based data and services for operations and plans satellite and debris tracking.

Azores regional government space mission structure — implements the Azores Space Strategy, including the Santa Maria spaceport and teleport projects.

Portugal's space agency — promotes national space industry, ESA membership and downstream space applications.

Portuguese Ministry of National Defence space surveillance and tracking system — Portugal's EU SST contribution, with an operations centre on Terceira.

Portuguese amateur astronomers' association — organises observing sessions, courses and publishes the APAA astronomy magazine.

Astronomy park and Ciência Viva science centre in central Portugal — runs a planetarium, observatory and space outreach events such as Astrofesta.

Portuguese node of ESA's European Space Education Resource Office — trains teachers and runs school space projects such as the CanSat competition.

Portuguese non-profit astronomy education association — trains teachers, runs space education projects and coordinates the Galileo Teacher Training Program.

Portuguese aeronautics, space and defence industry cluster — non-profit association grouping over 150 companies, institutes and universities in the sector.

Portuguese spaceport consortium — holds Portugal's first spaceport licence for the Malbusca Launch Centre on Santa Maria, Azores.