DFKI Robotics Innovation Center

More space organisations in Germany

• Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), University of Bremen · Research Institution · Bremen

  German microgravity research centre — University of Bremen institute operating the 146 m Bremen Drop Tower and researching fluid physics and space technology.

• DLR (German Aerospace Center) · Research Institution · Cologne

  Germany's national aeronautics and space research centre — conducts research across aerospace, transport and energy.

• Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques (FHR) · Research Institution · Wachtberg

  German Fraunhofer radar institute in Wachtberg — operates the TIRA space observation radar and developed the GESTRA space surveillance radar.

• GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences · Research Institution · Potsdam

  German Helmholtz geoscience research centre — leads science data and operations for gravity missions such as GRACE-FO and GRACE-C and runs satellite laser ranging.

• NEUROSPACE GmbH · Startup · Berlin

  Berlin space robotics startup — develops modular CubeSat-based lunar rovers and flew its Tacheles CubeSat on NASA's Artemis II mission in 2026.

• ASTRAIT Space · Startup · Bremen

  German NewSpace startup (formerly Levity Space) in Bremen — developing NEMO, a next-generation Earth–Moon orbiter, as a space-as-a-service platform.

• Division of Extraterrestrial Physics, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics (IEAP), Kiel University · Academic Institution · Kiel

  Kiel University space physics group — builds particle detectors for missions such as Solar Orbiter's Energetic Particle Detector and studies heliospheric physics.

• von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH (vH&S) · Private Company · Schwetzingen

  German space instrument maker — develops and qualifies scientific payloads, mass spectrometers and space electronics for agency and commercial missions.