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More space organisations in Germany

• European Southern Observatory (ESO) · Research Institution · Garching bei München

  Intergovernmental astronomy organisation — builds and operates ground-based telescopes in Chile, including the VLT, ALMA partnership and the ELT.

• 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.

• Large Space Structures GmbH (LSS) · Private Company · Eching

  German space engineering company — develops deployable and reconfigurable antenna reflectors of 0.5 to 30 m aperture for satellites.

• 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.

• Rivada Space Networks · Private Company · Munich

  German satellite operator in Munich — plans a global low-latency LEO constellation with optical inter-satellite links for secure enterprise data.

• TALOS · Startup · Munich

  Munich NewSpace startup — builds satellite-IoT animal trackers and the ICARUS 2.0 CubeSat receiver system with the Max Planck Society.

• AcTLabS · Startup · Munich

  German CubeSat startup in Munich — develops small-satellite solutions for in-orbit detection and monitoring of space debris.