Space & Satellites defence companies in the UK

Develops ultra-low Earth orbit satellites and ion propulsion systems to bring higher-resolution imaging, direct-to-device connectivity and weather intelligence closer to Earth.

Earth observation company providing the world's highest resolution commercial thermal imagery from satellites to monitor climate change, energy efficiency, and economic activity with 3.5m resolution thermal data.

Atheras Analytics develops AI software for resilient satellite networks, forecasting outages and optimising ground-segment and gateway decisions for mission-critical satcom operations.

UTOPiA

Predictive service that forecasts satellite outages up to six hours in advance so operators and customers can protect critical data flows.

TEMPESTAS

Satellite-operations automation product for optimising network decisions and improving availability.

DESIRISS

Ground-segment design tool for gateway placement, network availability modelling and infrastructure-cost optimisation.

Space manufacturing company developing hardware for large-scale crystallization of protein drugs in microgravity. While primarily focused on pharmaceuticals, their space manufacturing capabilities and orbital operations have potential dual-use applications.

Craft Prospect builds small-satellite systems, onboard AI and quantum-secure space technologies for secure, autonomous space missions.

Commercial geospatial intelligence company that applies AI and machine learning to multi-operator satellite imagery to deliver decision-ready insights to industry and government. Selected for the AWS European Defence Accelerator and based in Guildford, Surrey.

Lodestar Space develops autonomous space-security systems for protecting high-value satellites and supporting orbital defence missions.

Builds metal-propellant electric plasma thrusters for satellite manoeuvring, rendezvous operations and in-space logistics.

Raptor Photonics designs and manufactures specialist CCD, CMOS, SWIR and VIS-SWIR camera systems for surveillance, space, scientific and industrial OEM applications.

Eagle 47-10

Deep-cooled back-illuminated CCD camera for ultra-low-light and long-exposure imaging.

Hawk 800

Compact rugged CMOS camera for low-light electro-optical platforms.

UK space domain awareness startup delivering real-time optical space intelligence from a sensor network and AI-driven platform for governments and satellite operators.

Tracking Data

Real-time optical tracking data across orbital regimes, delivered from Spaceflux's global sensor network for space domain awareness operations.

Cortex Platform

AI-driven analytics platform for fusing observations into actionable orbital intelligence and autonomous analysis workflows.

Hardware Solutions

Sovereign optical sensor deployments and telescope infrastructure for organisations requiring dedicated space monitoring capability.

Teleplan Forsberg delivers assured positioning, navigation and timing systems for mission-critical aerospace, defence, marine, security and space operations.

GNSS Systems

GNSS receiver, antenna and networking products for assured positioning and timing.

Inertial Navigation Systems and IMUs

Inertial sensors and navigation systems for resilient position and motion awareness.

Edinburgh mathematical modelling consultancy building bespoke algorithms for space situational awareness, spacecraft thermal modelling and classified defence data projects. Longstanding partner of the European Space Agency and UK MoD's SEAS DTC programme.