{"city":"Mont-Saint-Guibert","name":"Aerospacelab","slug":"aerospacelab","facts":[{"date":"2026-10-01","type":"revenue_band","value":"[object Object]","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-10-01","type":"deployment","value":"Aerospacelab satellites scheduled for launch on a SpaceX rideshare in October, including the first two buses from Xona's new manufacturing facility","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-09-14","type":"partnership","value":"Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defense and Space, and Aerospacelab received defined payload and platform responsibilities across the two IRIS2 LEO layers","source":"Thales Alenia Space"},{"date":"2026-09-11","type":"contract","value":"Eutelsat awarded European contractors satellite and payload contracts for the IRIS2 constellation","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"contract","value":"Orders placed for all satellite platforms planned for the IRIS2 constellation","source":"European Spaceflight"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"contract","value":"Contract to build 264 LEO satellites for IRIS2","source":"Aerospacelab"}],"peers":[{"name":"Airbus Defence & Space","rank":8,"slug":"airbus-defence-space","score":"85"},{"name":"Thales Alenia Space","rank":12,"slug":"thales-alenia-space","score":"82.5"},{"name":"Muon Space","rank":20,"slug":"muon-space","score":"81"},{"name":"K2 Space","rank":22,"slug":"k2-space","score":"80.5"},{"name":"Millennium Space Systems","rank":23,"slug":"millennium-space-systems","score":"80"},{"name":"The Exploration Company","rank":26,"slug":"the-exploration-company","score":"79.5"}],"stage":null,"state":"Wallonia","aliases":[],"country":"Belgium","domains":[{"why":"Aerospacelab designs and builds satellite platforms, including the VSP-50, VSP-150 and VSP-300 buses, and complete satellites for constellations such as Telesat Lightspeed and IRIS2.","list":"Space 100","rank":86,"tier":"member","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft","total":66,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":6,"commercial":6,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":6},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Platforms"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-10-26","header":"Aerospacelab will supply satellite platforms to Lockheed Martin.","outlet":"Space24"},{"date":"2026-10-22","header":"ESA is developing the €15.6 billion Iris2 secure connectivity constellation with Aerospacelab and SES.","outlet":"Space Intel Report"},{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defense and Space, and Aerospacelab received defined payload and platform responsibilities across the two IRIS2 LEO layers.","outlet":"Thales Alenia Space"},{"date":"2026-09-11","header":"Eutelsat awarded European contractors satellite and payload contracts for the IRIS² constellation.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-10","header":"Orders have been placed for all 348 satellite platforms planned for the IRIS2 constellation.","outlet":"European Spaceflight"},{"date":"2026-09-10","header":"Aerospacelab is completing a Megafactory designed for large-scale satellite programmes.","outlet":"Aerospacelab"}],"website":"https://aerospacelab.com","category":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft","categories":[{"name":"Platforms","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Satellites & spacecraft"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-27T10:00:57.203+00:00","facts_total":90,"positioning":"Aerospacelab is a Belgian venture-backed satellite maker whose MEGAFACTORY (opening 2026) is billed as Europe's largest satellite production site (capacity 500 satellites a year), on top of existing own-design bus production heritage. It is part of the 2026 European capacity race (with EnduroSat and Muon), betting on EU sovereignty demand (IRIS2, defense constellations), with US expansion underway. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m.","sub_category":"Platforms","signals_total":60,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/aerospacelab","title":"Aerospacelab · space, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Wallonia, Belgium · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Aerospacelab designs and builds satellite platforms, including the VSP-50, VSP-150 and VSP-300 buses, and complete satellites for constellations such as Telesat Lightspeed and IRIS2. Space 100 rank 86 (score 66) 60 signals and 90 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}