Leaf Space

Lomazzo, Lombardy, Italy · Space · Ground & data / Ground stations · leaf.space

Leaf Space runs a managed ground-station network with RF and optical sites, offering Leaf Line, Leaf Key and Leaf Hosting connectivity services for customer satellites.

Positioning

Leaf Space is an Italian ground-segment company (Milan, self-described #2 global GSaaS) with 40+ owned ground stations across 19+ locations serving 140+ satellites (23-24,000+ passes a month at 99%+ success), differentiated by network-level scheduling optimization. It unveiled TreeNet (May 2026, satellites as nodes in a shared orbital mesh, moving toward always-on connectivity), brought its first Canadian station live (July 2026), and won trade recognition. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (~$48-49M raised).

Latest signals

  • Cailabs and Leaf Space signed an MoU to integrate optical downlink into managed ground services.Leaf Space
  • Cailabs has six operational optical ground stations and more than 10 additional stations under contract.Leaf Space
  • Cailabs and Leaf Space plan a pilot for end-to-end optical satellite data delivery.Leaf Space
  • Leaf Space operates a ground network with more than 40 stations across over 20 locations and serves more than 90 customers.Leaf Space
  • AnyLink began aggregating multiple ground networks into a single optimized communications path.Payload

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Facts, with sources

  • Partnerships with D-Orbit and EnduroSat to launch four satellites with TreeNet nodes in H1 2027Partnership · Leaf Space
  • More than 90 customersCustomer · Leaf Space
  • MoU with Cailabs to integrate optical downlink into managed ground servicesPartnership · Leaf Space
  • Pilot for end-to-end optical satellite data delivery with CailabsPilot · Leaf Space

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Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment8
Production6
Commercials6
Progress9
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower6
Leverage6

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in Ground stations

19KSAT · 8127SSC Space · 7942Kratos Defense · 76

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Questions this page answers

What does Leaf Space do?

Leaf Space runs a managed ground-station network with RF and optical sites, offering Leaf Line, Leaf Key and Leaf Hosting connectivity services for customer satellites. Leaf Space is an Italian ground-segment company (Milan, self-described #2 global GSaaS) with 40+ owned ground stations across 19+ locations serving 140+ satellites (23-24,000+ passes a month at 99%+ success), differentiated by network-level scheduling optimization. It unveiled TreeNet (May 2026, satellites as nodes in a shared orbital mesh, moving toward always-on connectivity), brought its first

Where does Leaf Space rank in space?

Leaf Space ranks 82 of 100 on the Space 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 66 out of 100, in Ground stations (Ground & data). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Leaf Space's peers in Ground stations?

KSAT (rank 19), SSC Space (rank 27), Kratos Defense (rank 42).

Where is Leaf Space based and when was it founded?

Leaf Space is based in Lomazzo, Lombardy, Italy.

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