{"city":"Lomazzo","name":"Leaf Space","slug":"leaf-space","facts":[{"date":"2027-01-01","type":"partnership","value":"Partnerships with D-Orbit and EnduroSat to launch four satellites with TreeNet nodes in H1 2027","source":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"customer","value":"More than 90 customers","source":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"MoU with Cailabs to integrate optical downlink into managed ground services","source":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"pilot","value":"Pilot for end-to-end optical satellite data delivery with Cailabs","source":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-10","type":"partnership","value":"Cailabs and Leaf Space planned a pilot for end-to-end optical satellite data delivery","source":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-08","type":"product_launch","value":"New ground-station antenna at Spaceport Nova Scotia in Canada","source":"Leaf Space"}],"peers":[{"name":"KSAT","rank":19,"slug":"ksat","score":"81"},{"name":"SSC Space","rank":27,"slug":"ssc-space","score":"79"},{"name":"Kratos Defense","rank":42,"slug":"kratos-defense","score":"76"}],"stage":null,"state":"Lombardy","aliases":[],"country":"Italy","domains":[{"why":"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.","list":"Space 100","rank":82,"tier":"member","layer":"Ground & data","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":"Ground stations"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-10","header":"Cailabs and Leaf Space signed an MoU to integrate optical downlink into managed ground services.","outlet":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-10","header":"Cailabs has six operational optical ground stations and more than 10 additional stations under contract.","outlet":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-10","header":"Cailabs and Leaf Space plan a pilot for end-to-end optical satellite data delivery.","outlet":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-10","header":"Leaf Space operates a ground network with more than 40 stations across over 20 locations and serves more than 90 customers.","outlet":"Leaf Space"},{"date":"2026-09-09","header":"AnyLink began aggregating multiple ground networks into a single optimized communications path.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-08","header":"Leaf Space launched a new ground-station antenna at Spaceport Nova Scotia in Canada.","outlet":"Leaf Space"}],"website":"https://leaf.space","category":"Space · Ground & data","categories":[{"name":"Ground stations","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Ground & data"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:17:49.578217+00:00","facts_total":28,"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).","sub_category":"Ground stations","signals_total":16,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/leaf-space","title":"Leaf Space · space, Lomazzo, Lombardy, Italy · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"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. Space 100 rank 82 (score 66) 16 signals and 28 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."}