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Belgian company that designs, manufactures and operates satellites. It is building a satellite Megafactory in Charleroi designed to produce up to 500 satellites a year, and in 2026 was selected to deliver 264 satellite platforms for the EU IRIS² constellation.
Belgian company that designs, manufactures and operates satellites. It is building a satellite Megafactory in Charleroi designed to produce up to 500 satellites a year, and in 2026 was selected to deliver 264 satellite platforms for the EU IRIS² constellation.
Not ranked: Data in 1 pillar; at least 2 are needed to rank.
1 of 5 inputs measured · Insufficient data · 25% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Headcount, Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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2 private rounds on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest funding round
Series B extension · $65M
Aug 26, 2025
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Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Series B extension: €56.0M (about $65.3M)
Dollar figure converted at 1.1656 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Aug 26, 2025
Source: Aerospacelab (press release)
Announced Aug 26, 2025
Sourced rounds on record
2 rounds, $110.8M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Satellites owned or operated
7 in orbit of 8 launched
Latest: Nahla
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code ASPLB. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Satellites built
10 payloads launched, 9 in orbit
Latest: Nahla
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code ASPLB. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Nov 28, 2025
European Space Agency
Owns one satellite it built (latest PVCC)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Oct 9, 2023
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). Aerospacelab: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/aerospacelab
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Aerospacelab: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/aerospacelab.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_aerospacelab_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Aerospacelab}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/aerospacelab}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/aerospacelab},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity
Took part in Series B (Feb 16, 2022)
Payload, Feb 16, 2022
Noshaq
Took part in Series B (Feb 16, 2022)
Payload, Feb 16, 2022
Octave & Miroslaw Klaba
Took part in Series B (Feb 16, 2022)
Payload, Feb 16, 2022
Sambrinvest
Took part in Series B (Feb 16, 2022)
Payload, Feb 16, 2022
SRIW
Took part in Series B (Feb 16, 2022)
Payload, Feb 16, 2022
XAnge (co-leads)
Co-led Series B (Feb 16, 2022)
Payload, Feb 16, 2022