Innovative Solutions in Space B.V.

What Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. does

ISISPACE (Innovative Solutions in Space B.V.) is a Dutch small satellite company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, that designs, manufactures, tests, and operates small satellite platforms (3U to 16U CubeSats and microsatellites up to 120 kg) along with proprietary launch deployment systems and satellite subsystems. Its core technology portfolio includes the QuadPack and DuoPack CubeSat deployers (250+ QuadPack units delivered, 100% success rate), the ESA-approved Deep Space Deployer (used on the Hera planetary defense mission), the Modular Deployment Sequencer (430+ payload deployments across 15+ launches since 2014), the Tulip support structure, electrical power systems (IMEPS, ICEPS), space-grade GaAs solar panels, and S-band/VHF/UHF/GNSS antennas.

The company operates a vertically integrated business model spanning the full mission lifecycle — from design and production through integration, launch, and in-orbit operations — and runs a rideshare launch aggregation business through its wholly-owned subsidiary ISILAUNCH, which has coordinated the deployment of 820+ satellites across 70+ missions since 2009. Revenue is generated through hardware sales (satellite platforms, subsystems, launch equipment), professional services (ISILAUNCH rideshare mission management), and managed services (LEOP and in-orbit commissioning support). Pricing is custom per order under multi-year contracts, not publicly disclosed, with milestone payments and 20-50%+ early-termination fees for customized goods.

ISISPACE serves space agencies (ESA, TASA), defense organizations (Royal Netherlands Air Force, Dutch Defence), commercial constellation operators (Planet Labs, Kleos, Unseenlabs, OHB Italia), research consortia (SpeQtral, RAL Space, TNO, SRON, KNMI, Blue Skies Space), and emerging space startups (Pixxel). The company employs 150+ professionals from 30+ nationalities, distributes through regional partners including Space BD (Japan), SATORO (South-East Asia), and INNOSPACE, and operates launch-vehicle compatibility across Falcon 9, Vega, PSLV, H3, and Dnepr — supporting customers in 50+ countries.

Name

Innovative Solutions in Space B.V.

Legal name

ISISPACE – Innovative Solutions In Space B.V.

Website

https://isispace.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ISISPACE is a Dutch small satellite company that designs, builds, and launches 3U-16U CubeSat platforms, satellite subsystems, and proprietary launch deployment systems, serving space agencies, defense organizations, commercial constellation operators, and research institutions across more than 50 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Small Satellite Systems and Launch Equipment

NAICS

Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414), Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336419)

SIC

Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Spacecraft & Satellites (Civil/Commercial) (IMABACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Satellite Ground Segment & Gateway Services (Teleports, Gateways, Ground Station-as-a-Service) (HDAIAJAH), Spacecraft Avionics, Flight Computers & Software (IMABACAI), Satellite Network Operations & Capacity Services (NOC, Capacity Leasing, Managed Payload Services) (HDAIAJAI)

Keywords

• Small satellite platforms
• CubeSat deployers
• Launch integration services
• Satellite subsystems
• Rideshare launch services

Headquarters

HQ city

Delft

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Satellite Platform Sales and Integration: ISISPACE designs, develops, produces, tests, and delivers small satellite platforms (3U to 16U CubeSats and microsatellites). Revenue is generated through the sale of complete turn-key satellite platforms and in-house built satellites for international customers. The company provides end-to-end managed missions including satellite delivery.
2. Launch Equipment Products: Sale of proprietary launch deployment systems including QuadPack, DuoPack, Deep Space Deployer, Modular Deployment Sequencer, Tulip support structure, and TestPod. Products are sold with associated documentation, EGSE, and integration support.
3. Satellite Subsystems: Sale of electrical power systems (IMEPS, ICEPS), solar panels, antenna systems (S-band, VHF/UHF, GNSS), and attitude control systems to satellite builders and integrators.
4. Launch Services (ISILAUNCH): ISILAUNCH, ISISPACE's rideshare launch aggregation service, coordinates and manages the launch of multiple customer payloads on a single launch vehicle. Provides mission management, deployer integration, and launch campaign coordination. Revenue generated through launch service contracts with customers manifesting payloads.
5. Satellite Operations Support: Post-launch LEOP (Launch and Early Operations) and In-Orbit Commissioning services, including satellite operations support. Revenue generated through ongoing operational service contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ISISPACE designs, develops, produces, tests, and delivers small satellite platforms (3U to 16U CubeSats and microsatellites up to 120 kg), proprietary launch deployment systems (QuadPack, DuoPack, Deep Space Deployer, Modular Deployment Sequencer, Tulip), and satellite subsystems (power systems, solar panels, antennas). Through its ISILAUNCH subsidiary, the company also provides rideshare launch aggregation services coordinating customer payloads on multiple launch vehicles, complemented by post-launch LEOP and in-orbit commissioning support.

Product overview

ISISPACE offers a vertically integrated portfolio of small satellite solutions comprising modular CubeSat platforms (3U to 16U), communication subsystems (S-band, VHF/UHF, GNSS antennas), power systems (solar panels, modular and compact electric power systems), and comprehensive launch equipment (QuadPack, DuoPack, Deep Space, and Microsatellite deployers, Modular Deployment Sequencer, Tulip support structure, TestPod). The platforms are flight-proven with configurable payload volumes and power options, while the launch equipment portfolio enables precise satellite deployment across multiple launch vehicles. The company also provides end-to-end mission services including satellite design, build, integration, testing, and launch operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 3U(XL) CubeSat Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% deployment success rate for QuadPack deployers across 250+ units delivered
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Space BDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026Long-standing strategic collaboration between ISISPACE and Space BD, a Japanese space services provider. Space BD facilitates ISISPACE's launch equipment integration on Japanese launch vehicles including the H3 rocket. Space BD accommodates payloads from Japan, Europe, and other regions on rideshare missions. The partnership enabled ISISPACE to become the first European company to fly a deployer on Japan's H3 launch vehicle (ISL53 mission, June 2026). Six satellites were launched together on a single H3 launch vehicle through this collaboration.
• HelioX CosmossupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2026Partnership with HelioX Cosmos for the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) 6U CubeSat mission. ISISPACE provided mission management and deployer integration support while HelioX Cosmos coordinated with TASA. The partnership was noted for excellent hardware and software capabilities and agile response when mission timelines shifted.
• SEOPSsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 18 March 2026SEOPS partnered with ISISPACE for the Transporter-16 rideshare mission, integrating 19 customer spacecraft alongside ISISPACE-built satellites and deployment systems. SEOPS used ISISPACE's Equalizer deployer alongside Alba Orbital's AlbaPod and ISISPACE's QuadPack for multi-system mission integration.
• RAL Space (UK Science and Technology Facilities Council)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2025Collaboration on the SpeQtre quantum communications mission. RAL Space oversees mission space components and delivers the instrument that beams quantum signals to Earth. ISISPACE provides the 12U satellite platform, performs full system integration and testing, and leads LEOP and in-orbit commissioning. This represents a trilateral collaboration with SpeQtral (Singapore).
• SpeQtralcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 November 2025Singapore-based quantum technology company providing quantum hardware for the SpeQtre mission, collaborating with RAL Space (UK) and ISISPACE (Netherlands) in a trilateral international partnership to demonstrate quantum key distribution from space.
• INNOSPACEcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 15 August 2025INNOSPACE signed a Distribution Agreement with ISISPACE in August 2025, appointing INNOSPACE as a distributor for ISISPACE products and services. This agreement extends ISISPACE's market reach through a dedicated distribution partner.
• TNOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2025TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) is a consortium partner on the ESA TANGO mission. TNO develops and builds the instruments that measure CO₂, methane, and NO₂, and is working on an emission atlas for greenhouse gas emissions. ISISPACE leads the TANGO mission implementation.
• SRONcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2025SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is a consortium partner on the ESA TANGO mission. SRON and KNMI provide scientific leadership and develop algorithms to derive gas concentrations. SRON also develops detector electronics and the ground segment for operational data processing.
• KNMIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2025KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) is a consortium partner on the ESA TANGO mission. KNMI and SRON provide scientific leadership and develop algorithms to derive gas concentrations from TANGO satellite data.
• SATOROcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 9 February 2023SATORO became ISISPACE's Regional Distributor for South-East Asia, extending market reach into that geographic region. SATORO distributes ISISPACE platforms and launch services to customers across South-East Asian markets.
• SpaceflightsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 3 January 2023Partnership with Spaceflight (USA) to jointly manifest payloads from multiple regions on SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare missions. Spaceflight facilitated Kleos Space satellites on the ISILAUNCH38 Transporter-6 mission, demonstrating effective collaboration in launch aggregation.
• SkyEnergy LLCsupportingTechnology or Integration · 3 January 2023Ukrainian supplier of ISILAUNCH MultiPack Adapter Plates (MPAP) used to accommodate various QuadPacks on different ports aboard launch vehicles. Despite challenging conditions, SkyEnergy LLC continued as a supplier for ISILAUNCH missions.
• D-OrbitsupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023D-Orbit ION Satellite Carrier vehicle was used to carry satellites on ISILAUNCH missions. ISISPACE supported the deployment of satellites (Sharjah-Sat-1 and TAUSAT2) from the D-Orbit ION vehicle, marking the first time satellites were carried on D-Orbit's vehicle in a single ISISPACE launch.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Exolaunch: Germany-based launch and deployment services provider offering rideshare aggregation and EXOpod deployers. Most direct competitor to ISISPACE's ISILAUNCH service and QuadPack in the European rideshare market.
• D-Orbit: Italian in-space logistics provider offering the ION Satellite Carrier for last-mile delivery of satellites after launch. ISISPACE has used D-Orbit's ION vehicle on ISILAUNCH missions, making it both an adjacent competitor in deployment services and an in-orbit complement to ISISPACE's deployers.
• Spaceflight Inc. US-based rideshare launch aggregator and deployer provider; partnered with ISISPACE on ISILAUNCH38. Comparable mission management and integration services in the rideshare aggregation layer, complementing ISISPACE's deployer hardware with broader launch brokering.

Direct peers

• AAC Clyde Space: UK-listed smallsat specialist offering CubeSat platforms, subsystems (power, comms, ADCS) and mission services. Closely comparable product portfolio and target customers (space agencies, constellation operators), with overlapping presence on Transporter-class rideshare missions.
• GomSpace: Denmark-based specialist in CubeSat platforms, subsystems, and mission services. Directly comparable to ISISPACE in 1U-16U platform manufacturing and rideshare launch integration, with similar customer base of space agencies and commercial operators.
• Pumpkin Space Systems: US CubeSat hardware and structural components supplier offering kits, structures, and deployer-adjacent products. Comparable to ISISPACE's CubeSat platform and structural subsystem offerings, primarily in the academic and small commercial segment.
• NanoAvionics: Lithuania/US smallsat manufacturer (now part of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace) building complete satellite buses from 3U to microsatellite classes and providing mission integration services. Direct competitor for commercial constellation bus contracts and ESA-grade platform programmes.
• Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems: US-based (Terran Orbital subsidiary) smallsat manufacturer and integrator supplying CubeSat and microsatellite platforms to defence and commercial customers. Closely comparable end-to-end smallsat bus business with strong overlap in the US institutional market.

Broad incumbents

• Rocket Lab: End-to-end space company offering launch services (Electron, Neutron) and smallsat platforms (Sinclair Interplanetary/in-house buses). Comparable in smallsat platform and launch services but with significantly larger scale and vertical integration across launch and spacecraft.
• Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL): UK-based, Airbus-owned smallsat manufacturer with a 40-year heritage building small satellites and constellations for institutional and commercial customers. Overlaps with ISISPACE in platform manufacturing and mission services but operates at higher payload classes and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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