What Lunar Policy Platform OÜ does

Lunar Policy Platform OÜ is an Estonian limited company registered in Tallinn that operates the consulting arm of the Lunar Policy Platform, a global network dedicated to lunar policy. The firm serves governments, national space agencies, commercial lunar operators, scientific institutions, and civil society organizations, providing tailored strategic, legal, and policy services related to lunar governance. Client engagements cover mission licensing, legal and policy assessments, COPUOS engagement support, multi-stakeholder convening, workshops, tabletop exercises, and legal drafting. The company is positioned as the only entity in the world solely dedicated to lunar policy and operates a global network of more than 40 governments, space agencies, companies, scientists, and civil society stakeholders across all continents.

The platform's core intellectual products are policy deliverables produced through multi-stakeholder consultation, including the Lunar Policy Decalogue (a ten-part framework for peaceful, safe, and sustainable lunar development, with first drafts targeted by 2035), the Lunar Policy Priorities Report, annual Lunar Policy Snapshots, and specialized guides such as Lunar Information Sharing 101 (LIS 101) and the Guide to Lunar Science & Ethics (GLES). Consulting offerings include COPUOS engagement memos and briefs, multi-stakeholder convening, workshops, tabletop exercises (delivered via a partnership with SpaceData in a Lunar Digital Twin environment), and legal drafting and due diligence. Underlying capability rests on the team's domain expertise rather than proprietary technology; no software products, APIs, or AI systems are disclosed.

LPP operates a dual-entity structure: a non-profit foundation (Stichting Lunar Policy Platform, registered in the Netherlands) producing open-access reports funded primarily by grants from the Open Lunar Foundation, and the Estonian consulting firm (LPP OÜ) contracting services individually with clients. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based. GTM is hybrid — sales-led for consulting engagements, community-led for thought-leadership content, and event-driven through COPUOS sessions (three times yearly), the Paris Peace Forum, and other international conferences. The company is privately held, with Dr. Antonino Salmeri as sole shareholder and director, and is not currently venture-backed.

Name

Lunar Policy Platform OÜ

Legal name

Lunar Policy Platform OÜ

Website

https://lunarpolicyplatform.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lunar Policy Platform OÜ is an Estonian consulting firm providing tailored space law and lunar policy advisory services to governments, space agencies, and commercial lunar operators globally. It operates alongside a Dutch non-profit think tank producing open-access lunar governance frameworks and reports.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Provides tailored strategic, legal, and policy services to governments, companies, and civil society. Services include lunar policy briefs, workshops, legal drafting and due diligence, tabletop exercises, COPUOS engagement support, and multi-stakeholder convening facilitation. All work is contracted on an individual basis.
2. Foundation Contributions (Non-profit): Open-access contributions from think tank including reports, snapshots, commentaries, and educational seminars. Funded by grants and partnerships rather than direct revenue.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Lunar Policy Platform OÜ provides tailored legal, policy, and strategic consulting services to governments, space agencies, lunar companies, and civil society. Services include lunar policy briefs, mission licensing support, legal drafting and due diligence, tabletop exercises, COPUOS engagement support, and multi-stakeholder convening. The firm operates as the consulting arm of the broader Lunar Policy Platform, which also runs a think tank producing open-access policy deliverables.

Product overview

Lunar Policy Platform comprises two independent legal entities: a non-profit think tank (Stichting Lunar Policy Platform, Netherlands) and a consulting firm (Lunar Policy Platform OÜ, Estonia). The platform offers a portfolio of policy deliverables including the Lunar Information Sharing 101, Guide to Lunar Science & Ethics, Lunar Policy Priorities Report, Lunar Policy Snapshots, and the Lunar Policy Decalogue framework. Through its consulting arm, LPP OÜ provides tailored services including Legal and Policy Services, Strategic UN Engagements (COPUOS support), Multi-Stakeholder Convening, Policy Briefs, Workshops, Legal Drafting, and Crisis Simulations. The think tank produces open-access contributions while the consulting firm provides tailored services to governments, companies, and civil society.

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Products and services

• Legal and Policy Services Licensing support for lunar missions, legal and policy implication assessments, mitigation strategy recommendations, personnel training, and tabletop exercises for governments, space agencies, and commercial lunar operators.
• Strategic UN Engagements (COPUOS Support) Strategically designed engagements at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), including COPUOS Memos, Briefs, Drafting services, and Preparations for governments, space agencies, and intergovernmental organizations.
• Multi-Stakeholder Convening Setting up meaningful dialogues among diverse stakeholders, landscape mapping, strategic briefs, and face-to-face guidance for planning engagements in the space sector.
• Lunar Policy Briefs Expert assessments providing focused advice to address specific policy needs, including analysis of lunar missions to identify potential legal and policy issues.
• Lunar Policy Workshops Tailored hands-on events designed to meet stakeholder needs for lunar policy training, available in person or online.
• Legal Drafting and Due Diligence Drafting, revising, and submitting documents for domestic licensing, grant applications, launch and payload services, NDAs, and reputational due diligence assessments.
• Tabletop Exercises and Crisis Simulations Near-real-world simulation of lunar scenarios guiding clients through potential geopolitical crises, regulatory shifts, lunar accidents, and related event chains. Available via partnership with SpaceData in a Lunar Digital Twin.
• Lunar Information Sharing 101 (LIS 101) The first and only document identifying common ground on core elements, guiding principles, and streamlined practices for lunar information sharing, covering goals, structure, vision, methodology, convergence/divergence analysis, working definition, guiding principles, and implementation steps.
• Guide to Lunar Science & Ethics (GLES) The first document identifying key scientific, cultural, and ethical interests in lunar exploration and assessing a path forward for a balanced approach, based on 5 months of global consultations with scientific institutions and civil society.
• Lunar Policy Priorities Report Identifies ten priority areas to be addressed for the safe and sustainable development of the Moon, based upon a rigorous consultative process involving 40 stakeholders from the global space community.
• Lunar Policy Snapshots (2024 and 2025 editions) Annual policy documents providing a focused and comprehensive picture of key developments, outlining stakeholder views, capturing the status quo of the lunar policy ecosystem, and assessing critical implications for policymaking for the year to come.
• Lunar Policy Decalogue A set of ten policy deliverables enabling and accompanying the peaceful, safe, and sustainable development of the Moon, designed to support policymakers and operators in designing and implementing policies and standards for lunar activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• First document to identify common ground between 35+ stakeholders on 10 policy priorities for peaceful, safe, and sustainable lunar activities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• COSPAR (Committee on Space Research)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2025Signed groundbreaking MoU with COSPAR and IAU on Lunar Science & Ethics. Collaboration on scientific and ethical aspects of lunar exploration governance.
• International Astronomical Union (IAU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2025Signed groundbreaking MoU with COSPAR and IAU on Lunar Science & Ethics. Collaboration on scientific and ethical aspects of lunar exploration governance.
• Paris Peace ForumcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 November 2023First event partner for LPP's grand unveiling at the 6th Edition of the Paris Peace Forum in Paris. Hosted dedicated panel discussion on lunar policy where LPP officially unveiled the Lunar Policy Priorities Report.
• Secure World FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerU.S. 501c3 non-profit working with governments, industry, international organizations, and civil society for secure, sustainable, and peaceful uses of outer space. First event partner for LPP's Paris unveiling.
• ExotrailminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEnd-to-end space mobility operator with mission to deliver mobility solutions for efficient and sustainable space. First event partner for LPP's Paris Peace Forum unveiling.
• Royal Astronomical SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvent partner that co-organized Lunar Community Workshop with LPP and UK Space Agency. Collaboration on workshop series for lunar policy development.
• SpaceDatacoreTechnology or IntegrationSigned MoU in January 2025 to advance lunar development and policy collaboration. Partnership enables hosting of Tabletop Exercises in Lunar Digital Twin environment.
• Voyager Space TechnologiesminorOthersBusiness partner listed on LPP network page. Nature of partnership includes collaboration on lunar policy activities.
• Beijing Institute of TechnologyminorOthersBusiness partner listed on LPP network page. Nature of partnership includes collaboration on lunar policy activities.
• UK Space AgencycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent partner for LPP activities. Co-hosted Lunar Community Workshop with Royal Astronomical Society and LPP. Former Head of International Policy Arfan Chaudhry previously served at UK Space Agency.
• Agencia Espacial del Peru (CONIDA)minorOthersPolicy partner that supports the Lunar Policy Priorities Report as important contribution to future lunar governance approaches.
• Korea Aerospace Research InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of Online Seminar Series on Safe and Sustainable Lunar Activities. Collaborative educational initiative for global space community.
• GEGSLA (Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLPP Director Dr. Antonino Salmeri is a founding member of GEGSLA and co-chaired one of its working groups. LPP designed to complement GEGSLA efforts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Center for Space Policy and Strategy (Aerospace Corporation): Policy and strategy consulting arm of The Aerospace Corporation, a national-security space FFRDC. Comparable in delivering policy analysis, white papers, and strategic advice to government and commercial space clients — a more established but mission-adjacent consultancy competing for similar policy advisory budgets.
• Secure World Foundation: U.S. 501c3 think tank focused on secure, sustainable, and peaceful uses of outer space; collaborates with governments, industry, and civil society. Listed as a core event partner of LPP and operates in the adjacent space sustainability/policy niche with comparable deliverables and stakeholder engagement model.
• Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA): Multi-stakeholder expert group developing best practices for sustainable lunar activity. LPP Director Dr. Salmeri is a founding member and co-chair, and LPP is designed to "complement GEGSLA efforts" — directly overlapping convening function and lunar-policy mandate.
• European Space Policy Institute (ESPI): Vienna-based independent think tank producing policy reports, briefs, and convenings on European and global space affairs. Most comparable organization in terms of producing open-access space policy research and serving as a neutral convener across European institutions — directly overlapping with LPP's think-tank function.
• International Institute of Space Law (IISL): International non-profit institute dedicated to the development of space law, organising annual space law symposia and publications. Overlaps with LPP's policy/legal expertise and its stakeholder convening at COPUOS-adjacent forums.
• Open Lunar Foundation: U.S. 501c3 focused on responsible lunar stewardship and technology. Incubated LPP from 2023-2024 and continues funding its deliverables; sibling organization operating in the same lunar-governance niche with overlapping network of experts and stakeholders.

Others

• International Space University (ISU): Higher-education institution offering space-focused programs and executive training across policy, law, and engineering. Adjacent to LPP's workshop and capacity-building offerings, sharing a global expert network but focused on academic credentials rather than bespoke consulting.

Emerging players

• Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC): Global non-governmental organization representing university students and young professionals in the space sector, with permanent observer status at COPUOS. Comparable stakeholder-engagement model and policy advocacy role, though focused on capacity-building for next-generation actors rather than bespoke consulting.

Broad incumbents

• Hogan Lovells (Space Practice): Global law firm with a leading space and satellite practice advising governments, operators, and investors on space law, licensing, and policy. Provides legal/policy advisory services comparable to LPP Consulting but as part of a much wider commercial practice.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Space Practice): International law firm with a dedicated space practice providing regulatory, policy, and transactional counsel to space industry clients. Comparable in offering high-end legal/policy advisory for lunar and space-sector operators, but as part of a broader full-service firm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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