Exhibitors 2024

  AAC Clyde Space  - We’re a New Space company that specialises in small satellite technologies and services that enable businesses, governments, and educational organisations to access high-quality, timely data from space. This data has a vast range of applications, from weather forecasting to precision farming to environmental monitoring, and is essential to improving our quality of life on Earth.

FMV  - The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration procures, develops and delivers materiel and services to the Swedish Defense Forces. We bring together specialists in technology, business, law and project management. Our various parts become wholes and our commitment becomes deliveries. This is how we meet the needs of the Swedish defense - in peace, crisis and war.

  FOI - the Swedish Defence Research Agency, is one of Europe’s leading research institutes in defence and security. FOI is a government agency under the Ministry of Defence, and most of its activities are assignment-based. Our largest clients are the Swedish Armed Forces, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, the Government Offices and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. We also have many assignments from other government authorities, municipalities and companies, within the defence and security fields.

Forsway  - is a visionary European technology provider that has developed a highly cost-effective hybrid approach to extending satellite broadband services to regions with limited infrastructure or capacity. Our pioneering solutions and equipment enable service operators to easily roll-out satellite broadband services, boosting connectivity for markets lacking reliable service, by combining the benefits of satellite and existing terrestrial networks.

Frontgrade Gaisler  - we are a world leader in embedded computer systems for harsh environments. Our personnel have extended design experience, and have been involved in establishing European standards for ASIC and FPGA development. We have a long experience in the management of ASIC development projects, and in the design of flight-quality microelectronic devices. We provide IP cores and supporting software development tools for embedded processors based on the SPARC and RISC-V architectures.

  Försvarsmakten  - we defend Sweden, our allies, and our freedom to live as we choose, in the air, at sea, on land, in cyberspace – and in space. Since 2020, the Air Force has been responsible for developing and shaping Swedish space defense. In 2023, the Space Department was established at the Air Staff in Uppsala to carry out this work. The main tasks include developing a space situational awareness and the Swedish Armed Forces' satellites. As an engineer in the Armed Forces, you can serve either in a civilian capacity or as a military engineer.

  GKN Aerospace  - develops and manufactures advanced components for aircraft and space rocket engines, as well as provides engine maintenance. They have been involved in European space cooperation since the 1970s and have, among other things, developed advanced welding technologies used in the nozzles of the Ariane 5 rocket. They are responsible for both product development with unique technologies and for serial production of nozzles and turbines for Europe's rocket engines. You can build your career with us thanks to our extensive job opportunities and international workplaces. With us, you can work across the entire product lifecycle: from research and development to design, manufacturing, and sales.

MSB  - The unit for Space Safety and Security at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency works for strengthened civil preparedness using space – to use space services and systems to increase the capacity to withstand risks facing our society – and from space threats such as space weather. The goal is to strengthen our society’s ability to tackle and handle both known and unforeseeable threats and risks in both normal circumstances, crises and war situations. This is achieved through a coordination of the preventative and operative work in the area and providing support to actors.

While working at the unit for Space Safety and Security you have the opportunity to be part of the strengthening of Swedish overall ability to tackle and handle known and unforeseeable threats and risks through representing Sweden at working groups at EU-level within the European Space Programme and the enabling of access to secure EU-space systems for satellite navigation, Galileo PRS, and satellite communication, Govsatcom. Thereto developing needs- and risks assessments and efforts to support actors within the civil preparedness system.

OHB Sweden  - a provider of complete space missions, satellites as well as spacecraft subsystems. With more than 30 years of proven success from a wide range of space missions in low and geostationary orbit as well as spacecraft for interplanetary missions, OHB Sweden has acquired a first class reputation offering reliable and innovative solutions to its customers. At OHB Sweden you will find an efficient corporate structure with flat hierarchies and short decision-making routes. The sophisticated technological nature of our projects and the related innovative skills will propel you to new heights in your professional and personal development. We offer you the opportunity of unleashing your creative potential, participating in a wide range of different project teams and organizing your work processes on a largely autonomous basis.

  Ovzon  - vision is to connect the world’s critical missions via satellite. Ovzon is revolutionizing mobile broadband via satellite with the highest bandwidth through the smallest terminals. Our end-to-end solutions meet the growing demand for global connectivity for customers with high-performance requirements including Government, Media, Maritime, Aviation and NGOs. With a solid, yet unique, position on the market, disruptive technology and our first own satellite in the works we are now quickly expanding. Join our global team and challenge the whole industry!

  Saab  - serves the global market of governments, authorities and corporations with products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to civil security. For us, technology is more than a buzz. It's our core. Simply the life nerve that constantly challenges us, inspires us and keeps us busy. In our welcoming and tech[1]intense workspace, trust is key. It means you'll have autonomy, make your own decisions, and drive projects forward. Are you motivated by crafting smart solutions? Come and thrive with us.

Our focus is on innovation and advanced technology, and we aim to ensure that Sweden and Swedish industry are at the forefront, even in the field of space. The Swedish Armed Forces have clearly identified the space domain as a priority area where they have increased ambition, and we want to contribute our expertise to enhance Swedish defense capabilities in space as well. We have been supporting the Swedish defense since 1937, and naturally, we continue to do so.

  SSC  - Swedish Space Corporation helps Earth benefit from Space, by providing world-class space services to commercial and institutional customers around the globe. We design sounding rocket vehicles, stratospheric balloon systems, testbeds and payloads. From our excellent launching facilities, SSC has launched nearly 600 sounding rockets and provided services to scientists and space organizations worldwide.We provide engineering, operations and consultancy services to the international space market and support all project phases, from designing and testing through to launch and operations. Based on more than 25 years of experience, we can offer a wide range of services.

  Unibap  - is a high-tech company offering advanced solutions for Edge Computing and Cloud Computing in space. Our SpaceCloud® offering consists of hardware, software and services that transform the space industry by establishing a new standard for AI and cloud solutions in satellites.

IRF  - Swedish Institute of Space Physics, is a governmental research institute that conducts research and postgraduate education in space physics, atmospheric physics and space technology. Many of IRF’s projects are run as large international projects in collaboration with other research institutes and space agencies. IRF has about one hundred employees and has offices in Kiruna (headquarters), Umeå, Uppsala and Lund. We develop our own instruments, for ground- or sounding rocket platforms but mainly for different spacecraft. At IRF employees are scientists or Ph.D. students, but also software-, electronics- and mechanical engineers as well as administrative personnel, communications officers and economists.

Æsir - is a student rocketry association founded in 2016 at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. We have around 60 members every year, which are all students at KTH. Roughly half of us are international students and we cover many disciplines and levels of study, although most of our members study Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Vehicle Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics and Mechanical Engineering.

Swedish Astronomical Youth Association  - was founded in 2012 and is associated to the Swedish Astronomical Society. SAYA is a nonprofit organization for young people interested in astronomy and aerospace. Our aim is to promote interest in astronom and aerospace among the Swedish youth. Membership is free for all, and for those between 6 and 25 years we also offer a free subscription to the journal "Populär Astronomi". We regularly organize astronomy camps, star parties, competitions, schoolarships, and much more!

MIST  - Join and help design and build MIST, the first student satellite at KTH. Each semester a new student team consisting of about 10 students works on the exiting and challenging task it is to build a satellite. The project is lead by the experienced satellite project manager Sven Grahn and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang is responsible for the project as director of KTH Space Center. 

The work involves many different subjects such as physics, electronics, mechanics, control systems engineering, software development and space technology. The work with MIST can be done as a bachelor thesis, a master thesis or a project course and thus the project attracts students from many different fields of study and stages in their education. 

If interested please contact Sven Grahn, sveng@kth.se

PandionAI - PandionAI is a startup founded in 2019 with the aim of securing the need for time-critical real-time information from space with AlertSat, an AI-supported satellite constellation focusing on high revisit times. PandionAI strives to create a new service to bridge the gap between space-generated information and its users. Currently, PandionAI is based in Kista in Stockholm and is conducting a project funded by ESA aimed at providing government organizations and commercial enterprises with alerts to support their operations.

Sponsor of competion 

MAXAR  - Maxar is a trusted partner and innovator in Earth intelligence and space infrastructure headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven foundation of commercial technology to deliver solutions with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness. We are a community of creative problem-solvers who value collaboration and diversity in developing breakthrough technologies for the good of humanity. From the R&D center in Linköping, Sweden, Maxar serves the global professional geospatial in market with world-leading 3D geodata, 3D visualization solutions and 3D image processing solutions. We’re building the Globe in 3D: providing decision-makers and analysts with the entire world in highly accurate, immersive 3D models for telecommunications, emergency response and defense and intelligence