Challenge - Sponsors Airbus and ESA

Among Space innovative companies, discover the 21 laureates who pitched during PSW 2023.

Startups and innovative SMEs / ETI gave their 5 minute pitch in front of the prime Space Industry Contractors and Investors in the world. Moreover, Paris Space Week had the pleasure to co-organise the challenges with ESA and AIRBUS.

For more information about the 2024 Innovation Challenges, click here

Astradyne

Astradyne

An innovative manufacturing process, which enables the integration of flexible printed circuit boards (flex-PCBs) with flight-grade textile material.

This provides the flex-PCBs with very high resilience to mechanical stresses (bending, stretching, folding), high temperatures and vibrations, while maintaining flexibility.

Carbon Waters

Carbon Waters

Carbon Waters offer a wide range of preformulated graphene preparations as additives to enhance numerous properties at very low concentrations.

Thermal fluids and thermally sensitive structural bonding & Mechanical reinforcement and lightness.

Diginove

Diginove

Population growth and displacement in emerging countries is one of the major challenges facing humanity.

Diginove has developed a TeleCense product that combines satellite image processing and demographic expertise to integrate the decision-making process in many fields (Climate Change, Energy, Telecom, etc.).

FutureLabs

FutureLabs

FutureLabs develop software solutions and innovative business insights in the space and clean energy industry.

Our product is a simulation of existing and future constellations. The goal is to determine the likely performance of satellite-based communication systems based on demand assumptions distributed geographically and varying in time.

GRASP SAS

Surface and atmosphere characterisation from Earth Observation constellation.

GRASP allows the retrieval of extended set of parameters describing atmospheric aerosols, gases and underlying surface from diverse remote sensing observations and their combination.

InterCosmos

InterCosmos

InterCosmos is a space transportation company building non-toxic chemical propulsion systems and last mile connectivity for Earth orbits and beyond.

Our Innovative product: the building Multi-functional Space Vehicle (MSV) propelled by next generation non-toxic green chemical propulsion system.

JELLYSPACE

JELLYSPACE

JELLYSPACE is a Space & Aerospace Industry Specific SaaS/AIaaS tool provider enhancing collaboration and targetting Global Space Industrial Base’s Supply Chain Marketplace entry barriers.

JELLYSPACE encourage free as well as paid solutions, IP and knowledge transfer with our highly secure infrastructure.

K3RX

K3RX

K3RX manufacture components with capability to face temperatures over 2000°C up to 3000°C, reusable and with superior durability.

Components can be used in order to produce Nozzles, Winglets, Heat Protections, Disks or Pads in Braking Systems and every other object that needs these characteristics.

Kurs Orbital

Kurs Orbital

Kurs Orbital’s ARCap is a single and standardized module which can be easily integrated into the spacecraft bus, be it a satellite, a cargo or manned vessel, an OTV or other.

It can enable a spacecraft to autonomously carry out approach, docking or capture maneuvers even of non-cooperative objects.

Latitude

Latitude

Zephyr is a nano-launcher adapted to the size and needs of CubeSats and nanosatellites.

Thanks to our launcher, we are making you the main customer on every flight, to increase your performance, accelerate your development and streamline your launch experience.

Munich Quantum Instruments

Munich Quantum Instruments

Prometheus Space Technologies is a Deep Tech Space Startup that designs and develops modern technology to prevent environmental disasters.

We have built technology focusing to benefit humankind by presenting the needed information to prevent environmental disasters and create a safe world for all.

PlasmaBound

PlasmaBound

PlasmaBound have developed a patent-pending technology which modifies a more mature technology “Atmospheric Plasma”.

Controlled Polymer Ablation (via Atmospheric Plasma) / Surface preparation of composites Ablation process, clean and repeatable at speed (120mm/sec to 200mm/sec).

RIDE!

RIDE!

RIDE! is a digital platform/marketplace that provides a new standard of collaboration with Launch Ecosystem and Satellite Ecosystem.

An algorithm putting in direct relation the right launcher provider according to the demand and features needed of the satellite operators.

SpaceLocker

SpaceLocker

SpaceLocker is building payload hosting stations on orbit, to enable any organisation to collect space data with cheaper, more flexible and sustainable missions.

Clients develop only their payload on a standardized base, which is then docked to our platform in orbit.
For our clients, this avoids the complexity of building a whole satellite and divides launched mass by at least 2.

SpaceRace

SpaceRace

Release actuator ATLAS is a solution for the designers and integrators that selected heritage fuse-wire release actuators for their systems but need to test and qualify their solution by many life cycles.

The heritage release actuators are not designed to be easily resetable which puts a large cost and time burden on the integrator who decides to use them for tests.

Space Products and Innovation

Space Products and Innovation

Space Products and Innovation is simplifying space manufacturing by transforming satellites into modular systems.

MA61C is the first ever plug and play adapter for satellite integration using adaptive technology that doesn’t require the platform or the components to adhere to a standard. It disrupt the industry by reducing the cost and time for satellite assembly, integration and testing.

StirWeld

StirWeld

StirWeld democratises Friction Stir Welding (FSW) : the less expensive FSW solution on the market for welding aluminium, copper or dissimilar material.

Stirweld equipment reduces the investment cost of an FSW machine while offering the same performance as a special FSW machine.

Stratosyst

Stratosyst

Stratosyst brings unique solution for long time position keeping High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) with easy maintenance, flexibility, re-usability and viability with multiple applications in different segments.

Innovative product: SKYRIDER is High Altitude Pseudo satellite. It is a lighter-than-air platform flying at an altitude of approximately 20 km.

Sustainable Space Economy

Sustainable Space Economy

The most impactful global initiative platform that brings sustainable (social, environment and economic) value to Space economy.

Our vision is to improve quality of life on Earth by utilizing Space in a sustainable way without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Tehiru

Tehiru

Tehiru is building next generation rocket infrastructure that supports the uber growth of nanosat utilization, worldwide.

Discover the first thermo-electric launcher vehicle, recoverable and rapidly reusable. This vehicle allows for: massive reduction in cost, short orbital insertion turnaround time, and significant reduction of environmental impact.

Tortoise

Tortoise

Tortoise reinvents fractography, this engineering technique which aims to determine the root causes of a breakage in service.

Indeed, our technology makes it possible to trace the mechanical conditions in which the damage occurred. This method also opens up new horizons for the characterization of materials in the laboratory and in service.

Among the startups’ 2023 that the Key Buyers and Investors met:

A42 SAS

France

AIKO

Italy

Astradyne

Italy

ASTREOS

France

ATRON METROLOGY (NAE)

France

Aurora Propulsion Technologies

Finland

Carbon Waters

France

Celestia STS

Netherlands

Connektica

France

Constellation Technologies & Operations

France

deltaVision GmbH

Germany

DIGINOVE (Safe Cluster)

France

FutureLabs

France

GRASP SAS

France

HALCYON (ESA Bic Nord)

France

Hiscox Assure SAS

France

iDare Space Travel Limited

Ireland

INSIGHIO

Greece

InterCosmos Space Exploration Technologies Pvt Ltd

India

JIGA

United States

K3RX

Italy

Kurs Orbital

Italy

Latitude

France

LEANSPACE

France

Leoblue

France

Lunar Habitation Technologies

United States

Munich Quantum Instruments

Germany

Nordic Microavionics

Sweden

OKAPI:Orbits

Germany

OPUS Aerospace

France

ORBITAL VIEWS

France

Pint

France

PLASMABOUND (Enterprise Ireland)

Ireland

QuadSAT

Denmark

Realtra (Enterprise Ireland)

Ireland

Reflex Aerospace

Germany

RIDE! (ASTECH Paris Region)

France

ROVIAL Space SAS

France

sat:io

Germany

Share My Space

France

Sirius Space Services (ASTECH Paris Region)

France

Skyrora Limited

United Kingdom

Space Products and Innovation

Germany

SPACEAVOCAT

France

SpaceLocker (ASTECH Paris Region)

France

SpacEngineer Lda

Portugal

SPACERACE

Czechia

STIRWELD

France

Stratosyst

Czechia

Tehiru

United States

TORTOISE

France

Ubotica Technologies (Enterprise Ireland)

Ireland

VEOWARE SPACE

Belgium

YUBIK

France