Built around your payload.
Together, we define your mission and shape the spacecraft around your instrument, from power and pointing to communications.
Let’s talk mission SMALL SATELLITES. BIG MISSIONS.
Your idea.
In orbit.
We design and build small satellites around your instruments, then arrange launch and operations.
Prepared for the journey.
We build your spacecraft, integrate your instrument and test them together, verifying what matters for your mission, with the evidence to match.
Next stop. Orbit.
Spacecraft and launch, coordinated through one mission contract. We arrange your flight with specialist launch partners.
In orbit. At work.
We commission and operate your satellite, or help your team take control. The data your mission collects belongs to you. We never resell it.
02BUILT AROUND YOUR MISSION
Your mission.
Our engineering.
Space, within reach.
Whether it’s a camera observing Earth, a receiver tracking ships or an experiment testing new technology in orbit, we build the satellite around the equipment you want to fly.
You bring the instrument and its software. We bring the power, pointing, communications and engineering to get it working in space. For commercial teams, researchers and government missions.
Meet the engineering behind itYour instrument sits in a space designed around it, connected to the systems that power it, point it and bring its data back to Earth.Together, they make a complete satellite.
ONE CONTRACT. A COMPLETE MISSION.
Design through operations, with one agreed scope and a clear responsibility.
EXPERIENCE. BUILT AROUND YOU.
11 satellites launched. 600+ hours of active mission operations. Proven experience, configured around you.
YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS.
You own the data your mission collects. We never resell it.
THE MOMENT IT BECOMES REAL
Next stop.
Orbit.
Your instrument. Your team’s work. Ready to leave the ground. We bring the spacecraft and launch partners together to get it there.
01The payload
Your idea is on board.
We build the spacecraft around your instrument, with the power, pointing and communications it needs.
02The countdown
With you. Every step.
Verified interfaces. Mission-specific tests. One engineering team responsible for bringing your spacecraft to launch.
03The launch
To lift-off and beyond.
The launch provider flies the rocket. We make sure your satellite is ready for it.
03PROVEN BY PEOPLE
Your mission.
Made in Germany.
Your spacecraft takes shape in Germany. Our engineers bring design, assembly and testing together, with one team responsible for the mission.
ENGINEERING IN MOTION
BUILT TO BE VERIFIED
Small details.
Big stakes.
Every interface matters. Every test has a purpose. We bring mechanical, electrical and embedded engineering together, with testing and documentation matched to the mission. The evidence you need, without unnecessary paperwork.
- Define what it must do.
- Test what it must withstand.
- Verify it does the job.
04ONE TEAM. THE COMPLETE MISSION.
From the first question.
To the first signal.
One contract across your agreed mission scope.
Design, integration, launch coordination and operations.
Mission design
Give it a flight plan.
Your instrument sets the requirements. Together we define the orbit, power, data links and platform configuration.
Assembly & test
Build it. Prove it.
Your payload joins the spacecraft in Germany. Integration and testing check that they work together under the conditions your mission demands.
Launch
Clear the way to orbit.
We coordinate launch partners, dispenser integration and fit checks for a rideshare or dedicated launch.
Operations
Bring the signal home.
We commission and operate the satellite, then deliver your data. It stays yours. Customer-run operations can be part of the scope.
05A REAL MISSION. A CLEAR ROLE.
OTTER / DLRA clearer picture.
A clearer picture.
Of our oceans.
A radio receiver and a camera. One small satellite.
DLR’s OTTER mission brings two views of maritime activity together: signals from vessels and optical imagery. German Orbital Systems built, tested and operated the spacecraft, then handed it over for DLR to operate.
- THE CUSTOMER
- German Aerospace Center · DLR
- THE PURPOSE
- Maritime situational awareness
- OUR ROLE
- Build · test · operate · hand over
06FIND YOUR PLATFORM
A platform for
your next breakthrough.
Three sizes. One adaptable approach.
Designed and built in Germany.
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Schematic payload accommodation and generic support volume. Internal arrangement is illustrative, not verified CAD.ROOM FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT4U
Payload space. Final accommodation depends on the mission.
TRL 9 · FLIGHT HERITAGE
RAVEN6U
A complete 6U spacecraft with room for a camera, receiver or scientific instrument. Its 4U payload space gives your equipment room to work; power and data budgets are agreed around your mission.
4UPAYLOAD VOLUME
72WPUBLISHED POWER · UP TO
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Exteriors are based on GOS imagery; interiors are illustrative. Mission requirements determine the final configuration, payload power and delivery schedule. A 3U mission can be launch-ready in around six months; launch timing depends on launch availability. Published power figures describe the platform, not a guaranteed payload power budget.
07BUILT FOR A REASON
What will you
make possible?
New science. Sovereign capabilities.
The next commercial breakthrough.
Science & research
Measure our planet. Fly a scientific instrument. Test a navigation concept. Turn a research question into data from orbit.
Government & sovereignty
Develop an institutional space capability around your instrument, with ownership of your data and the option to operate the satellite yourselves.
Commercial & industry
Test a camera, receiver or new electronics in orbit. Demonstrate the technology behind your next space-based service.
EDUCATION & NONPROFIT RESEARCH
Start with a question.
Build toward an answer.
For universities, research groups and nonprofits, a mission can begin with a field of study or a question. You do not need a finished instrument or an in-house space engineering team.
We work with you on research and development, explore what is feasible and turn the concept into mission requirements.
Explore an idea together08INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT
Every component.
Every connection.
Your instrument has a job to do. Around it, power, computing, pointing and communications make that job possible.
SPiN / AN ENGINEERING PORTRAITSay hello
Say hello
to SPiN.
Explore the structure, solar arrays, sensors and radio links that come together around its mission equipment.
Modelled from the supplied spacecraft assembly. Some internal components are simplified.Process the measurements
Power the instrument
Point the spacecraft
Return the data
Test evidence matched to your mission. Clear responsibilities under one contract. Your data belongs to you and is never resold.
If you want to operate the satellite, we can include ground capability, mission-control tools and training in the handover.
09GERMAN ROOTS. ORBITAL AMBITIONS.
Made in Germany.
Built on engineering.
INDEPENDENT THINKING. SINCE 2014.
We started in Germany with a belief: ambitious space missions should have a practical path to orbit.
Born from Technische Universität Berlin, German Orbital Systems brings together more than 30 specialists in spacecraft design, electronics, flight software, testing and mission operations. We help customers fly their first technology demonstration, accommodate unusual payloads and build the foundations of future constellations.
Build what comes next with us10BEFORE WE BEGIN
A few good
questions.
YOUR MISSION STARTS HERE
Bring your idea.
Let’s build
the mission.
START A CONVERSATIONTell us what you
Tell us what you
want to fly.
An instrument, an experiment or a mission taking shape. Start with what you know.