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Each year, Novaspace and its partner organizations – including Thales Alenia’s Space Business Catalyst – review and evaluate hundreds of startups from across the global space ecosystem.

Following a rigorous selection process – based on innovation, customer adoption, market traction, team strength, and go-to-market strategy – six companies are shortlisted and invited to pitch live on stage at the Space Innovation Summit.

This exclusive opportunity provides unparalleled visibility among industry leaders, investors, and decision-makers attending the World Space Business Week.

2026 Shortlist

Decen Space is a Berlin-based deep tech startup building distributed ground station infrastructure for satellite operators. By combining a European-sovereign ground station network with low-cost modular hardware, Decen Space delivers resilient satellite downlink through a single API, moving the industry from scheduled passes toward persistent downlink. The company is backed by ESA BIC, EUSPA, Outlier Ventures and 1kx.

Marble Imaging is a Bremen-based Earth Observation company founded in August 2023 to deliver timely, actionable intelligence in an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment. Marble is developing a sovereign European capability in very high-resolution optical satellite data and AI-driven insights for governmental and industrial decision-makers across security and environmental domains. Starting in 2026, Marble will operate its own constellation of VHR optical satellites leveraging new technologies generating more data faster, paired with fully self-developed AI tools that transform imagery into operational insights more rapid than ever before.

Mission Space, a NASA-awarded space-environment data company with proprietary sensors in orbit. Mission Space delivers localized space-weather measurements, forecasts, and warnings to satellite and mission operators. The company is expanding its sensor network across LEO and lunar missions to serve commercial customers and government programs.

SatEnlight develops a new generation of optical communication systems that multiply communication capacity using Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), enabling faster, scalable, resilient, and more secure communication systems.

SpaceLocker is a European startup proposing orbital hosting services enabling any organisation to send and operate a payload in orbit without owning or operating a dedicated satellite and make space missions more accessible.

TakeMe2Space is building orbital data centres by integrating satellites with high performance compute. They also indigenously build satellite buses and subsystems for the world.