Beyond Gravity positions new modular satellite platform for European LEO missions

Beyond Gravity positions new modular satellite platform for European LEO missions

Beyond Gravity is expanding from supplying satellite components to delivering complete satellites based on a new low Earth orbit platform. The company aims to offer turnkey spacecraft to institutional and government customers that can be placed in orbit on relatively short timelines.

The space technology firm, headquartered in Zurich, already provides structures, thermal protection, computers, antennas, solar arrays and instruments for many missions. It has now consolidated expertise from its European sites to assume overall responsibility for a medium-class satellite platform targeting low Earth orbit. Executive Vice President Satellites Oliver Grassmann said the goal is to serve a specific market segment