The activity of Spanish startups in the NewSpace sector is still in its infancy. Despite this, Spain is the sixth country in the world in terms of investments in “New Space”.

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In today's article, we discovered 9 innovative projects focused on NewSpace, which are revolutionizing the Spanish market:

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‍Fossa Systems reinvents the design and manufacture of satellites with the mission of democratizing access to space. The company, which orbited its first satellite (FOSSASAT-1) in 2019, is focused on creating innovative and disruptive aerospace technology. Fossa Systems' devices, known as picosatellites (weighing less than 1 kg), provide benefits to a wide range of sectors (from agriculture and livestock to security and blockchain).

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‍Pangea Aerospace is a startup in the aerospace sector focused on making the propulsion systems used in rockets launched into space more efficient. The Pangea Aerospace team is working on the design and conceptualization of an engine, built through 3D manufacturing, additively and reusable more than 10 times, to improve the efficiency of devices between 10 and 15%.

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‍Ienai Space develops an innovative rocket engine, based on the emission of ionic liquids and designed to adapt to the limitations of nanosatellites, customized for each platform and particular mission. The Ienai Space team, aware of the problem of space debris, also offer support and consulting services related to platform architecture and mission analysis.

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‍Sateliot works with the main objective of providing assistance to telecommunications operators, thanks to a constellation of state-of-the-art nanosatellites, located at low altitude that act as mobile towers from space. The company has positioned itself in the market as the first satellite telecommunications operator for global continuous IoT connectivity, merging satellite and terrestrial networks under the 5G protocol.

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‍Greendex was born as a spin-off of Starlab, whose mission is to transform science into technologies with a profound positive impact on society. The Greendex team has developed, through the use of satellite data combined with other relevant data that help to refine and reconstruct the green landscape, a Green Index for each of the different neighborhoods that make up the cities. In addition, real estate companies can integrate the solution into their portals.

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‍Auravant allows farmers and large corporations to monitor their fields remotely, thanks to information provided by satellite images, drone images and georeferenced digital maps, among others; allowing them to reduce the costs and the environmental impact of agricultural activity. The company's goal is to facilitate the adoption of sustainable and efficient precision agriculture.

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‍Alén Space offers services for the design, manufacture and operation of small satellites. The Alén Space team has more than 12 years of experience in developing technology for space missions, during which it has succeeded, among others, in putting the first Spanish nanosatelite into orbit or developing the first CubeSat sent by the UN. The company's solutions have a multitude of applications: aviation, maritime, surveillance, earth observation, etc.

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‍Nitrofirex works to extinguish nocturnal forest fires, with the objective not only of saving lives, properties and economic losses, but also to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and the conservation of natural heritage. To this end, Nitrofirex devices in the form of gliding tanks, loaded with 2,000 or 3,000 liters of retardant agents or flame-extinguishing compounds, release or dust their cargo at a pre-established point in the atmosphere.

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‍Orbitaleos has developed a platform that, through the use of optical satellite images, radars from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its own artificial intelligence algorithm, is capable of detecting pollution in the sea, on a global scale, being able to quantify the volume and forecast the course of oil spills in the sea.

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