Luxspace
LuxSpace is a European space systems contractor based in Betzdorf in Luxembourg.It was founded in November 2004 as a daughter company of OHB AG, and began operations in January 2005.[1] On 23 September 2009 the PathFinder2A (aka Rubin-9.1, AIS-Pathfinder 2) payload aboard the Rubin-9 satellite (COSPAR 2009-051F; the Rubin-9 "satellite" was actually the upper stage of the carrier rocket that the payloads were solidly bolted onto; after the rocket had finished its mission with the primary payload, the upper stage remained in space and became "satellite" Rubin-9) was launched by a PSLV-CA rocket.[7] The launch will take place on the Vega Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof of Concept (POC) flight.[8] In May 2021, LuxSpace started the development of their next platform, Triton-X, a microsatellite in the 50-200 kg wet mass range, with high on-board processing capabilities and targeting particularly the commercial space market.