Alén Space

Alén Space is a Spanish company in the NewSpace sector, located in Vigo (Galicia, Spain), that is dedicated to the development at all stages, including software and hardware, design and the construction of artificial satellites.

History

Alén Space’s story started in 2007, through an initiative of the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) for the launch of a miniature satellite. Thanks to this, the Strategic Aerospace Group of the University of Vigo was founded. It is made up of a team from various departments and led by Fernando Aguado. The design and manufacture of Xatcobeo began in 2012, which went on to become the first Spanish nano-satellite.[1]

This marked the start of new projects such as the Humsat-D satellite, launched in 2013, and the Serpens, launched in 2015, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and by the European Space Agency (ESA).

In 2017, with the funding of the Ignicia Program of the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) of the Xunta de Galicia, the aerospace company Alén Space was founded as a university spin-off.

In 2018, it entered the ranking of the 100 most important startups of 2018 according to the South Summit [2]organisation and won the Cinco Días award for innovation.[3]

In 2019, it received a €1 million investment round from CDTI and BeAble Capital.[4]

In 2020, it was chosen as Best Space Startup at the South Europe Startup Awards (SESA).[5]

In 2020, Sateliot, a satellite telecommunications operator, under a 5G architecture, announced an alliance with Alén Space. The alliance helped develop the payload of its first nano-satellites. The aim was to make the first launch in late 2020.[6][7] It will incorporate this nano-satellite consisting of an SDR (Software Defined Radio) card, where the received signals are processed and signals to be sent are generated so that they are transmitted to the ground. In addition to a radio frequency conditioning plate and a usable antenna that will allow communication with terrestrial devices.[8]

Developed satellites
  • Xatcobeo (2012)
  • Humsat-D (2013)
  • DustCube (2015-16)
  • Serpens (2015)
  • Lume-1 (2018)

References
  1. Global, Bannister. "Casos de éxito en nanosatélites". Alén Space (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  2. https://alen.space/es/southsummit-nos-selecciona-entre-las-1las-startups-mas-innovadoras/
  3. DÍAS, CINCO (2019-06-08). "Acciona, REE y Alén Space, premios CincoDías a la Innovación". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  4. http://www.hispaviacion.es/la-spin-off-de-la-universidad-de-vigo-alen-space-recibe-una-inversión-ronda-de-beable-capital-and-cdti/
  5. Global, Bannister (2020-03-13). "Alén Space, elegida como Best Space Startup en los Premios SESA". Alén Space (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  6. "Sateliot ultima con Alén Space la tecnología que irá a bordo de su primer nanosatélite". Actualidad Aeroespacial (in Spanish). 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  7. "La española Alén Space diseñará la carga útil de los nanosatélites de Sateliot". Sateliot.space · Because a connected world is to better world (in Spanish). 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  8. https://alen.space/es/sateliot-ultima-con-alen-space-la-tecnologia-que-ira- a-bordo-de-su-primer-nanosatelite/

 

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