- CEO
- Luis Gomes
- Full Time Employees
- 191
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Telecommunications equipment
- Address
- Uppsala Science Park Uppsala UP Sweden 751 83
- IPO Date
- Dec 21, 2016
- Business
- AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) manufactures small satellites, subsystems and components for space missions; provides space data as a service including Earth observation and maritime data analytics; and delivers end-to-end mission services encompassing satellite design, integration, launch support and ground operations. Core offerings encompass command and data handling processors, CubeSat batteries, power control and distribution units, communications devices including laser and radio systems, solar arrays, structures, payloads, attitude determination and control subsystems, propulsion systems and the EPIC spacecraft platform, marketed under brands such as AAC Clyde Space, Omnisys, SpaceQuest, Hyperion, Space Africa and Spacemetric. Founded in 2005 through predecessor companies ÅAC Microtec in Uppsala, Sweden, and Clyde Space in Glasgow, UK, which merged in 2019 to form the current entity, AAC Clyde Space maintains headquarters in Uppsala with principal manufacturing in Glasgow and key operations in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, South Africa, and partner networks in Japan and South Korea, serving commercial, governmental, institutional and defense customers globally in sectors including weather monitoring, maritime safety, security, agriculture and forestry. Recent developments include the July 2024 acquisition of Spacemetric AB for SEK 16 million to bolster geospatial data management for its space data as a service business; a partnership announced in July 2024 with the Scottish government for the Cyclops four-satellite constellation focused on forestry geospatial analysis; orders in 2024 for a first 16U satellite, CubeCat laser communications terminal, Starbuck power systems worth SEK 5.8 million, and reaction wheels valued at SEK 7.1 million from a US client; and appointment in 2024 to lead a SEK 40.4 million consortium for laser communication system development, alongside ongoing advancement of the VIREON Earth observation constellation.