The space company aims to“provide more direct solutions to end customers”, according to a press release issued on Monday. Beyond Gravity explains that it has joined forces with all its European sites“to accelerate our ability to build medium-sized satellites for low orbits” and“at low cost”, without giving any further details.

The aim is to respond to the current geopolitical situation on the Old Continent, which shows a need for additional European satellites. Oliver Grassmann, who heads the satellite division, stresses that the aim is to occupy a niche in the market that is neither covered by small start-ups nor by the big established players.

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Beyond Gravity says it is already developing and building a number of components, including the structure of the spacecraft, thermal protection, computers, antennas, solar wings and data collection instruments.

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