Sponsors 2026
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Premium sponsor
About EUMETSAT – Trusted in Space. Essential on Earth.
Since 1986, EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, has monitored weather and climate from space. From its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, it operates fleets of satellites observing the Earth system and delivers real-time, 24/7 data and imagery to its 30 member states to help protect communities and support critical sectors of their economies.
As it marks its 40th anniversary in 2026, EUMETSAT looks back on four decades of achievements in Earth observation for weather and climate. Today, it plays a central role in the international meteorological satellite system, contributing observations that support forecasting and climate monitoring in its member states and beyond.
Four Meteosat satellites in geostationary orbit deliver continuous observations of fast developing weather events over Europe, Africa and the Indian Ocean. Two polar-orbiting Metop satellites provide data critical for forecasts up to 10 days ahead.
EUMETSAT also supports European policies aimed at strengthening Europe’s sovereignty. It operates and disseminates data under the Copernicus programme and leads the development and management of the data lake for the Destination Earth initiative.
EUMETSAT’s 30 member states are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.
Gold sponsors
Telespazio Belgium, a Leonardo (67%) and Thalès (33%) company, has 40 years of experience and uninterrupted collaboration with space agencies and Satellite Operators. Our specific areas of activity span from Satellite Technology to Telecommunications, from Information Technology to Users' Application Development & Services. Working at Telespazio Belgium is participating to the development of ambitious projects aiming to better serve human on Earth.
Antwerp Space designs cutting-edge satellite communication technologies that connect the world from orbit. Based in Antwerp, we develop advanced telecom and signal processing solutions for next-generation space missions. Our engineers and researchers tackle complex, real-world challenges every day. We thrive on curiosity, innovation, and continuous learning. It's a unique opportunity to explore how your passion for space can translate into real impact.
Aerospacelab is a Belgium-born, globally deployed satellite manufacturer built for scale. Specializing in high-volume production for telecom and Earth observation, its fully vertically integrated model covers everything from design to in-orbit operations.
Silver sponsor
Ready to join a human sized company, a great workplace shaped by the values of team spirit, excellence, innovation and a stimulating work environment?
SPACEBEL contributes to a safe and sustainable planet and inspiring space exploration by engineering solutions for the global space ecosystem.
SPACEBEL is a long-established European leader in systems and software engineering, operating in the space, defence and Earth observation applications sectors.
We design, develop, integrate and validate innovative software solutions based on state-of-the-art technologies in combination with a solid expertise in AI for both civil and defence space ecosystem purposes.
Reaching into space TOGETHER...!
Mercure sponsor
The Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) is very active in space-related research. UCLouvain contributes to large-scale international projects in the field of space and collaborates closely with partners whose expertise in this field is well established. The space domain at UCLouvain is essentially transversal. It concerns almost all research institutes of the science and technology sector (among the various topics : telecommunications, instrumental design, cosmology, aeronautics, planetology, astrophysics,...) but also some institutes from health science and humanities sectors. UCLouvain has set up an internal network bringing together the active forces in the space field and called "Louvain4Space".