Panel discussion at Les Assises du NewSpace, Paris

News & Press

Announcements, missions and press coverage.

Gloved hands applying adhesive to a circuit board next to a flight module

Inside view of an aluminium SpaceLocker frame with its connector board

Two engineers in clean-room gear working on a flight module

SpaceLocker with the ESA community in front of a ground station antenna

Gloved hands tightening a screw on an integrated payload module

SpaceLocker CEO interviewed at Les Assises du NewSpace

Engineers testing a payload on a bench in a clean room

Gloved hands applying adhesive to a circuit board next to a flight module

Inside view of an aluminium SpaceLocker frame with its connector board

Two engineers in clean-room gear working on a flight module

SpaceLocker with the ESA community in front of a ground station antenna

Gloved hands tightening a screw on an integrated payload module

SpaceLocker CEO interviewed at Les Assises du NewSpace

Engineers testing a payload on a bench in a clean room

Sep 17, 2026SpaceLocker selected by ESA to lead Project LYRA and connect European satellites to the Low-LEO layer of the sovereign IRIS² constellationESA selects SpaceLocker and its consortium for the Phase A study of LYRA, a secure orbital data relay.

Sep 10, 2026SpaceLocker announces investment from Thales Corporate Ventures and three new missions, asserting its status as a Space OperatorA strategic investment from Thales Corporate Ventures and three new shared missions for 2026 and 2027.

Jun 16, 2025Wheere selects SpaceLocker to begin its space journey and redefine global satellite positioningThe French indoor-positioning startup chooses SpaceLocker for its first demo mission in orbit.

Jan 23, 2025Lift-off of Hitchhiker 1!Our inaugural mission reaches orbit, hosted by D-Orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 flight.

Oct 15, 2024SpaceLocker's second mission to orbit: Hitchhiker 2Partnership with UARX Space to fly hosted payloads aboard the OSSIE vehicle.

Oct 1, 2024SpaceLocker joins SpaceFounders Batch #5After the Space Business Catalyst, we join the European accelerator for space tech startups.

Apr 25, 2024SpaceLocker's first shared mission: Hitchhiker 1Hitchhiker 1 is announced, hosted aboard D-Orbit's ION vehicle.

Apr 10, 2024SpaceLocker becomes the first startup to join Thales Alenia Space's industrial acceleratorFirst startup in the Space Business Catalyst, on payload hosting and in-orbit servicing.

Mar 27, 2024SpaceLocker's interface technology passes critical vibration testingOur interface withstands launch vibrations, one step closer to the first flight.

In the press

Les Echos« Nous envoyons une mission dans l'espace en neuf mois au lieu de dix-huit » : la prouesse de SpaceLocker, l'opérateur de satellites nouvelle générationMar 30, 2026 La TribuneSommet spatial de Paris : Thales entre au capital de SpaceLocker en pleine accélération sur les satellites partagésSep 10, 2026 BFM BusinessThéophile Lagraulet (Spacelocker) : Spacelocker devient opérateur de satelliteApr 7, 2026 ClubicLe Français SpaceLocker devient opérateur de satellites et fait tomber les coûts avec le "port USB des satellites"Mar 31, 2026 Computer WeeklySpaceLocker launches first shared satellite missionApr 1, 2026

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