GATE Space @gatespacesys

Proud to announce that GATE Space has been selected for EIC Accelerator funding, securing €6.3M in blended grant and equity financing. This recognition comes as we advance our industrialization and prepare for multiple upcoming launches and customer missions.

Avionics qualified for flight. Surviving functional, radiation, vibration, thermal cycling, and thermal vacuum testing. Proven to endure what space demands, they now stand as a certified building block at the heart of an upcoming mission.

75 test days. 15,000+ ignitions. 450h of operations - in just 8 months. Between campaigns, our team overhauled the facility: vacuum system inspected, fluid cabinets pressure-tested, Mission Control reconfigured. Ready for the next phase.

SmallSat Europe was a great opportunity to reconnect with the market. The conversations confirmed what we already know: short timelines, reliability, industrialization. At GATE Space, this is exactly the requirements we are building for.

Last day to connect at SmallSat Europe! ⏳ It has been a valuable few days in Amsterdam, with strong exchanges, new connections, and discussions around future missions and propulsion hardware. Visit Booth 366 to meet the team and continue the conversation beyond the event.

Day 2 at SmallSat Europe! 🚀 After a strong first day and Moritz’s Tech Brief on satellite mobility for defense, the discussion continues: agile spacecraft, RPO, and resilient operations. Two days left to meet us in Amsterdam. Visit Booth 366.

We are at SmallSat Europe! Three days of conversations around propulsion, mission needs, and space hardware are ahead. Visit us at Booth 366 to meet Moritz Novak and Marianne Röchling and see our propulsion hardware up close.

In space hardware, the smallest details matter. Our team recently used X-ray non-destructive testing to verify welded joints in a fluid system without damaging the hardware. Reliable propulsion is built through tested validation.

From hands-on R&D to systems engineering. Meet Murat Çetinkaya, our new Systems Engineer at GATE Space. He brings full-cycle development, integration, validation, and technical decision-making experience to turn mission needs into integrated space solutions 🚀

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We’re going to space, and BeaconSat has its mission patch. Depicting the spacecraft in orbit, it symbolizes making the invisible visible by detecting GNSS interference. With our partners contributing to the mission, the patch reflects the collaboration behind our path to space.

Second vibration campaign completed: avionics and fluid tubes were tested under severe launch-like vibration loads, in some cases reaching test equipment limits. Another key milestone for propulsion system qualification.

Speed, precision, and performance in hardware. Before joining GATE Space, Niclas Brandner built his experience in racing. Now, as CNC Manufacturing Technician, he brings that precision to space hardware, helping turn complex designs into reliable propulsion components.

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We are visiting SmallSat Europe! Moritz Novak and Marianne Röchling will be on site to meet with you. 📍26–28 May | RAI Amsterdam Booth 366 Use the SmallSat B2B Matchmaking platform to schedule a meeting with our team. We look forward to meeting you in Amsterdam.

Before reaching orbit, hardware must survive launch. Our team successfully completed component-level vibration testing on the thruster, pushing it to and beyond harsh rocket launch loads to verify structural integrity and readiness for operations after deployment.

The GATE Thruster XS has completed full qualification under sustained vacuum at our in-house propulsion test facilities, reaching TRL 7. From performance to endurance and stability testing, every firing confirmed reliability and repeatability. Ready for launch.

Meet GATE Thruster XS: our smallest, high-precision thruster, built for fine maneuvering and ultra-low-impulse-bit operations. With 1–6 N thrust and hot/cold gas modes, XS provides small spacecraft with agile control for RPO, station-keeping, collision avoidance, and de-orbiting.

Our propulsion system gives BeaconSat precise orbit and attitude control, enabling orbit transfer after Falcon 9 deployment, station keeping, collision avoidance, and safe de-orbiting, transforming it into a flexible, mission-ready space asset.

GATE Space propulsion systems are built on a modular architecture developed with ESA and Fraunhofer Austria. Tanks, valves, thrusters, control, thermal and structure form flexible building blocks that can be configured to match each mission’s propulsion requirements.

We tailor each propulsion system to the mission using a modular building-block architecture. Qualified subsystems and components combine into mission-specific configurations, all flying on BeaconSat to establish flight heritage across GATE Space’s core propulsion elements.

Propulsion defines what is possible in space, and strong propulsion engineering defines how far that potential can go. We’re proud to welcome Büsra Kahraman as Senior Propulsion Engineer, bringing the expertise to turn complex mission needs into robust, high-performing solutions.

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