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PrivateUpdated Aug 31, 2026

D-Orbit

In-space transportation and satellite-logistics provider.

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Italian space-logistics company operating ION Satellite Carrier vehicles for orbital transport and payload deployment.

Principal supply-chain role05 · In-Space Infrastructure

Servicing, refueling, stations, manufacturing, and the systems that make sustained activity possible.

Principal supply-chain role05 · In-Space Infrastructure

Italian space-logistics company operating ION Satellite Carrier vehicles for orbital transport and payload deployment.

Suppliers, customers & partners

Suppliers & service providers to D-Orbit

Dawn AerospacecustomerTell me more

Dawn Aerospace supplies turnkey green propulsion systems to D-Orbit for satellite missions (commercial customer relationship confirmed).

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MagdrivecustomerTell me more

Magdrive supplies two Rogue electric plasma thrusters (as an array) for integration and in-orbit demonstration/testing on D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier platform under a 2024 contract; first full-scale test occurred via the 'Going Rogue' mission launched June 2025 on SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14.

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SpaceXlaunch servicesTell me more

SpaceX provides launch services aboard Falcon 9 rockets (Transporter missions) to deploy D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier vehicles into orbit, with multiple missions executed from 2021 onward (e.g., Transporter-16 in March 2026).

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Arianespacelaunch servicesTell me more

Arianespace has provided launch services for early D-Orbit ION missions, including rideshare opportunities for ION deployment.

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Phantom Space Corporationlaunch servicesTell me more

Phantom Space Corporation provides multiple dedicated and rideshare launches over a 3-year period to D-Orbit for its customers and orbital transfer vehicles (framework agreement signed 2023).

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D-Orbit customers & supported companies

ArkEdge Space Inc.customer · launch services2 connectionsTell me more

D-Orbit provides multi-launch orbital transportation and deployment services using ION Satellite Carrier for ArkEdge's microsatellite constellation demonstration satellites, with launches scheduled for 2027 and 2028.

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D-Orbit will provide launch deployment and in-orbit transportation services (ION Satellite Carrier) to ArkEdge Space for multiple demonstration satellites (VDES, satellite IoT, RF sensing) starting with launches scheduled from 2027 onward; agreement announced as part of ArkEdge's NEDO-funded demonstration program.

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Astrocastlaunch & deployment servicesTell me more

D-Orbit announced a multi-year launch and deployment contract with Astrocast to deploy and extend the Astrocast constellation over multiple launches and deployment services.

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European Space Agency (ESA)customerTell me more

D‑Orbit is building, operating and co‑funding the RISE in‑orbit servicing mission for ESA; the mission will demonstrate docking, manoeuvring and release of a geostationary satellite and then operate commercially for up to eight years — ESA will be a primary mission customer/program user for the RISE demonstration.

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Planet LabscustomerTell me more

D-Orbit provides satellite deployment services via ION carriers, including eight SuperDove satellites on the Pulse mission (2021) and additional deployments in subsequent missions.

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Spire Global, Inc.customerTell me more

D-Orbit provides satellite deployment services via ION carriers, including four Lemur-2 satellites on the Celestial Bliss mission (2024) and additional deployments on later missions such as We Need More Space (2025).

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D-Orbit program partners

AWSprogram partnerTell me more

D-Orbit (an AWS Partner Network member) provided spacecraft/on‑orbit computing hardware and services used in an AWS demonstration; Aviation Week cites D-Orbit as part of AWS’ partner ecosystem supplying space vehicle capabilities that AWS works with for space demonstrations and experiments.

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ArkEdge Space Inc.mission enablement partnerTell me more

ArkEdge Space will use D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier to deploy and transport ArkEdge-developed demonstration satellites to their target orbits as part of ArkEdge's demonstration constellation efforts, meaning ArkEdge supplies satellites and D-Orbit provides the deployment service enabling ArkEdge missions (arrangement announced by ArkEdge).

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SkyServeprogram partner / enabling services (announced collaboration)Tell me more

D-Orbit is named as a collaborating partner in SkyServe announcements (with NASA JPL) to advance Earth observation systems and support mission-level integration and in-space operational capabilities that enable SkyServe’s on-orbit deployments.

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Leaf Spaceprogram partner · customer / mission partner2 connectionsTell me more

D-Orbit is a program partner for Leaf Space's TreeNet connectivity test: D-Orbit will provide satellites/launch integration that host TreeNet nodes (enabling Leaf Space to test in-orbit networked connectivity); relationship announced as part of Leaf Space TreeNet Alpha partnerships.

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D-Orbit is partnering with Leaf Space to host TreeNet nodes on satellites launched/operated by D-Orbit as part of the TreeNet Alpha demonstration; Leaf Space will provide the ground and network-side services to support those mission nodes.

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SpaceXpartnerTell me more

D-Orbit provides space logistics services (ION orbital transfer vehicles) that flew as hosted carriers on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission, enabling post-launch delivery/dispersion services for payload customers on SpaceX launches (Transporter-15 manifest).

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