{"id":10338,"date":"2024-10-17T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?p=10338"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:21:40","slug":"esa-announces-the-laureates-of-the-2024-rising-stars-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?p=10338","title":{"rendered":"ESA announces the laureates of the 2024 Rising Stars Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-10348\" src=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/esa-rising-stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"581\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The ESA Rising Stars Initiative, led by ESA Commercialisation Directorate, aims to identify the most promising European space start-ups and scale-ups within its ecosystem<\/h3>\n<p>Following the success of the 2023 programme, ESA is proud to announce the Rising Stars of 2024. The selected companies are noted for introducing innovative technologies and business models to the European space sector. Each has been supported by the different ESA technology or commercial development programmes in the past 18 months. Some of the 2024 laureates are emerging players tackling the challenges of growth, while others are more established companies that have successfully pivoted into new technologies or sectors, showcasing the dynamic potential of the space industry.<\/p>\n<p>Being recognised as an ESA Rising Star in 2024 provides companies with an opportunity to enhance visibility among space professionals, the general public, and the investment community. Laureates will have facilitated access to ESA Commercialisation Services team to foster cooperation in areas such as investor matchmaking, event participation, representation at global conferences, and networking session invitations. Additionally, they will benefit from media-sharing opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the laureates of the 2024 \u201cRising Stars\u201d award!<\/p>\n<p>The 20 laureates of the 2024 \u201cRising Stars\u201d Award are, in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerospacelab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AerospaceLab<\/span> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/astrolightspace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Astrolight<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/astrolightspace.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aureatechnology.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">AUREA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Technology<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constellr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Constellr<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftprospect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Craft Prospect\u202f<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digos.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">DiGOS<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> GmbH<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eomap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">EOMap<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exolaunch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Exolaunch<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geosistema.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Geosistema<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kepler.space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kepler\u202f<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lacuna-space.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lacuna\u202f<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magdrive.space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MagDrive<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orbastro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">OrbAstro<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbastro.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ororatech.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oror<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Technologies<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaktechnology.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Peak Technology<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quadsat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">QUADSAT<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.r-space.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">R-Space<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.satellitevu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SatVu<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinintech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SPiN<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yurigravity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yuri<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ESA Rising Stars Initiative, led by ESA Commercialisation Directorate, aims to identify the most promising European space start-ups and scale-ups within its ecosystem Following the success of the 2023 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":10350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[686,933,266],"directorate":[431],"sts-api_categories":[],"esa-fields":[],"class_list":["post-10338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-exolaunch","tag-rising-stars","tag-start-ups","directorate-commercialisation-competitiveness-support"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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