The Luxembourg government and Luxembourg-based Kleos Space SARL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) providing the framework for their cooperation within the SpaceResources.lu initiative with focus on space technology development.

Kleos Space is active in geolocation services and develops a space infrastructure for geo-intelligence and signal intelligence applications with in-space manufacturing. The newly created company is owned by UK-based Magna Parva Limited.

Within the framework of this MoU, the developments and research to take place in Luxembourg are related to the project for in-space manufacturing of composite beams equipped with antennas. Kleos Space will collaborate with EmTroniX, a Luxembourg-based company specialised in electronics development, as well as with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) on this subject. The government will support the development of the in-space manufacturing technology by providing funding through the Luxembourg space program (LuxIMPULSE).

Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneider, commented on the collaboration: “By widening the capabilities of the national space sector, the implementation of Kleos Space in the Grand-Duchy is confirming the constant expansion and consolidation of Luxembourg as a European hub for developing highly advanced space technologies in the context of the SpaceResources.lu initiative.”

Photo by MECO. L-R: Andy Bowyer, Kleos Space; Étienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy