Simera Sense, headquartered in Belgium, has incorporated a new company subsidiary in the United Kingdom, based in Glasgow — this additional expansion quickly follows on the €13.5 million funding secured in an investment round earlier this year and the recent opening of an office in Toulouse, France. Both of these sites are ideally placed to offer support to the company’s primary production facilities in Cape Town, South Africa.
Since 2018, the company is in a rapid growth phase and already has 20 optical payloads in space, more than 40 payloads delivered and ready for launch, and approximately 70 payloads to be produced in the next 12 months.
This UK office is intended to support Simera Sense’s expanding customer base in the region, allowing for better accessibility to this market, including the strategic strengthening of key partnerships and collaborations within the impressive UK space ecosystem.
Leveraging successful programs and incentives, Simera Sense also intends to inwardly invest and actively capacitate additional resources in order to scale its operations. An image processing and ESA EDAP+ certified imagery calibration product range as a complementary, turn-key offering is soon to come online.
“The privilege to be part of Simera Sense and its growing path within the UK space ecosystem to offer excellent optical camera products to its valuable customers and complimentary image processing and calibration solutions is a proud moment,” said Dr. Corné Eloff, Simera Sense, CSO.
“It’s great to have a space technology company like Simera Sense landing in the west of Scotland,” said Craig Clark MBE, co-chair of the West of Scotland Space Cluster. “As an inward investor with existing links to other innovative space companies in the local ecosystem, Simera Sense is exactly the sort of global innovator that helps strengthen the region’s strength and depth across the satellite manufacturing supply chain. Almost 20 years ago when I founded Clyde Space [now AAC Clyde Space] my ambition was always to see a thriving space sector in the region – something the new West of Scotland Space Cluster is designed to support.”
“Simera Sense is dedicated to its mission to be the leading global provider of excellent earth observation payloads,” said Johann du Toit, CEO of the Simera Sense Group. “Having an office, and soon to be production capability close to our key UK customer base, is an important and exciting step in our growth.”
About Simera Sense
Founded in 2018, Simera Sense is a leading provider of end-to-end earth observation camera solutions for the global small satellite market. Its high-resolution, ‘off-the-shelf’ cameras are used by diverse clients across a wide range of industries. The core team’s passion for space and satellite engineering fuels their mission, along with a firm belief in the transformative power of small, cost-effective satellites. Simera Sense have meticulously engineered a suite of cameras that are not only optimally sized but also configurable for diverse missions. These cameras comply with the leading standardized satellite bus interfaces and data formats.