About
Our mission is to open up the space industry.
To everybody.
Satsearch is building the global marketplace for the space industry, to enable everyone to get involved.
Organizations across the globe, from startups to space agencies, use our platform to buy and sell space products and services every day.
our values
Collaboration
We strongly believe in working closely with stakeholders across the globe to open up access to the space industry.
We want to work with you.
Neutrality
To grow our marketplace in a fair and equitable manner, our pledge is to maintain neutrality in all our activities.
We want to work with you.
Transparency
We believe that the way forward for the space sector is radical transparency and we strive for this in all our interactions.
We want to work with you.
our team
CEO
Kartik Kumar
Delft, The Netherlands
COO
Narayan Prasad
Berlin, Germany
CTO
Alberto Vaccarella
Milan, Italy
Head of Marketing
Hywel Curtis
Manchester, United Kingdom
Design Lead
Beatrice Vivaldi
Brescia, Italy
Thanks also to the following
Contributors
Edoardo Barbieri
Srikara Datta Cherukuri
Nishchal Hoysal
Kamna Kohli
Gourav Namta
Adithya Rajendran
Joe Verbist
our story
Satsearch was born in 2015 at a hackathon in Bremen, and has since helped dozens of organizations in the space industry source better. At satsearch, we believe that by making it easier to buy and sell space products and services we can help drive growth globally.
2015 Startup Weekend Space Bremen
Satsearch was conceived in Bremen where the team won 2nd prize during a hackathon with 100+ space professionals and enthusiasts.
2016 ISU Startup Pitch Competition
Satsearch won the inaugural Internation Space University startup pitch competion, held during the space studies program at The Technion.
2016 - 2017 Aerospace Startup Voucher and Coaching Programme
Satsearch officially became a spin-off from Delft University of Technology after being selected by a panel of aerospace experts.
2017 - 2018 Startup School
Having completed the Startup School Program, satsearch was well equipped to start targeting product-market fit.
2018 - 2020 ESA Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk
Satsearch was selected by the European Space Agency for their incubation program and graduated with a clear path towards sustainability.
want to join our mission?
We are always interested in working with talented, enthusiastic, mission-driven people. Drop us an email and we'd love to chat with you.