Company - ATMOS Space Cargo
- Founded
- Country
- 2021
- Germany
- Funding
- $18M+
- Previous Names
- Klaus Space Transportation (KST)
- Website
- https://atmos-space-cargo.com/
Product/Service - Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator (IAD), Space Return Service, Phoenix
- Classification
- Cargo Transportation & Landers
- Category
- Transport Service (Re-Entry)
In-Space Manufacturing
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Point-to-point
- Fields
- Space Capsule
Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator
Inflatables
- Status
- Development, Launched
- First launch
- 2025
Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerators (IADs)
- Founded just in October, Klaus’ aim is to make space transportation sustainable, available, and cost-efficient. The German company’s focus is on scalable cargo transport from space back to Earth without using any fuel.
- The drop-test demonstrated reliable inflation of the IAD and acceptable structural loads at landing, the company said. The third-generation prototype and an attached miniaturised rocket first stage were dropped from 600 m from a helicopter. The activated IAD stabilized and decelerated the rocket stage for safe landing in water and successful recovery afterwards.
- The company calls the opportunity “microgravity on demand,” a nascent market segment that has huge potential. Atmos’ service is tailored specifically for life sciences, according to the startup’s website, which can include research into monoclonal antibodies, stem cells, artificially grown human tissue, and protein crystallization.
- Investors appear to agree with Atmos’ approach, with the startup announcing this week that it has closed a €4 million ($4.3 million) oversubscribed seed round. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds and the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund, with additional participation from Seraphim Space, E2MC, Ventis and another.vc.
- The company is developing a return capsule aptly named Phoenix, a spacecraft with a payload capacity of 100 kilograms. The Phoenix capsules are designed to operate on orbit for missions ranging from three hours to three months. Atmos has also developed what it calls “inflatable atmospheric decelerators” (IADs), a return solution that acts as both a heat shield, protecting the cargo from Earth’s atmosphere, and a high-velocity parachute.
Space Return Service
Based on our patent pending IAD technology, we are developing an end-to-end Space Return Service. We are offering our services in the form of early development partnerships with our customers. We tailor our IADs to the customer’s needs, from integration, tests and mission support, to the water landing and recovery. Whatever it is you want to bring down from space, we will do it for you. Safely.
HyImpulse Delivers Primary Structure and Components for ATMOS’ PHOENIX Return Vehicle, 2025-03-27.
- Structural manufacturing, and integration of critical components for the PHOENIX 1 return vehicle.
- HyImpulse supported both the design of the fluid system and structural elements of the PHOENIX vehicle.
- Manufacturing key structural components in-house. The company produced a full-scale engineering model in 2023, followed by the flight hardware in mid-2024. The manufacturing process involved the hand-laminating of key structural parts of the payload and equipment bay.
- Responsible for the engineering and assembly of the Ballute Inflation System for PHOENIX. This fluid system is designed to initially pressurize and inflate the vehicle’s inflatable heat shield using gaseous nitrogen at controlled mass flows.
PHOENIX 1 Protoflight Mission Update: Re-entry Trajectory Change, 2025-04-18.
- Initial analysis confirms that the mission achieved its primary objectives, including the activation of key systems and deployment of ATMOS’ proprietary inflatable heat shield under realistic re-entry conditions.
- These findings add critical information early to the already started development of the next-generation PHOENIX 2 capsule, which is planned to launch in 2026.
- On its first mission, PHOENIX 1 was also carrying commercial and scientific payloads for early-stage microgravity testing, including biological experiments and technological demonstrators from:
- Data from the final stage of descent could not be retrieved.
- PHOENIX will serve as an active orbital depot, able to precisely deploy ARX's and its partners’ autonomous systems within minutes, ensuring unmatched response times anywhere on the planet.
- With its modular platforms and software-defined architecture, ARX enables flexible, mission-specific deployment – now extended to orbital operations.
Status Comment
A partially successful first mission in April 2025. The structures and inflatable head shield were built by HyImpulse.
Notes
- SPiN is excited to work with ATMOS Space Cargo getting ready for the mission launching in 2024! 2 MA61C cubesats will enable a modular avionic stack, functioning as On Board Computer (OBC) and Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) in return service missions.
- Ask The Expert about Space BioTech with ATMOS Space Cargo and Yuri, 2023-11-13.
- ATMOS on Track to Fly its Space Cargo Return Capsule Prototype Following Additional €1.3M in Funding, 2024-02-08.
- Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver Joins ATMOS, 2024-12-10.
- Atmos Space Cargo secures regulatory approvals for first reentry mission, 2025-02-05.
- ATMOS Secures €13.1M in New Funding for PHOENIX 2 Capsule, 2025-02-19.
- ATMOS Raises €1M in New Funding as it Prepares for Inaugural Flight, 2025-04-21.
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In-Space Manufacturing, Commercial Space Station, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Robotic Space Station
Development
Bartolomeo
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Active
Commercial Space Station, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development
The Port, The Cutter
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Assembly, Robotic Space Station, Persistent Platform, On-Orbit Servicing
Development
Bioreactor Express
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, ISS Utilization Service
Active
ReX, Cosmotron
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development, Launched
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Dormant
Ecos
In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware, Medical Support, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Demonstrated
ELS-R, ELS-RS
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Orbit Computing
Development
Carousel Spacelab
Active Debris Removal (ADR), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science
Dormant, Early stage
Foton Spacecraft
Foton
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Retired
SpaceLAB
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Demonstrated
FSW
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Recoverable Satellite, Returnable Satellite
Demonstrated
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Dormant
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Space Laboratory Equipment
Demonstrated, Launched
GEN
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads
Development
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads
Development
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Research Payloads
Development, Launched
Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Dormant
SpaceLAB
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Space Laboratory Equipment
Development
Retriever, Resource Exchange Module (REX)
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Persistent Platform, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Logistics
Development
Phoenix Orbital Transfer Vehicle
In-Space Manufacturing, Orbital Transportation, Space Tug, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Concept
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing, Space Construction Company
Early stage
Zephyr, URV (Universal Re-entry Vechicle)
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development
Ray, Arc
Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development, Launched
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Consulting Service
Demonstrated
Kirara
Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Science, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Active
HSRC (HTV Small Re-entry Capsule), HTV, HTV-X
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Lunar Lander
Demonstrated
Life Sciences Platform
Microgravity Research Payloads, ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Early stage
In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
SPAS (Space Pallet Satellite), Saenger, Sänger
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Point-to-point, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Robotic Space Station
Cancelled, Acquired
NanoLab, Bishop
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Commercial ISS Airlock, Microgravity Research Payloads
Active
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science, Microgravity Research Payloads
Dormant
Kestrel
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Reusable Satellite, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Platform, Persistent Platform, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Ferry, Cargo Ferry, Carryall
In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development, Launched
Radian One
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Early stage
In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Cancelled
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing
Dormant, Early stage
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development, ?
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)
Development
ARGO
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Concept, Development
ICE Cubes, Lunar Payload Delivery Service (LPDS)
ISS Utilization Service, Lunar Payload Delivery Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads
Active, Development
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Production, In-Space Manufacturing
Active
REV1
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
BARNACLE DOT, INDY DOT
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads
Demonstrated, Launched, Pivot, Cancelled
ForgeStar, Aether
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development, Launched
Space Pocket
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service
Demonstrated
Space Rider
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development
TangoLab, CubeLabs, Mambo
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Active
ST-42
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Cancelled, ?
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Early stage, ?
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Demonstrated
SPACTORY
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Science
Demonstrated, Active
RED-25, RED-DATA2, RED-XR
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Launched, Demonstrated, Development
DragonLab
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Dormant
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads
Development
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads
Dormant
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Robotic Space Station, Microgravity Research Payloads, In-Space Manufacturing, Orbital Transportation, Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Development
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Point-to-point
Development
MaRVIn
Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science
Active
MUSES (Multi-User System for Earth Sensing)
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Hardware, Microgravity Research Payloads
Active
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Launch Service Brokerer
Active
Nyx
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development, Launched
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service
Active, Dormant
VSI-LAB
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage, Cancelled
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Recoverable Satellite, Reusable Satellite
Active
Space-Lab, AsteriX Lab
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Commercial Space Station
Early stage
SpaceCase, SC-X01
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development, Launched
ScienceTaxi
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service, Hardware, Microgravity Science
Active
BAM-FX
In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Dormant, Development
Commercial Space Station, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development
SpaceDrone
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Space Tug, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Dormant
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Reusable Satellite
Concept, Development
ELS-R, ELS-RS
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
FSW
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Recoverable Satellite, Returnable Satellite
Demonstrated
On-Orbit Servicing, Reusable Satellite, Space Robotics, Consulting Service
Cancelled, Early stage
Retriever, Resource Exchange Module (REX)
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Persistent Platform, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Logistics
Development
Reusable Satellite, Returnable Satellite, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
MERCAP
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage
Interspace Explore
ZengZhang
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Development
Zephyr, URV (Universal Re-entry Vechicle)
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development
Ray, Arc
Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development, Launched
Reusable Satellite, Returnable Satellite, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
SPAS (Space Pallet Satellite), Saenger, Sänger
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Point-to-point, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Robotic Space Station
Cancelled, Acquired
Orbital Transportation, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Reusable Satellite, Space Tug, Space Situational Awareness (SSA), In-Orbit Inspection
Development
Kestrel
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Reusable Satellite, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Platform, Persistent Platform, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Radian One
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Skylon
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Cancelled, Concept
ENOS
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing
Dormant, Early stage
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development, ?
ARGO
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)
Concept, Development
Reusable Satellite, Returnable Satellite, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
Dream Chaser, Shooting Star
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development
Ghost
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development
REV1
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development
ForgeStar, Aether
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development, Launched
Space Rider
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Development
TangoLab, CubeLabs, Mambo
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Active
ST-42
ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Cancelled, ?
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Demonstrated
Black Bay
Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Orbital Transportation, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station, Reusable Satellite
Dormant, Bankrupt
DragonLab
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Dormant
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Robotic Space Station, Microgravity Research Payloads, In-Space Manufacturing, Orbital Transportation, Transport Service (LEO-GEO)
Development
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Point-to-point
Development
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Reusable Satellite
Dormant
Nyx
Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Commercial Lander, Commercial Lunar Lander, Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Development, Launched
VSI-LAB
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Early stage, Cancelled
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Recoverable Satellite, Reusable Satellite
Active
SpaceCase, SC-X01
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Development, Launched
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Point-to-point
Concept
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Point-to-point
Concept
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm
SPAS (Space Pallet Satellite), Saenger, Sänger
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Point-to-point, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Robotic Space Station
Cancelled, Acquired
Human Spaceflight, Point-to-point
Development
Starship, Starship HLS, Starship Human Landing System
Human Landing System, Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Transport Service (LEO-Moon), Point-to-point
Development, Launched
Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Point-to-point
Development
SpaceShipTwo
Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Suborbital Space Tourism, Point-to-point
Active