ATMOS Space Cargo

We enable 24/7 access to space at a minimal cost and with zero environmental impact. KST develops technology to recover and reuse rockets and to bring back any type of cargo from space.

Created: 2021-12-31

Updated: 2024-02-24

Company - ATMOS Space Cargo

Founded
Country
2021
Germany
Funding
$5.7M

Previous Names
Klaus Space Transportation (KST)

Website
ATMOS Space Cargo
ATMOS Space Cargo

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)
Fields
Space Capsule
Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator
Inflatables
Status
Development
First launch
2024

Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerators (IADs)

We are the only company worldwide offering a scalable solution to bring back cargo from space. From shoebox-sized scientific experiments to the largest rocket stages, our approach is tailored to each individual object and our method is highly cost efficient.

We develop Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerators (IADs), which function both as heat shields, protecting their precious cargo during re-entry into the atmosphere, and high-velocity parachutes.

Successfully conducted a drop test of a newly developed Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator (IAD) prototype in December 2021.

  • 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 International Space Station has a monopoly on in-space research, but the huge surge of interest in commercial space is starting to change that. Atmos Space Cargo, a German startup, is looking to open up the opportunities for life sciences research and manufacturing in orbit with its return capsules that will deliver cargo from space back to Earth.

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.

ATMOS is on track to assemble the first prototype of its Phoenix return capsule for a demonstration mission to LEO.

ATMOS develops and manufactures space capsules capable of safely returning any cargo from space, representing the first sustainable solution for many payloads and experiments. The capsules have been designed to offer microgravity on-demand, ranging from three hours to three months in orbit. These capsules open up unprecedented opportunities for various applications, including biomedical and material sciences research, In-Orbit Demonstration and Verification (IOD/IOV), and manufacturing products in space.

The funding will see Atmos through a first demonstration mission scheduled for the end of 2024, during which the company will attempt to return a microgravity experiment from low Earth orbit.

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Varda Space Industries

Demonstrated, Development

Wester Shore Associates

In-Space Manufacturing

Wester Shore Associates

Dormant

SAFER (Satellite After Fully Enclosed Recycler)

In-Space Manufacturing

Widgetblender

Concept

In-Space Manufacturing, Hardware, Space Laboratory Equipment

ZAIPUT

Demonstrated

In-Space Manufacturing

ZeCoat Corp

Development

Space Oven

In-Space Manufacturing

Zero G Kitchen

Launched, Demonstrated

BAM-FX

In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Zero Gravity Solutions

Dormant, Development

microBites

In-Space Manufacturing

µBites

Concept

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Workspaces

A-SpaX (Affordable Space Access)

Development

Bartolomeo

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Airbus

Active

The Port, The Cutter

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Assembly, Robotic Space Station, Persistent Platform

Arkisys

Development

Bioreactor Express

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, ISS Utilization Service

Bioreactor Express (Kayser Italia)

Active

Commercial Cargo Spacelines

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Commercial Cargo Spacelines

Dormant

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Downmass

Development

ELS-R, ELS-RS

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)

ElevationSpace

Development

Carousel Spacelab

Active Debris Removal (ADR), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science

Exodus Space Systems

Early stage, ?

Foton Spacecraft

Foton

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)

Foton (Photon)

Retired

SpaceLAB

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Frontier Space Technologies

Early stage

FSW

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Recoverable Satellite, Returnable Satellite

FSW China Recoverable Satellites (Guangmei, Shijian 19, SJ 8, Sj 10, China Academy of Space Technology))

Development

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Gateway Space

Dormant

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads

gravityLab

Development

Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Hudson Space Systems

Dormant

SpaceLAB

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Space Laboratory Equipment

IDDK

Development

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Persistent Platform, Robotic Space Station

In Orbit Aerospace

Development

Phoenix Orbital Transfer Vehicle

In-Space Manufacturing, Orbital Transportation, Space Tug, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Infinity Space

Early stage

URV (Universal Re-entry Vechicle)

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Intuitive Machines

Cancelled

Ray, Arc

Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Inversion Space

Development

Kirara

Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Science, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

JAMSS (Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation)

Active

HSRC (HTV Small Re-entry Capsule), HTV, HTV-X

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Lunar Lander

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Demonstrated

Life Sciences Platform

Microgravity Research Payloads, ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

LaMont Aerospace

Early stage

LEAP

In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)

LEAP

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

Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB)

Cancelled, Acquired

NanoLab, Bishop

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Commercial ISS Airlock, Microgravity Research Payloads

Nanoracks (Voyager Space)

Active

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Research Payloads

Odyssey SpaceWorks

Demonstrated, Launched

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Science, Microgravity Research Payloads

Offworld Biotech (SImGravity)

Early stage

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Reusable Satellite, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Platform, Persistent Platform

Orbital Paradigm

Development

Radian One

Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Re-Entry)

Radian Space

Development

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Raven Dynamics

Early stage

In-Space Manufacturing, Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Raven Space Systems

Development

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing

Reenter Space (Reentry Systems)

Dormant, Early stage

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

ReOrbital

Development

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Microgravity Flight Service (Suborbital)

ResearchSat

Development

ARGO

Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA)

Concept, Development

Rocket Pi

Commercial Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Research Payloads

Rocket Pi (Rocket π, Beijing) Aerospace Science and Technology, Huojian Pi)

Development, Launched

Breakthrough

In-Space Assembly, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Space Solar Power

ROVIAL

Development

In-Space Production, In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service

Space BD

Active

REV1

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Cargo Unlimited

Development

BARNACLE DOT, INDY DOT

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads

Space DOTS

Development

ForgeStar, Aether

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), In-Space Manufacturing

Space Forge

Development

Space Pocket

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service

Space Pocket (Avaru Space)

Demonstrated

Space Rider

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Rider (ESA)

Development

TangoLab, CubeLabs

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Tango

Active

ST-42

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Tango

Early stage, ?

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

SpaceBox

Development

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

SpaceLocker

Development

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Science

SpacePharma

Demonstrated, Active

RED-25, RED-DATA2

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

SpaceWorks Flight (Terminal Velocity)

Launched, Demonstrated, Development

DragonLab

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

SpaceX

Dormant

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads

STaARS (Space Technology and Advanced Research Systems)

Dormant

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Robotic Space Station, Microgravity Research Payloads

Starflight Dynamics

Development

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Stoke Space

Development

MUSES (Multi-User System for Earth Sensing)

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Hardware

Teledyne Brown Engineering

Active

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Launch Service Brokerer

Telespazio UK

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

The Exploration Company

Development

The Fairchild Space Company

Commercial Space Station, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry)

The Fairchild Space Company

Dormant, Cancelled

ThinkPlatform-1

Commercial Space Station, Space Construction Company, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), On-Orbit Servicing, Space Tug

ThinkOrbital (Think Orbital)

Development

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service

Toucan Space

Active

VSI-LAB

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Vanguard Space Industries

Early stage, Dormant

Space-Lab

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Research Payloads, Commercial Space Station

Vellon Space

Early stage

SpaceCase

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Way4Space

Development

ScienceTaxi

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), ISS Utilization Service, Hardware, Microgravity Science

Yuri

Active

BAM-FX

In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Zero Gravity Solutions

Dormant, Development

ASTROLAB SAS

Commercial Space Station, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

ASTROLAB SAS

Development

SpaceDrone

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Space Tug, Reusable Satellite, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

BlackStar Orbital Technologies

Early stage

Commercial Cargo Spacelines

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Commercial Cargo Spacelines

Dormant

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Downmass

Development

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Reusable Satellite

EARS Project (European Advanced Reusable Satellite)

Concept, Development

ELS-R, ELS-RS

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)

ElevationSpace

Development

FSW

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Reusable Satellite, Recoverable Satellite, Returnable Satellite

FSW China Recoverable Satellites (Guangmei, Shijian 19, SJ 8, Sj 10, China Academy of Space Technology))

Development

On-Orbit Servicing, Reusable Satellite, Space Robotics

Growbotics Space

Early stage

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Persistent Platform, Robotic Space Station

In Orbit Aerospace

Development

MERCAP

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Independence-X

Early stage

Interspace Explore

ZengZhang

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)

Interspace Explore (i-Space, Interstellar Glory, Beijing Interstellar Development Technology)

Development

URV (Universal Re-entry Vechicle)

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Intuitive Machines

Cancelled

Ray, Arc

Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Inversion Space

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

Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB)

Cancelled, Acquired

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Reusable Satellite, Commercial Space Station, Robotic Space Station, In-Space Platform, Persistent Platform

Orbital Paradigm

Development

Radian One

Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Human Spaceflight, Transport Service (Re-Entry)

Radian Space

Development

Skylon

Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Reaction Engines

Concept

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), In-Space Manufacturing

Reenter Space (Reentry Systems)

Dormant, Early stage

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

ReOrbital

Development

ARGO

Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Earth-LEO)

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA)

Concept, Development

Rocket Pi

Commercial Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Research Payloads

Rocket Pi (Rocket π, Beijing) Aerospace Science and Technology, Huojian Pi)

Development, Launched

Dream Chaser, Shooting Star

Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)

Development

Ghost

Transport Service (Earth-LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Sierra Space (Sierra Nevada Corp, SNC)

Development

REV1

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Cargo Unlimited

Development

ForgeStar, Aether

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), In-Space Manufacturing

Space Forge

Development

Space Rider

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Rider (ESA)

Development

TangoLab, CubeLabs

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Tango

Active

ST-42

ISS Utilization Service, Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Space Tango

Early stage, ?

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

SpaceLocker

Development

Black Bay

Space Tug, Transport Service (LEO-GEO), Orbital Transportation, Propellant Refilling, Propellant Refuel Station, Reusable Satellite

SpaceRyde

Dormant, Bankrupt

DragonLab

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

SpaceX

Dormant

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Robotic Space Station, Microgravity Research Payloads

Starflight Dynamics

Development

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Stoke Space

Development

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

The Exploration Company

Development

VSI-LAB

Microgravity Flight Service (LEO), Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)

Vanguard Space Industries

Early stage, Dormant

In-Space Manufacturing, In-Space Production, Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Transport Service (Re-Entry)

Varda Space Industries

Demonstrated, Development

SpaceCase

Transport Service (Re-Entry), Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite), Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)

Way4Space

Development