# Reflex Aerospace GmbH
*commercial . companies*

German satellite-bus manufacturer headquartered in Berlin (founded May 2021). Designs and manufactures adaptable satellite platforms for LEO in the 75-500 kg mass range. First flight heritage January 2025 (SIGI, 109 kg, SpaceX Transporter-12). Series A EUR 50M closed November 2025.

## Specifications
- **country**: Germany
- **website**: https://www.reflexaerospace.com
- **operator domains**: ["reflexaerospace.com"]
- **founded year**: 2021
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-29
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"commercial","country":"Germany","website":"https://www.reflexaerospace.com","operator_domains":"[\"reflexaerospace.com\"]","founded_year":2021,"description":"German satellite-bus manufacturer headquartered in Berlin (founded May 2021). Designs and manufactures adaptable satellite platforms for LEO in the 75-500 kg mass range. First flight heritage January 2025 (SIGI, 109 kg, SpaceX Transporter-12). Series A EUR 50M closed November 2025."}

## Editorial
Reflex Aerospace GmbH is a German satellite-bus manufacturer founded in Berlin in May 2021, designing and building adaptable satellite platforms for low Earth orbit (LEO) in the 75-500 kg mass range.[^reflex-home] The company was founded by Walter Ballheimer, Christian Lindener, and Alexander Genzel.[^reflex-history]

Reflex Aerospace achieved its first flight in January 2025 with SIGI, a 109 kg satellite launched on SpaceX Transporter-12.[^reflex-sigi] In November 2025, the company closed a EUR 50M Series A funding round.[^reflex-series-a] According to reporting at the time, Reflex described this as the largest Series A in the European NewSpace sector.[^reflex-series-a]

## Sources
- [reflex-home] | Reflex Aerospace, homepage | https://www.reflexaerospace.com/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-29
- [reflex-history] | Reflex Aerospace, company history | https://www.reflexaerospace.com/company-history | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-29
- [reflex-grounding] | Reflex Aerospace, AI grounding / machine-readable source of truth | https://www.reflexaerospace.com/grounding-page | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-29
- [reflex-sigi] | Reflex Aerospace, SIGI mission page | https://www.reflexaerospace.com/sigi | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-29
- [reflex-series-a] | Reflex Aerospace raises 50 million euros (SpaceNews) | https://spacenews.com/reflex-aerospace-raises-50-million-euros/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-05-29
- [reflex-htgf] | Reflex Aerospace, HTGF portfolio entry | https://www.htgf.de/en/portfolio/htgffamily/reflex-aerospace/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-05-29

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