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Render of Sophia Space's TILE modular compute platform deploying in orbit. Credit: Sophia Space.
— Featured · Partnership ·

Partnering for the future: Spherical to power Sophia Space's TILE platform

Sophia Space has picked Spherical to lead the design and delivery of the complete Electrical Power System (EPS) and battery architecture for Sophia Space's Athena Project.
Spherical and other recipients on stage at the Holland High Tech MKB Defensie Call 2025 award ceremony.
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Spherical and NLR win funding for PROJECT RASSS

Spherical and the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) have been awarded funding through the Holland High Tech MKB Defensie Call 2025 for PROJECT RASSS, developing a radiation-aware chip design workflow.
Rendezvous and proximity operations testbed with a vision-based navigation camera feed and pose estimation overlay.
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Spherical to power Blackswan Space's in-orbit servicing mission

Spherical will supply the power system behind Blackswan Space's autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations, supporting Europe's ASTRAL in-orbit servicing mission.
Spherical representatives at the UK Space Agency stand at the UK Space Conference in Manchester.
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Spherical opens a UK subsidiary

Spherical has opened a UK subsidiary, announced at the UK Space Conference in Manchester, extending its footprint into the UK's space and defence sector.
A Spherical team member presenting on the Lovelace Stage at Deep Tech Momentum 2025 in Berlin.
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Spherical wins a DTM100 award at Deep Tech Momentum 2025

Spherical was named a DTM100 winner at Deep Tech Momentum in Berlin, recognised by Vsquared Ventures among Europe's leading deep-tech companies.
Thomas Parry receiving the ESA BIC 20 Years Junior Category award in Munich.
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Spherical wins the ESA BIC 20 Years award

Spherical received the Junior Category award at ESA's 20th-anniversary celebration of its Business Incubation Centres, in Munich.
NATO DIANA, Energy and Power Challenge, and Spherical logos.
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Spherical selected for the NATO DIANA programme

Spherical has been selected to join the 2025 cohort of the NATO DIANA accelerator, in the dual-use Energy and Power Challenge category.
Orbital Paradigm and Spherical logos beside a render of the Learn to Fly re-entry vehicle's PCDU housing.
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Orbital Paradigm selects Spherical to deliver the power system for its Learn to Fly mission

Spherical has been contracted by Orbital Paradigm to deliver the PCDU for its Learn to Fly re-entry mission, launching in 2026.
Design, Build, Test, Learn cycle graphic with the Spherical and Balthazar logos.
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Spherical and Balthazar launch SpaceSilicon-AI

Spherical and Balthazar have launched SpaceSilicon-AI, an AI-driven collaboration to reduce semiconductor testing costs for the space industry.
The InSPoC-3 panel discussion on stage in Paris, with representatives from Spherical, Orbital Paradigm, and ESA.
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Spherical and Orbital Paradigm selected by ESA for In-Space Proof of Concept-3

Spherical and Orbital Paradigm were chosen by ESA for the In-Space Proof-of-Concept 3 activity, developing advanced autonomy for space transportation.
The Spherical team receiving the OHB Challenge award on stage at INNOspace Masters.
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Spherical wins the OHB Challenge at INNOspace Masters

Spherical has been recognised as a winner of OHB SE's "Shape Space for a Better Future" Challenge at the INNOspace Masters competition.
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Spherical selected for EIC Accelerator funding to bring power systems to market

Spherical has been selected by the European Innovation Council to bring its high-performance satellite power systems to market, one of 68 companies chosen from the March 2024 cohort.
The CASSINI Business Accelerator Batch 3 cohort of 19 companies, including Spherical.
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Spherical joins CASSINI Business Accelerator Batch 3

Spherical joins Batch 3 of the CASSINI Business Accelerator programme, selected from a pool of over 150 applicants.
Presentation of the Long-Term Space Agenda at Space Expo Noordwijk.
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Spherical contributes to the Netherlands' Long-Term Space Agenda

Spherical's CEO Thomas Parry pitched the company to a government delegation as the Netherlands presented its Long-Term Space Agenda at Space Expo Noordwijk.
Audience at the SpaceFounders Batch 4 Demo Day in Berlin.
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Spherical shines at SpaceFounders Demo Day in Berlin

Spherical presented at the SpaceFounders Batch 4 Demo Day in Berlin, among ten pitches from Europe's space startups.
Spherical, Dawn Aerospace, and partner representatives at the Space Tech Expo in Bremen.
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Dawn Aerospace partners with Spherical and UARX Space on a smart propulsion system

Dawn Aerospace has partnered with Spherical and UARX Space to de-risk smart-propulsion technologies for de-orbiting satellites at end of life.
The Spherical team and investors at SBIC Noordwijk, holding a satellite model.
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Spherical closes a pre-seed funding round

Spherical has closed a pre-seed funding round to develop its own chip designed for the extreme conditions of space, backed by UNIIQ, Antler, and a Eurostars grant.