SECTORS · 01 OF 07 · SPACE AND AEROSPACE
All sectorsFlight heritage. Told so procurement reads it.
APP/ART builds the positioning, identity and website for space and aerospace companies: satellites, launch, earth observation, propulsion, in-orbit services, drones and eVTOL. This page lists four things an agency or a prime checks before a first contract, and what your site has to show for each.
- THE CHECKS
- Four
- DRAWN FROM
- ESA, NASA, ECSS, IAQG
- OUR AUDIT
- 10 sites
- NAMED NO ONE
- 3 of 10
- Power
- 1,500 W
- Thrust
- 90 mN
- Specific impulse
- 1,660 s
- Xenon flow
- 5.5 mg/s
PPS-1350 Hall thruster, Safran. Figures from Safran's PPS®1350 datasheet and ESA's SMART-1 flight report.
What we mean.
WHAT THE SECTOR COVERSFlight heritage, test data and programme partners, told so procurement and investors read the same story.
- SATELLITES
- LAUNCH
- EARTH OBSERVATION
- PROPULSION
- IN-ORBIT SERVICES
- DRONES AND EVTOL
Four checks before a first contract.
THE CHECKS ARE THEIRS · THE ORDER IS OURS
- CHECK 01 OF 04
The supplier list.
Bidding on ESA work starts with registration on its List of Potential Suppliers. It is free, it is mandatory, and it is renewed every year.
SOURCE: ESA · HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN ESA PROCUREMENTS
ON YOUR SITESay which agencies and primes you are registered with, and since when.
- CHECK 02 OF 04
The quality system.
The 9100 series is the aerospace quality standard. Buyers look a supplier up in OASIS, the database of certified companies kept by the aerospace quality group IAQG.
SOURCE: IAQG · OASIS
ON YOUR SITEName the certificate, the body that issued it and the date. If you are not certified yet, say what you work to.
- CHECK 03 OF 04
The readiness level.
NASA's scale runs from 1 to 9. Level 6 is a working prototype. Levels 7 to 9 need space: a demonstration in space, flight qualification, a mission flown.
SOURCE: NASA · TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS, UPDATED JUNE 2026
ON YOUR SITEPut the level beside each product, with the test or flight that earned it and the date.
- CHECK 04 OF 04
The verification record.
The European standard for verification expects four documents behind a claim: a verification plan, a verification control document, a test report and a review-of-design report.
SOURCE: ECSS-E-ST-10-02C REV.1, 2018
ON YOUR SITEList the tests you have passed and name the standard each was run to.
Many contracts. A small share of the money.
THE SECTOR IN NUMBERSSOURCE: ESA · MORE THAN 1,380 COMPANIES OVER FIVE YEARS · THE PAGE CARRIES NO DATE
ESA's own page says the first contract is the hurdle for a small company, and that one contract builds credibility for the next.
OUR OWN AUDIT · 45 SITES, SEPTEMBER 2026
What we found on ten space sites.
Ten companies is a small sample: read the pattern, not the number.
Read the studyThe same four stages, read for space.
ONE PACKAGE, FOUR STAGES
Brand Foundation
Settle what you claim about heritage and readiness before anyone designs a page.
Visual Identity
An identity a programme manager reads as a company, not a research group.
Web Design
Product pages built around the four checks, with the evidence one click away.
SEO and AI visibility
Readiness levels, certificates and test names as text a search engine and a model can read.
What space founders ask.
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