ESA presented Excellence and Innovation awards to its suppliers

On 20 September 2025, ESA presented three prestigious awards to companies successful in the Agency’s supplier evaluation process and innovation actions. These were presented at the Space Tech Expo Europe trade fair in Bremen, Germany.

Nominated for the Excellence Awards were prime OHB (Germany) for its contributions to Plato, and sub-contractor Huld (Finland) which is part of Gofore for its safety-critical software and complex data processing for Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5. 

Luxtelligence (Switzerland) received ESA’s Innovation Award based on its high level of innovation in up to five projects developed in the domain of photonics.

ESA chooses three companies each year for these awards based on feedback from the members of ESA projects working directly with the suppliers.