The director of the Spanish Space Agency inaugurates the new OCCAM Space facilities in Coslada
Next Tuesday, 6 May, at 12 noon, the director of the Spanish Space Agency, Juan Carlos Cortés, will officially inaugurate the new facilities of the Spanish company OCCAM Space in Coslada, Madrid.
OCCAM Space is a private company with 100% Spanish capital, created in 2022 and specialising in the design, development and manufacture of satellite separation systems, customised critical systems for positioning satellites and payloads of different sizes and weights in ultra-terrestrial orbit from different types and models of space launchers.
OCCAM Space's patented technology also includes adapters, equipment for securing and stabilising satellites on board rockets and ensuring that they travel in perfect mechanical condition to the point where they are propelled into outer space.
The first export contracts for the company's systems date back to 2023 and are already in use on board the Falcon 9 rockets of the US company SpaceX. The increase in commercial and institutional flights into space has boosted demand for the reliable systems patented by OCCAM Space, prompting the company to expand its facilities in Leganés, Madrid.
With a surface area of 200 square metres, the inauguration of the new facilities in Coslada will be attended by the Deputy Minister for Universities, Research and Science of the Community of Madrid, Ana Ramírez de Molina; the head of the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of technologies for the Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP), Luis Escudero; the co-founder and director of Business Development at PLD, the only Spanish launch services company, Raúl Verdú; and the CEO of OCCAM Space, Manuel Serrano.
The official activation ceremony for the Coslada headquarters will be attended by senior officials from national institutions linked to the space sector and executives and senior managers related to the national space industry.
OCCAM Space
OCCAM Space is a 100% privately owned, independent Spanish technology innovation company specialising in the design, development and manufacture of new-generation separation systems for the space sector.
OCCAM Space's separation systems are the final link in the value chain for transporting payloads into outer space and, ultimately, determine the success of any flight mission into outer space.
With the ambition of becoming a world leader in separation systems for the space sector, OCCAM Space's contribution takes the form of a set of mechanisms that connect the launcher to the satellites travelling on board, which are the critical element responsible for their correct positioning in orbit.
On the eve of the third anniversary of the company founded in 2022 by engineers Manuel Serrano, Borja Portillo and a third partner, OCCAM Space's technological activities are focused, first and foremost, on ensuring the correct attachment of payloads on board the so-called fairing - the upper part of space launchers - a system designed to prevent satellites from suffering any kind of mechanical damage during the take-off and flight of the carrier rocket.
Once the rocket is beyond the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere, the fairing detaches from the propulsion vehicle and the satellites or payloads are exposed to the elements. It is then that OCCAM Space's separation system, either programmed or following orders from the mission director, is responsible for releasing them from their anchors, propelling them and placing them in a predetermined orbit.
In space since 2024
The company's CEO, Manuel Serrano, emphasises that OCCAM Space's international slogan is ‘Your seatbelt to space’, ‘because we are responsible for ensuring that the satellites entrusted to us travel safely so that they can be released in the right place’.
Its new facilities in Coslada, covering more than 2,700 square metres, have a clean room of more than 150 square metres and an office area, as well as an area for the integration of high-precision mechanisms, equipped for critical assembly and testing activities. All this makes it possible to undertake mass production with an eye on the growing market for satellite constellations, as well as advancing the company's commitment to more sustainable and reusable space technologies.
The first OCCAM Space equipment travelled into space in 2024 and between six and eight new separation systems will fly into the cosmos during the remainder of 2025. A second batch will place satellites into orbit in the first quarter of 2026.
Location
Venue: OCCAM Space – Calle Llanos de Jerez, 19, 28823 Coslada, Madrid.
Programme
12:00-12:15 p.m. Reception of attendees
12:15 p.m. Welcome and speeches
1:00 p.m. Official opening and tour of the facilities
1:30 p.m. Spanish wine
3:00 p.m. End of the event
