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Leaf Space is a company offering ground segment services for microsatellites that is headquartered in Milan, Italy and was founded in 2014 by Giovanni Pandolfi, Jonata Puglia, Matteo Boiocchi, and Michele Messina. Leaf Space offers a ground segment solution for space service providers and satellite operators called LeafKey which supports communication between earth and space infrastructure. LeafKey offers high performance capabilities for capacity, latency, and data transfer.
The LeafKey is meant to provide ground segments with predictable recurring costs, required expertise, and works in supply chains, production and deployment systems. It utilizes APIs and real-time TT&C to interact with the network and single message queuing services.
The company allows customers and clients to invest in their ground station systems that have various configurations to meet specific mission requirements, and allows them to purchase RF hardware and ground station emulators for pre-mission testing purposes.
Leafspace looks to provide technical consulting, licensing, ground segment CONOPS, simulations, testing, and other consulting services.
Notable companies working with Leaf Space include Astrocast, D-Orbit, Fleet, Solenix, Bright Ascension, Kubos, Spaceit, GOMSpace, and Alen Space.