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Welcome to the SSPI Luxembourg Chapter

We are a relevantly young and dynamic chapter bringing together a thriving Luxembourgish space industry. Home and headquarters of leading satellite operators, uplinks, ground equipment manufacturers and service providers, we are open to any industry colleague who is active in the space and satellite communications industry sharing our passion. As Luxembourg is in the heart of Europe, we are fueled by great people working in Luxembourg and based in the region including all bordered countries, Belgium, Germany and France.

Join Us Today

If you share our passion for connecting with people networking with the industry, we invite you to join us at any of our networking events in Luxembourg and our beautiful Moselle-river wine region.

The SSPI Luxembourg chapter was founded end of 2019 by space and satellite industry professionals who gathered previously as “Mosel-Satcom-Stammtisch” with main activities in exchanging information, organizing meetings and networking events and teleport tours. In addition to fulfilling its mission of serving space and satellite industry professionals, the SSPI Luxembourg chapter is also indirectly driving the development of the industry as a whole with several of our members being active next to their day-to-day job in various industry bodies and industry-led consortiums.

Get Involved

While you can join our meetings and events without being an SSPI member, we live and highly value SSPI’s mission as our industry’s largest, most international and cross-disciplinary network of individuals and companies. It is where the people of space and satellite do business, from new hires to seasoned executives, in startups on the launch pad and mature companies with billions in revenue. Those people are our mission, because they make up an industry whose technology and capabilities are indispensable to the world. Learn more

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Become a Sponsor

Talk to us! We can offer a sponsorship at any of our upcoming events or tailor a dedicated event around your needs. 

 

Contact Details

Contact Luxembourg Chapter President Kerstin Roost for more information on the chapter.

Chapter Board

President: Kerstin Roost, ST Engineering iDirect

VP: Thomas Eggenweiler, Neuraspace

VP: Stephan Heirbrant, LuxGovSat

VP: Thomas Wrede,
Technology Vision Consulting

Past Events

SSPI Luxembourg XMAS Party - December 20, 2023

All at us at SSPI Luxembourg wish you a merry Christmas, a well deserved break and a successful start into 2024! We enjoyed earlier toady a great evening at one of Luxembourg Christmas markets. Take care and see you back in January! 🖖🛰🤝

 

SSPI Luxembourg Christmas Dinner - December 7, 2023

🫶 A big thank you to everyone who joined us in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, tonight collecting money for the young Umoja Wetu Foundation as part of our Space and Satellite Professionals International #SSPI Luxembourg Christmas Dinner tombola. Together with your support, we from the SSPI Luxembourg board were able to hand over the raised 635 Euro, donated to our very own member Mwaruka's project. Here the website:
https://lnkd.in/d5Vcayqy. Also big thank you to all tombola sponsors supporting to spice-up the evening next to the delicious food of the Kulturhoef. All, have a great Christmas time and see you soon at the upcoming events! (Xmas Party in Luxembourg city 20th of December)

 

After Work - September 28, 2023

The who's who of our Luxembourg Satellite and Space community at today's Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) After Work in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg. Not only we continued the discussions of yesterday's online session on space sustainability, we also exchanged on the latest trends, technology and stories from the industry. Tonight's signature burgers were "meteorite and saturnia" created exclusively for us. Was great seeing you all!


You missed the event invite? Follow us on LinkedIn and stay in touch adding yourself to our mailing list:
https://lnkd.in/d_iTMRgq

 

Sustainability in Space –The Why & How to Avoid and Manage Space Debris?

27 Sep 2023

🌟#SpaceSustainability #SpaceDebris What a fantastic session we had earlier today hearing first-hand on the strategies from Luxembourg Space Agency, challenges to overcome and tools by ClearSpace and Neuraspace and their examples and projects. Thanks Muriel HoogheThomas Eggenweiler 🛰and Sergey Gugkaev to share insights on economics, regulation needs and potential incentives, moderated passionately by our Luxembourg chapter president Kerstin Roost 📡🛰 - Thank you!

(Re-watch the session now)


August After-Work Event - Kirchberg

10 August 2023

It was a great pleasure seeing our August SSPI After Work event hosted by Intelsat at their modern premises at the Kirchberg in Luxembourg City yesterday. We’d like to thank Intelsat with Rhys Morgan, Stephanie Crestani and Tasos Konidaris in particular, who welcomed together with us our more than 40 registered industry colleagues!

While our Luxembourg chapter president Kerstin Roost introduced our local SSPI and its activities, all of you had the unique chance listening to the insightful overview of Intelsat and the company’s vision for a unified network with a passioned presentation by VP - General Manager, EMEA Media and Networks Sales at Intelsat Rhys Morgan.

Several of us used the chance to catch-up on the latest of the industry as we had a great mix from the Luxembourg satellite and space community with us last night. Plenty of familiar and new faces appreciating this platform. Talking about your next chance to meet, we from the SSPI Luxembourg board have decided to host our upcoming after work event still in September, therefore earlier on September 28 - register here.

Big thanks again to Intelsat for your hospitality and onsite setup and all who’ve joined us! Enjoy your sunny weekend,

 

June After-Work Event - Grevenmacher

8 June 2023

#TGIF & thanks to all who have joined us in Grevenmacher enjoying the SSPI #June #Afterwork.

 

April After-Work Event - Luxembourg City

13 April 2023

We had a lot of fun meeting at 'The Game' tonight, a Sportsbar hosting our April Afterwork gathering with full house. It was a great pleasure. While you enjoy the rest of the week, check-out also all other afterwork dates to free-up your agenda already: https://lnkd.in/eaDYYweG - June, August, October and December -

Cheers and warm regards from your SSPI Luxembourg chapter board with Kerstin Roost 🛰 , Stephan Heirbrant , Thomas Eggenweiler 🛰 and Thomas Wrede.

 

 

SSPI UK / Luxembourg - Groundhog Day 2023

2 February 2023

Big Thanks to our moderator, speakers, hosts and participants of our 3rd edition of #SSPI #GroundhogDay - We wish everyone a successful year to come, shadow or not, change is in the air!

 

 

 

These were the topics our speakers addressed during the event:

 

 

 

Exclusive XMAS Event - Sponsored by Integrasys

14 December 2022

In our 3rd year with the SSPI Luxembourg chapter, it was a great pleasure to host our Xmas Dinner sponsored this year by INTEGRASYS Group with the company's head Benelux Sergio Encabo Del Alamo and team. Great evening with very interesting people, conversations, drinks and delicious food.

Thanks also to the other chapter board members Stephan HeirbrantThomas Wrede and Thomas Eggenweiler 🛰 . It was a pleasure working with you this year. Looking forward realizing our new ideas.

 

October Event in Luxembourg City

14 October 2022

First time at the Luxembourg City Center at the Hitch, we have enjoyed a great evening tonight hosting our SSPI Luxembourg October Afterwork event with new and old passioned friends from the industry.

Thanks everyone, enjoy your weekend and see you soon! A sponsored event coming up....

 

Summer event in Grevenmacher

5 August 2022

We had a great time at our #AfterWork tonight in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg - sending regards to all industry friends reading is out of their summer holidays; enjoy and see you soon! --If you've missed the invite, get your name on our emailing list: https://lnkd.in/eVif8MNg

 

Our first Face-To-Face after-work event in Luxembourg

3 June 2022

Wonderful to experience some normality and meet again face-to-face in Grevenmacher at the famous Kulturhof in Grevenmacher.

Great people, great talks, great food, great drinks and great music.

Please save the date already for the next meeting: 5 August 2022

 

Luxembourg meets Bavaria #1: NewSpace success stories

16 February 2022

In 2022 we tried out a brand new event type in partnership with Space Brewery, Munich: Luxembourg meets Bavaria.

Thanks to everyone who've joined our #LuxembourgMeetsBavaria online #NewSpaceSuccessStories event hosted together with the SpaceBrewery earlier this week - https://lnkd.in/eTN879eB featuring Spire Space Services and Rocket Factory Augsburg - RFA

 

 

 



🕒 Timeline of our evening:
20h30: Beer Tapping & Welcome by SSPI and SpaceBrewery
20h45: NewSpace success stories by Spire and RFA
21h15: Join the conversation at the NewSpace Beer Hall
22h00: Last call and bottle recycling

 

 

Groundhog Day 2022

2 February 2022

Groundhog Day 2022: Shadow or not, change is in the air

The SSPI UK and Luxembourg  Chapter jointly invite you to listen to opinions from key industry players to predict the future, how our satellite communication ecosystem is evolving, merging or changing. Change is in the air.

Will 2022 see an early spring, and what does this mean for our community?

Peter de Selding, Co-founder & Editor of Space Intel Report, will be speaking to Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications & Integrated Applications, ESARhys Morgan, VP-General manager, EMEA Media and Networks Systems, INTELSATTorsten Kriening Publisher & CEO, SpaceWatch Global; and Frederik Simoens, CTO, ST Engineering.

Thanks to our sponsor ST Engineering iDirect, all speakers and everyone of you who joined us earlier today for #GroundhogDay22 🙌 A lot to digest💡 - recording & on-demand session available now: https://lnkd.in/egjwxjRj

 

 

Xmas vibes & 2nd Anniversary

17 December 2021

On Friday, 17 December, 18:00 we had a great get-together with Christmas market like feeling with Glühwein and Gromperekiechelcher.

Thanks to all who joined us for our Christmas Moments event that saw us celebrating our 2nd birthday outside, collecting money for the Villa Kunterbunt https://lnkd.in/eJ5VVb87, exchanging the latest from the industry and enjoying the hospitality of the Kulturhoef.

Enjoy the holiday season, Merry Christmas and see you in 2022💫📡🛰️☁️

 

 

AFTER WORK Gathering

10 September 2021
Before the summer has ended, it was a great pleasure for our SSPI Luxembourg chapter to invite you to our first AFTER WORK get-together outside. It was a great success, where we all enjoyed to meet our favorite satellite and space industry in person in a relaxed atmosphere at Kulturhuef Bistro in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg. ​We welcomed SSPI members as well as any interested satellite and space colleagues, who share the passion for our industry. For sure, one of the highlights was the unofficial special “Mr. Spock” burger on the menu. What a great evening.​ To-be-continued.

 

 

SSPI-Luxembourg Zoom: Cybersecurity Law and Policy for the Space Industry

 

Last month we've held a Zoom-event with guest speaker PJ Blount on Cybersecurity Law & Policy for the Space Industry. Great event and very nice feedback from the audience.

Stay tuned for our next (live) event with the Luxembourg Chapter of SSPI. See you all soon.

 

 

Webinar: Groundhog Day 2021 - What Will the Future Bring?

2 February 2021
This webinar asks the question: will 2021 be a repeat of the last months or will we see an early spring? This one-hour online event featured speakers from three different verticals: government & defense, maritime/shipping and broadcast & media.


Are You Ready for 2021?

17 December 2020
With this online SSPI Luxembourg Chapter event we were celebrating one year of the Luxembourg Chapter and listened to insights from the maritime and aero industry. As we were close to the holiday season, holiday trips were usually planned at this time of the year, which was quite challenging during the pandemic COVID-times. The industry was hit hard, still, there were some options available. Our guest speaker and expert in his domain talked about: “Flights and Cruises: what’s still possible today and in the near future?” by Andrew Faiola, Mobility Head at ST Engineering iDirect. This event was also a chance to join us for a virtual drink as part of this one hour event and participants were able to join our quiz with nice prizes sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect. The Christmas Sweater dress code was the cherry on the cake to make it a great event.


Experts’ Insights: Satellite Launches & 5G

10 June 2020
Via this online SSPI Luxembourg Chapter event we dove into two exciting topics for one hour. Our guest speakers were experts in their domain of: “The Journey of How to Launch a Satellite” given by Elodie Viau, VP, Technology Program Management at SES, Luxembourg as well as “5G and the Impact on the Satellite Industry” by Alexander Geurtz, VP, 5G Solutions at SES, Luxembourg. We are proud that we were able to kick-off our experts’ insights with these great speakers as we presented hereby the topics our SSPI Luxembourg chapter members identified of high interest as part of an online survey executed earlier in the year. For the event we welcomed SSPI members as well as any interested satellite and space colleagues who share the passion for our industry.


SSPI Luxembourg - Teleport Meets Wine

4 March 2020
SSPI Luxembourg Chapter event to discover the teleport of Vicus-Luxlink located at the Moselle in Perl Besch, Germany. You got insights on the company’s services, solutions and unique innovations to meet customers’ requirements every day. With the teleport located along the Moselle in Germany, this evening continued with a wine tasting on the other side of the river in Luxembourg’s Remerschen sponsored by Vicus-Luxlink. Afterwards, any discussions were continued during dinner at Le Bistrot Gourmand. We welcomed all SSPI member as well as any interested satellite and space colleague, who shares the passion for our industry.


Mosel-Satcom-Stammtisch Xmas Reception & Launch SSPI Luxembourg

17 December 2019
Christmas Reception where we we officially launched the newest SSPI chapter: SSPI Luxembourg! We met at the lovely Kulturhuef Bistro, enjoyed Christmas Cocktails, launched SSPI Luxembourg, shared ideas via a wish box, watched latest BSW videos, won prizes as part of the Christmas Raffle and enjoyed the big buffet. The SSPI Luxembourg Launch Reception was sponsored by ST Engineering iDirect.