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All Overall Winners and top 3 winners of the last 10 years

Since its launch, more than 2,500 participants have submitted 1,110 ideas in the INNOspace Masters competition so far. Take inspiration from all the Overall Winners of the last 10 years. You can also browse all previous winners and highlights.

All the Overall Winners since 2016

Skith: Skip the Harness (Harnessless Satellite)

Shapecomm – Shaping the Future of Satellite Communication

Wall#E

PCM-Polymer Compound – Novel Material for Thermal Stabilisation of Component Systems

QuMSeC – Quantum Memories for Secure Communication

Aerostructure Multifunctional Cover Against Environmental Radiation

PhySens – intelligent system maintenance and current monitoring

Connecting Bluetooth to Space

FibRaShield – Shielding humans and electronics from radiation in space

Wireless charging of rovers from landers in space

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2025
2021/2022
2020/2021
2019/2020
2018/2019
2017/2018
2016/2017
2015/2016

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ivilion – Multifunctional structural cooling for EVs

From Space to Street – Transferring SAR to transform automotive sensing with realistic radar simulation

Wireless charging of rovers from landers in space

PADS – Persistent Anomaly Detection System

SPAIDER AI – AI agents for space innovation

Parabolic Dish Killer – Dual use all sky RF digital phased array

GeoBioRemediation – Healing our planet from Above

FlyPix AI – Democratising Earth observation for a sustainable future

Space-driven remote audit solutions for sustainability

Preflet – The most adaptive AI powered energy manager & avoided emission reporting

BlueSentinel – Space-enhanced monitoring system for maritime navigation and infrastructure protection

Lemvos – Automated subsea infrastructure surveillance

Hyposto energy storage solutions for optimising power supply in space missions

Augusta SPace InteRlacEd antenna (ASPIRE)

Effortless ECSS Compliance – Automating software development documentation in the space industry

Individualised mobile dry EEG for health monitoring

FibRaShield – Shielding humans and electronics from radiation in space

EarthGaze – Small and ultralight spectroscopic camera for space applications

TeraPV-4-Space – Utilisation of terrestrial PV manufacturing technology for space applications

Managing Supply Chain and Infrastructure With Earth Observation Data

Ubiquitous Broadband Connectivity on the Move

Connecting Bluetooth to Space

QuSSat: Quantum Sensor Satellite-Based Simulator for Earth Observation and Inertial Navigation

Land2Energy – A Platform for Site Assessment and Marketing of Properties for Renewable Energy

Helios LITE – A First Thruster Model Based on the Ttwo-Stage Ionization Concept of Helios

Miura Nexus: Physics-Informed Machine Learning Technology: A Use Case in Optimal Process Design.

Imaging Technology (PAIS) That Allows Very High Resolution Visable Imagery (10cm) from Low-Cost Satellites

eClypse: Onboard, Tamper-Proof Cyber Security Intrusion Detection for Satellites with Ground Segment Telemetry

RegONE – A Modular Regolith Transportation System for Lunar Surface Operations

EcoOrbit: Sustainable Satellite Solutions

SPHERICAL: High-Performance Satellite Power Systems Powered by Agile Semiconductor Design

VitalFusion: Blending Health and Climate Data

Harnessing Animals’ Intelligence from Space

Biodiversity Monitoring with Satellites and IoT Sensors

VibraVoid – Vibration Avoidance with Acoustic Black Holes in Spacecraft

AGREE – Avoiding Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Rare Earth Element Production by Transferring Space Resource Technology to Earth

StellarHeal: Wound Healing in Space and on Earth

Aerostructure Multifunctional Cover Against Environmental Radiation

PFDS – Pre-Ignition Fire Detection System

Spacecopter – A Novel Technical Approach for Reusable Space Launch Vehicles

MAS-Tech Solutions – Smartify your component

HERA – Integration of active and passive thermal management system for batteries in electrical cars within a load-bearing structure

ROBI – The Radiation Monitor

From looking for life on Mars to saving lives on Earth

Graphene mirrors for lightweight optical systems

HELIOS – The next step in interplanetary transportation

Space – Mission Assurance Platform

We create a virtual copy of the Earth – Ready for simulation, gaming and more

A scalable solution for lane-level positioning

Next-generation satellite navigation from LEO for autonomous vehicles and other modern applications

Satellite-direct-to-phone service everywhere on the planet

Monitoring of traffic routes by a solar-electric-powered ultralight aircraft and innovative multi-sensor 3D capturing and processing technology

Ai-powered aerial image analysis – enabling continuous monitoring of infrastructure & preventative maintenance

PhySens GmbH – magnetic rail infrastructure monitoring

DLTEO – the one-stop shop for the earth observation data market

Sustainable spacecraft propulsion by water as the expellant mass

DEBRIS – cleaning space at scale

New biological microgravity test platform

ALReCo – Orbit Recycling’s new composite material for sustainable Moon exploration

Versatile approach for cloudless optical satellite data

DigiFarm – detecting the world’s most accurate field boundaries to power precision agriculture

Small intelligent system for space independence (SISSI)

TOMOPLEX – A sensor film to monitor structures during flight and under a load

QuVeKS – quantum processors for encrypted communication with satellites

PhySens – intelligent system maintenance and current monitoring

ERMES – Extensive road monitoring and early-warning system

PANTOhealth – Real-time infrastructure monitoring and maintenance 4.0

OCELL – Smart Analytics on Aerial Imagery

Free-form metal optics for new space applications

AlphaLink – Compound aircraft network

GNSS common-view – Time and frequency synchronisation for industry

Tikal – Remote assessment of remote traffic routes

Artificial Intelligence for and from Satellite Internet Constellations

Additive manufacturing method for metallic coatings of CFRP propellant tanks

QuMSeC – Quantum Memories for Secure Communication

Celestial – Products and Services for Deep Space Communication

PCM-Polymer Compound – Novel Material for Thermal Stabilisation of Component Systems

AgSat – An Ideal Optical-Thermal Platform for Agricultural and Environmental Remote Sensing

HOSTmi – Independent, Automated & Global Broker

Real-Time Container Tracking and Monitoring

AC Biode – The World‘s First Standalone AC Battery

Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) as a Service for New Space

Deployables Cubed – Actuator for Nanosatellite Applications

MoonFibre – Spinning Technology Fibres from Lunar Rock for Direct Use on Earth’s Satellite

STMF – Satellite Thermal Management with Ferrofluids

SmartSpace – A Module for Global IoT Cloud Service Operations

ESKIMO – The Next Generation Kickstage

Biocontroller – Platform Technology for the Improvement of Microbes Applied in Space Missions

Golden Fleece – In-Space Nanometal 2D Printing Demonstration

FISHinSPACE – Zebrafish Larvae to Study Vertebrate Physiology in Space

Shapecomm – Shaping the Future of Satellite Communication

GIMOD – Graphene Interferometric Modulation Displays for VR/AR

Infused Thermal Solutions

SUMSENS – Structure-Borne Ultrasonic Multi-Hop Sensor Network for the Temperature Monitoring of Satellites

Silent Running – Intrinsic Structural Vibration Reduction for Carrier Rockets Using Metamaterials

MPBUS – Modular Power BUS for Space Vehicles

MA61C – Multipurpose Adapter Generic lnterface Connector

OSS4SPACE – Open Sandwich Structures for Space

Laser Communication for Future LEO Constellations

Multifunctional lightweight structures for satellites

OCULUS – Optical Coatings for Ultra Lightweight Robust Spacecraft Structures

Skith: Skip the Harness (Harnessless Satellite)

Airborne – Realising affordable satellite structures

Satellite development as cyber-physical systems

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OKAPI:Orbits – space surveillance and tracking (SST) as a service for New Space

We create a virtual copy of the Earth – ready for simulation, gaming and more

DigiFarm – detecting the world’s most accurate field boundaries to power precision agriculture

DEBRIS – cleaning space at scale

Multipurpose adapter generic interface connector – MA61C

ALReCo – Orbit Recycling’s new composite material for sustainable Moon exploration

SPACEOPTIX GmbH – Free-form metal optics for new space applications

From looking for life on Mars to saving lives on Earth

Deployables Cubed – actuators for nanosatellite applications

Industrialized Laser Communications for LEO Constellations

Silent Running – intrinsic structural vibration reduction for carrier rockets using metamaterials

QuMSeC – Quantum memories for secure communication

MSP – advanced modular production of microsatellites

InnoCube = Wall#E & Skith

PhySens – intelligent system maintenance and current monitoring