Alén Space is a Spanish company in the NewSpace sector, located in Vigo (Galicia, Spain).
Alén Space was established in 2007 through a joint initiative between the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) and those interested in launching a miniature satellite or nano-satellite for use in Internet of Things (IoT) applications, Aircraft Surveillance, and advanced Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), which makes it possible to analyse electromagnetic spectrum and to identify signals originating in the Earth and outer-space.
In 2017, with the funding of the Ignacia Program of the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) of the Xunta de Galicia, the aerospace company Alén Space was founded as a university spin-off.
In 2018, it became of the 100 most-important startups of 2018 according to the South Summit organisation,[2] and won the Cinco Días award for innovation.
In addition to a radio frequency conditioning plate and a usable antenna that will allow communication with terrestrial devices.