Dragonfly Aerospace is a South African company based in Techno Park, Stellenbosch near Cape Town that designs electro-optical imagers and microsatellites for Earth observation and deep space missions. It emerged in August 2020 when former employees of the South African company Space Commercial Services carved out a new business with international investment, growing from about fifteen staff to more than one hundred. The company built the imager for EOS SAT-1, described as the world first commercial agriculture focused satellite, which launched on 3 January 2023, and it has been investing in a design and manufacturing facility with cleanroom space intended for microsatellite constellation production.
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Founded Year HeadquartersTechno Park, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2 In the Other Atlases
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1. Orbit Codex: Dragonfly Aerospace organization profile
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Dragonfly Aerospace was founded in 2020 by Bryan Dean, Kannas Wiid, and Hans van der Merwe, emerging from the SCS Aerospace Group.
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The company's headquarters are located in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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The company says it has attracted some of the most experienced engineers and managers from the previous leaders of the local industry and made their home in a manufacturing facility at the top Techno Park, Stellenbosch.
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said Dragonfly Aerospace CEO Bryan Dean.
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