SpaceQuest

SpaceQuest, Ltd. (also known as AAC SpaceQuest) is a spacecraft components and engineering company located in Fairfax, Virginia, which focuses on the operations of small satellites.

SpaceQuest, Ltd.

Type	Private
Industry	spacecraft, engineering, computer hardware, consulting ground systems
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Key people	Dr. Dino Lorenzini, Chairman & CEO
Products	spacecraft and spacecraft components
Number of employees	10 (2019)
Website	www.spacequest.com

The company designs, develops, constructs, launches and operates microsatellites and spacecraft components. SpaceQuest qualifies its components for use in space by flying them on its own satellites. They also operate a fleet of low earth orbiting satellites, which are used for remote monitoring as well as tracking the location and status of large vessels at sea.[1]

SpaceQuest's customers include US and foreign universities, NASA, the US Air Force, the Canadian Space Agency, commercial aerospace companies, and foreign developers of microsatellites.[1][2] Some of their projects include:

• FalconSAT 3 & 5, satellites developed by cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
• AprizeSat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 commercial communications satellites for SpaceQuest[3]
• ExactView 6,7
• AO-51, amateur radio satellite.
• Genesis I and Genesis II, inflatable space habitats Bigelow Aerospace.
• Thea and Brio, launched in December 2018 on Spaceflight's SSO-A mission, a pair of 3U cubesats hosting experimental payloads for commercial customers.[4]

On October 15, 2020, AAC Clyde Space announced that an agreement had been reached to acquire all shares in SpaceQuest Ltd. The acquisition was completed in December 2020. [5]