--- eventsindex_id: EI-07108 slug: smallsat-europe title: SmallSat Europe title_alt: - SmallSat Europe Amsterdam canonical_url: https://eventsindex.org/events/smallsat-europe.html next_edition_dates: 2027-06-01 to 2027-06-03 next_edition_year: 2027 date_start: '2027-06-01' date_end: '2027-06-03' venue: RAI Amsterdam city: Amsterdam country: Netherlands organiser: SatNews organiser_url: https://smallsateurope.com/ b2b: true vector: sector: - space-tech audience: - industry - technology - military - investor - researcher format: - exhibition - conference purpose: - deal-making - networking - benchmarking geography_scope: - Europe season: summer meta_description: 'SmallSat Europe 2027, 1-3 June at RAI Amsterdam: Europe''s dedicated small satellite exhibition and conference, with business, defence and technical tracks.' editorial_take: The smallsat community stopped borrowing floor space at general space fairs and built its own, which is what a market looks like when it reaches scale. generated_by: cowork-vertical-build last_verified: '2026-08-03' schema_version: v8.0 language: en --- # SmallSat Europe > *Three days at RAI Amsterdam devoted to the European small satellite industry, split across a business agenda, a defence agenda and a peer-reviewed technical programme, with an exhibition floor running alongside.* --- ## Quick Facts | DATES | VENUE | ORGANISER | SCALE | |---|---|---|---| | 1–3 June 2027 | RAI Amsterdam, Europaplein 24 | SatNews | 2026 edition reported around 2,500 attendees, 200+ exhibitors, 40+ countries | ## Definition SmallSat Europe is the European small satellite exhibition and conference, held at RAI Amsterdam. The 2027 edition runs from 1 to 3 June. It is organised by SatNews, the satellite industry publisher, and follows editions held in Amsterdam in 2025 and in May 2026. The 2026 edition reported around 2,500 attendees and more than 200 exhibitors from over 40 countries, with support from sponsors including Airbus Defence and Space, ArianeGroup and OHB. The programme is organised around three parallel tracks: a business agenda covering commercial strategy, investment and deal-making, a defence agenda covering national security and dual-use applications, and a peer-reviewed technical programme covering engineering and operations. ## Why a smallsat event exists separately For twenty years small satellites were a sub-track at general space conferences, on the reasonable grounds that a cubesat and a geostationary communications satellite belonged to the same industry. That is no longer obviously true. Constellation economics, launch procurement, qualification standards and supply chains have all diverged from the traditional mission model, to the point where a smallsat manufacturer learns very little from a session on a flagship science mission. SmallSat Europe is the European expression of that divergence, and its rapid growth to a 2,500-person event in two editions is the evidence that the separation was overdue. The equivalent split has already happened in the United States, where the Utah smallsat conference has run for decades. ## The three-track structure The business track covers commercial strategy, financing and the consolidation now working through the European smallsat supplier base. The defence track reflects the shift that has reshaped the whole sector since 2022: proliferated small satellite constellations are now a defence procurement category rather than a commercial curiosity, and European rearmament budgets are funding them. The technical programme is peer reviewed, which puts it closer to an academic conference than to a trade show stage and gives engineers a reason to attend that a sponsor-led programme would not. ## Who attends - Small satellite manufacturers and platform integrators - Constellation operators and mission service providers - Component and subsystem suppliers - Launch providers selling rideshare and dedicated small launch - Defence and government procurement teams - Investors and analysts covering the space sector - Researchers and university satellite programmes ## FAQ · Identity and audience ### How does this compare with Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen? Bremen is the general European space supply chain fair, covering every mission class. SmallSat Europe is narrower and covers the small satellite segment across business, defence and engineering. A component supplier selling into both will often do both; a constellation operator will find Amsterdam more directly relevant. ### Is it a European event only? The exhibitor and attendee base is international, with more than 40 countries represented in 2026, but the market focus and the sponsor base are European. ### Is the technical programme open submission? The technical track is peer reviewed, which implies a call for papers with a submission deadline ahead of the event. Watch the official site for the 2027 call. ## The organiser: SatNews SatNews is a satellite industry publisher that moved into events. As with the ground segment conference in London, a publisher-run event tends to build its programme around editorial judgement of what the industry needs to discuss, which is visible here in the decision to run a peer-reviewed technical track alongside the commercial floor. --- ## Editorial take *The smallsat community stopped borrowing floor space at general space fairs and built its own, which is what a market looks like when it reaches scale.* ## How to register and what it costs Registration for the 2027 edition had not opened at the verification date and no rates were published. The 2026 edition ran an early bird period that closed on 10 April 2026, with standard pricing after that, so the same pattern is a reasonable planning assumption: expect registration to open in the winter and the discount window to close roughly two months before the June dates. Exhibition space and sponsorship are quoted directly by the organiser, and the larger stands at the 2026 edition were taken by the European primes. ## FAQ · Access and practicalities ### When and where does the 2027 edition take place? 1 to 3 June 2027 at RAI Amsterdam, Europaplein 24, 1078 GZ Amsterdam. ### How much does it cost? Not published for 2027 at the verification date. The 2026 edition used an early bird and standard pricing structure. ### How do I get to RAI Amsterdam? RAI has its own station on the Amsterdam ring rail line and a metro stop on line 52, roughly ten minutes from Schiphol by direct train and about ten minutes from Amsterdam Centraal by metro. ### Is accommodation difficult in early June? Amsterdam is busy from late spring onwards and RAI events fill the nearby Zuidas hotels quickly. Book at the same time as your pass rather than after. ## Resources | Resource | URL | |---|---| | Official website | https://smallsateurope.com/ | | Organiser | https://satnews.com/ | --- **Last verified:** 2026-08-03 **Next review:** 2027-01-15 **Notes:** Sources disagree on the edition number: one organiser page describes 2027 as the second edition, while 2026 coverage described that year's event as the second, implying 2027 is the third. No edition number is asserted here. Attendance and exhibitor figures are the organiser's reported 2026 results, with an earlier pre-event forecast of 180 exhibitors and 2,000 attendees. 2027 pricing was not published. **Variables:** 38/58 **Concept definition:** applicable