Specialist focus
Built around spacecraft encounters
Spacecraft encounters are the focus of Vimotek’s technology, systems and mission development.
Vimotek
Built around spacecraft encounters.
Vimotek is a European space technology company connecting mission-specific digital twins with onboard sensing and perception to help operators prepare for and handle spacecraft encounters before and during missions.
Purpose
Every spacecraft interaction should be safe, precise and intentional.
Spacecraft are increasingly operating in proximity to other spacecraft. Vimotek is building the technology operators need to make those encounters controlled, predictable and better understood.
What defines Vimotek
Linking intent with operational reality.
Integrated capability
Know what should happen — and what is happening.
Mission-specific digital twins test expected behaviour. Onboard sensing and perception show what is happening around the spacecraft.
European foundation
European-developed and controlled technology
European development and control where trusted suppliers, mission assurance, resilience and strategic autonomy matter.
Capability
Two complementary technology domains.
Digital Twin Platform
& Mission Environment
Mission-specific modelling, validation, rehearsal and operational support.
Models spacecraft, sensors, CONOPS and encounter scenarios to validate mission logic, evaluate system behaviour, rehearse operations and assess alternatives before and during missions.
Outcome: Stronger mission assurance, faster preparation and better-informed operational decisions.
Onboard Sensing
& Perception Systems
Productised onboard perception, awareness and assessment for spacecraft encounters.
Supports target acquisition, tracking, characterisation, relative state estimation and nearby-object assessment when proximity becomes real.
Outcome: More precise proximity operations, earlier understanding of nearby behaviour and better response preparation.
Together, they connect what should happen with what is happening — before and during spacecraft encounters.
Explore our capabilityLeadership
Directing Vimotek.
Jens Lundström
Chief Executive Officer
CEO with a background in space entrepreneurship, innovation and international business. Previously led Arctic Business and ESA BIC Sweden, with experience supporting deep-tech ventures and developing international partnerships.
Anatoliy Valentirov
Chief Strategy Officer
Founder
Founder and CSO with a background in building and commercialising electronics and optronics businesses for industrial and defence applications. Leads Vimotek’s strategy, business development and European partnerships.
Markus Sjölund
Chief Operating Officer
Marketing Director
COO with a background in deep-tech startups, sensing technology and industrial automation. Responsible for operations and finance. Leads marketing and contributes to commercial development and strategic initiatives.
Emil Hällstig, PhD
Engineering Director
Engineering Director with extensive experience in advanced optics, LiDAR and sensing systems. Leads engineering across Vimotek’s technology portfolio, spanning digital twins, onboard systems and spacecraft encounter capabilities.
Our disciplines
Multidisciplinary capability for spacecraft encounters.
01
Space systems
Mission architecture, spacecraft behaviour and operational context.
02
Digital twins
Mission-specific models connecting spacecraft, sensors, CONOPS and scenarios.
03
Simulation & GNC
Validation of guidance, navigation, control and mission logic.
04
Sensing & photonics
Optical and laser-based sensing across encounter conditions.
05
Perception
Detection, tracking, characterisation and relative state estimation.
06
Embedded systems
Onboard processing and integration for flight applications.
Together, these disciplines connect mission intent, physical sensing and operational behaviour around the same spacecraft encounter.
Building with Europe's operators, institutions and programmes.
European programmes
BODYGUARD · TAC · ASIMOV · DEXTER · EPRIME
Institutional support
ESA · DG DEFIS · SNSA · Vinnova · Swedish Armed Forces