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
Developed and controlled in Europe
European development and control where trusted suppliers, mission assurance, resilience and strategic autonomy matter.
Spacecraft encounters have two sides: what should happen, and what is happening.
Mission-specific digital twins establish the expected context — spacecraft behaviour, sensor performance, mission logic, CONOPS and possible responses can be modelled, validated and rehearsed before and during operations.
Onboard sensing and perception provide the operational reality — acquiring, tracking, characterising and assessing what is actually happening around the spacecraft when proximity becomes real.
Bringing these together connects mission intent with observed behaviour. It helps operators prepare for encounters, execute planned proximity operations more precisely and respond to unexpected proximity events with better information.
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.
Leadership
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.
Building with operators, institutions and programmes.
European programmes
BODYGUARD · TAC · ASIMOV · DEXTER · EPRIME
Institutional support
ESA · DG DEFIS · SNSA · Vinnova · Swedish Armed Forces