Space and Satellite Professionals International

The Space & Satellite Professionals International was founded in the USA in 1983, with Sir Arthur C. Clarke, creator of the satellite concept, as its honorary chairman. Our founding purpose was to serve as a professional network in a young industry that was on the verge of substantial growth. SSPI offered a way for satellite professionals to keep in touch with each other and with technology change in an industry that rapidly spread across the globe. Today, with over 3,000 members in more than 40 nations, our core mission has expanded. SSPI aims to promote space and satellite as the invisible but indispensable infrastructure of the modern world and to make the industry one of the worlds best at attracting and nurturing the talent that powers innovation. WHAT WE DO In our founding year, satellites and space were the hottest technologies in the world. Today, they have to share the stage with information technology, Internet, biotech, nanotech and other industries pushing out the bou...