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What is Caelex?
The compliance operating system for the European space industry.
A multi-product platform for operators, export officers, and counsel: map regimes, run continuous workflows, and prove obligations with evidence. Built against the proposed EU Space Act (119 articles (COM(2025) 335 proposal)), NIS2 risk-management and incident-reporting duties, dual-use export control, and 10 national space laws. Software is general information — not legal advice.
- Modules
- 14
- Jurisdictions
- 10
- Operator cats.
- 7
- Proposal arts.
- 119
What Caelex ships
Four products. One operating system.
Comply
Operator compliance workspace
14 modules — authorization through evidence — with guided assessment, obligation tracking, and systems such as Sentinel, Ephemeris, and proof tooling.
Atlas
Counsel practice workspace
Matters, vault, drafting, firm workflows, and AI-assisted research over a primary-source legal corpus. Sales-assisted onboarding. Not legal advice.
Passage
Export control for space & defence
Classify, screen, document — control lists, sanctions, licence gates. The export officer stays in control.
Scholar
Space law education
Research and learning for students and emerging space lawyers — scenarios, corpus, and structured study.
Who it is for
Built for the people who carry the risk
- Spacecraft & constellation operators (LEO, MEO, GEO, EO, comms, navigation)
- Launch and launch-site operators
- Ground-segment operators (TT&C, mission control)
- In-space service providers (RPO, ADR, logistics)
- Space data and capacity providers
- Export-control officers in space & defence supply chains
- Space-sector law firms and in-house counsel (Atlas)
- Agencies, insurers, and auditors (evidence & network workflows)
From first filing to multi-jurisdiction portfolios — the same system scales with mission complexity without inventing regulatory facts.
Regulatory coverage
European stack, international layers
Coverage is product-specific and labeled in-app. Public claims stay anchored to 14 modules, 10 national jurisdictions, and the proposed EU Space Act article count — not inflated inventories.
- European Union
- Proposed EU Space Act (119 articles (COM(2025) 335 proposal)); NIS2 risk-management and incident-reporting duties; dual-use / CRA themes where product coverage applies; GDPR as it intersects space data processing.
- National space laws
- 10 national space laws in the comparison set (including DE, FR, UK, LU, NL, BE, AT, DK, IT, NO). Atlas/Scholar research corpus extends further — depth varies by instrument.
- Export & dual-use
- Passage: ITAR/EAR themes, EU Dual-Use Regulation, national lists, sanctions screening, licence and filing support with fail-closed defaults where enforced.
- International instruments
- UN space treaties, ITU Radio Regulations, COPUOS / IADC debris guidelines, and related long-term sustainability standards as cross-references into national and EU layers.
How Caelex compares
What it is — and is not
vs. external compliance consultants
Consultants deliver engagement-bound opinions. Caelex keeps obligations, evidence, and workflows live as missions and rules change. Counsel stays essential for high-judgment legal positions.
vs. spreadsheet tracking
Spreadsheets break when multi-regime, multi-jurisdiction, multi-phase obligations must stay current. That is where continuous compliance software starts to matter.
vs. internal wikis (Notion, Confluence)
Wikis document policy; they do not execute multi-regime mapping, fail-closed export gates, or evidence packaging. Caelex runs the operational logic operators and counsel share.
vs. generic enterprise GRC suites
Generic GRC tracks tasks and controls without space-native engines — export lists, orbital regimes, national space acts, or the proposed EU Space Act article surface. Caelex is built for that domain.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is Caelex?
Caelex is a regulatory compliance platform for the European space industry and the wider orbital economy. It helps satellite operators, launch providers, export officers, and space-sector counsel assess and operate compliance across the proposed EU Space Act (COM(2025) 335), NIS2, dual-use export control, and national space laws. Caelex is operated by its founding team as a German GbR in Berlin (see /legal/impressum). Software is general information — not legal advice.
What does Caelex do?
Caelex maps multi-regime obligations into live software workflows: assessment, authorization and evidence tracking, export-control loops, counsel workspaces, and cryptographic proof tooling. Operator-facing Comply covers 14 modules spanning authorization, registration, cyber, debris, environmental, insurance, supervision, intelligence, NIS2, COPUOS/IADC, export control, spectrum, UK Space Industry Act, and US regulatory themes. Given an operator profile, the system surfaces applicable duties and tracks evidence — it does not replace counsel.
Who is Caelex for?
Caelex is built for spacecraft and constellation operators, launch and launch-site operators, in-space service providers, ground-segment and data providers, export-control officers in space and defence supply chains, and — via Atlas — space-sector law firms and in-house counsel. Institutions (agencies, insurers, auditors) connect through shared evidence and network workflows where enabled.
What products does Caelex offer?
Core products: Comply (operator compliance workspace), Atlas (counsel practice workspace with primary-source research and matter tooling), Passage (export control — classify, screen, document with the officer in control), and Scholar (space-law education). Supporting systems include Sentinel (on-prem evidence agent), Ephemeris (forward compliance risk), Aether (spectrum filing governance), and Verity/Perpetua-style cryptographic attestation. Access models differ by product (self-serve assessment vs sales-assisted Atlas onboarding).
What jurisdictions does Caelex cover?
Marketing depth is anchored on 10 national jurisdictions used for comparison and national space-law engines, plus EU instruments and UN space treaties as transnational layers. Atlas and Scholar additionally maintain a broader primary-source corpus (additional European states and select non-EU regimes) for research — coverage depth varies by instrument and is labeled in product.
Is Caelex the same as Atlas?
No. Atlas is a Caelex product for counsel — matters, vault, drafting, knowledge, and AI-assisted research over primary sources. Comply is the operator compliance workspace. Passage is export control. Same company, different users and workflows. Atlas software is not legal advice.
How does Caelex compare to a compliance consultant?
Consultants bill per engagement and deliver static opinions and memos. Caelex is continuous software: obligations, evidence, and workflows stay live as missions and rules change. Counsel remains essential for high-judgment legal opinions. Caelex is the system of record; consultants and firms remain senior judgment on escalations.
Does Caelex support the EU Space Act?
Yes — as preparation against the proposed EU Space Act (119 articles (COM(2025) 335 proposal)). Caelex maps the proposal’s article surface, operator-category themes, and authorization/evidence workflows. The act is not law in force until adopted; operators should plan against the proposal without treating it as binding.
Does Caelex handle NIS2 for space operators?
Yes. Caelex supports NIS2 risk-management and incident-reporting duties relevant to space-sector entities, including classification support (Essential / Important themes), control mapping, and incident-reporting workflows. National transposition detail varies by Member State and is tracked where product coverage allows.
Is there a free way to start?
Yes. The free assessment at caelex.eu/assessment produces a first-pass regulatory profile without a credit card. Paid tiers unlock full workspaces, continuous monitoring, and product-specific tools. Atlas onboarding is sales-assisted via a short intro.
Where is Caelex based?
Caelex is operated by its founding team as a German GbR in Berlin (see /legal/impressum). Project start 2026. The product is in pilot operation with design partners and counsel pilots.
Is Caelex the same as Caelex Inc. or Caelex in South Africa?
No. This Caelex is a German GbR (caelex.eu) building space-regulatory software. Unrelated entities using the same name — including a Caelex Inc. and a South African listing — are not this company.
Is Caelex Atlas the German customs system or Cleo ATLAS?
No. Caelex Atlas is a counsel workspace for space-regulatory research. It is not the German Zoll-ATLAS customs system and not Cleo ATLAS.
How do I try Caelex?
Operators: start at caelex.eu/assessment or caelex.eu/get-started. Export control: caelex.eu/passage. Counsel (Atlas): caelex.eu/atlas-access. General contact: caelex.eu/contact.
Try Caelex
Start with a free assessment
Or open Get Started for the path that fits — operator, export, or counsel. Software is not legal advice.