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EPFL joins the giant radio telescope SKA for the Swiss community

20.04.20 - The Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, will be the biggest radio telescope ever built. Thanks to this ambitious tool, some of the universe’s greatest mysteries will be resolved. ...
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CHEOPS satellite 3D model in space

A Swiss satellite seeking out distant planets

18.12.19 - The CHEOPS satellite was put into orbit on Wednesday, a day later than planned, from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The telescope, which will hunt for ...
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Clearspace 1 satellite 3d model in space

EPFL startup heads a mission to clean up space

13.12.19 - ClearSpace, a spin-off of EPFL’s Space Center (eSpace), has been selected to lead a major European Space Agency (ESA) space debris de-orbiting project with a total budget topping ...
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swissnex day 2019

SwissnexDay’19 to focus on Space Technology for a sustainable future

27.11.19 - Switzerland is a recognised space nation and has been a crucial partner in European and global space adventures since their beginnings: It contributed to all Apollo missions, pioneered ...
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Earth network

Taking sustainability into space

04.10.19 - Things are changing in outer space: it is filling with debris, attracting private companies, and raising new technological challenges. To keep pace with this mercurial environment, the EPFL’s ...
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clearspace 1 3d model in space

ClearSpace, a public interest undertaking for our cognosphere *

14.06.19 - ClearSpace, a Swiss start-up**, spin-off of the EPFL Space Center (eSpace), wants to clean up nearby Space (Low Earth Orbit), which is starting to be seriously cluttered with ...
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model space debris by ESA

Recognising Sustainable Behaviour

08.05.19 - Solving the growing problem of space debris will require everyone who flies rockets and satellites to adhere to sustainable practices, which doesn’t always happen. Now there will be ...
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Luc Piguet showing the capture system

How a startup plans to clean up space

05.04.19 - Engineers working on the CleanSpace One project at EPFL’s Space Center have come up with a way of capturing and destroying the space debris that has built up ...
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Past Features

Jun 17 2025

A look back at the sustainability series conference with Christophe Bonnal

By Lucie Ryser

On May 27, 2025, the EPFL Rolex Learning Center hosted a thought-provoking event focused on one of the most urgent topics in the space sector today: sustainability. The conference, Towards … READ MORE →

 

Jun 11 2025

Karman Fellow Lucie Poulet Explores Space Sustainability at EPFL Space Center

By Lucie Poulet & Öykü Gürsu

As part of The Karman Project’s ongoing partnership with the EPFL Space Center, one of our Fellows, Lucie Poulet, recently took part in their renowned Space Sustainability course and came … READ MORE →

 

May 16 2025

Busy month of March for space sustainability at EPFL

By EPFL Space Center

During the last two weeks, EPFL space center has hosted and participated in a series of Space Sustainability Events. Space Sustainability Course for professionals Twelve professionals participated in a four-day … READ MORE →

 

Dec 9 2024

IAC 2024: the largest space-related event of the year

By EPFL Space Center

09.12.24 – From 14-18 October, a delegation from EPFL Space Center travelled to Milan to participate in the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which had the title “Responsible Space for … READ MORE →

 

Dec 9 2024

ESDI event brings together quantum and space at EPFL

By Stephanie Parker

On November 12, 2024, Johann Richard and Jennifer Wadsworth from the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) came to EPFL to present their new funding program “quantum technology for space”. … READ MORE →

Dec 9 2024

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite

By Tanya Petersen

For millennia humans have been inspired by the stars but this may soon be a thing of the past due to a significant increase in the numbers of satellites, potentially … READ MORE →

Nov 13 2024

Clean Space Days 2024: THE place to discuss space sustainability

By eSpace

This year’s Clean Space Days had the largest attendance yet and featured very interesting presentations about Life Cycle Assessment and Ecodesign for space, zero debris, and In-Orbit Servicing. Hosted at … READ MORE →

 

Sep 23 2024

Swiss Space Science Cubed

By John Maxwell

After 15 years of flight, SwissCube is now the third-longest serving CubeSat On the 26th September, 2009 a rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India released its payload into … READ MORE →

SwissCube, photographed by Alain Herzog © EPFL Space Center 2009