Space organisations in Switzerland

Swiss space engineering SME — designs and builds ultra-stable structures, precision mechanisms and thermal hardware for ESA science and Copernicus missions.

Swiss space equipment manufacturer — builds satellite and launcher structures, mechanical ground support equipment and Kourou services.

Swiss satellite IoT operator — runs a nanosatellite constellation for low-power connectivity of remote assets; in a court-supervised composition (sursis concordataire) restructu…

Swiss space supplier owned by the Swiss state — makes launcher fairings, satellite structures, mechanisms and electronics.

Swiss remote sensing company — develops SAR/InSAR processing software and radar instruments for ground deformation monitoring.

Swiss opto-electronics company owned by General Atomics — builds optical ground stations and laser-communication pointing assemblies for space links.

Swiss Safran subsidiary in Neuchâtel (ex-Temex Neuchâtel Time) — manufactures space rubidium and hydrogen-maser atomic clocks for Galileo and other GNSS.

Swiss microelectronics company in Ticino — designs radiation-hardened GNSS receiver chips used on ESA missions such as Sentinel, Swarm and EarthCARE.

Swiss-Israeli biotech company — builds miniaturised remote-controlled laboratories for microgravity experiments on the ISS and CubeSats.

Swiss space electronics company — develops instrument control units, data processing units and space GNSS receivers.

Swiss satellite subsidiary of WISeKey in Geneva — operates a picosatellite constellation providing secure satellite IoT connectivity as a service.

Swiss space software firm spun off from FHNW — develops embedded flight software and algorithms, including software flying on Solar Orbiter's STIX.

Develops the first active debris removal mission — capturing and deorbiting defunct space objects.

Swiss EPFL spin-off in Lausanne — operates Clustergate hosted-payload containers that provide in-orbit computing and rideshare access for customer hardware.

Swiss geospatial AI startup — offers a no-code platform to detect objects and changes in satellite and drone imagery.

Manufactures high-performance RF and antenna systems for satellites using proprietary 3D printing technology.

Swiss ESA User Support and Operations Centre at HSLU — plans and operates biology experiments and payloads on the ISS Columbus module from Hergiswil.

EPFL's space centre in Lausanne — supports space research, runs the Minor in Space Technologies and student space teams, and spun off ClearSpace.

Swiss university research division — builds mass spectrometers and instruments for missions such as Rosetta, CHEOPS and JUICE.

University of Zurich space cluster — coordinates research groups in space life sciences and Earth observation and runs parabolic and research flights at Dübendorf.

Swiss non-profit technology research centre in Neuchâtel — develops space mechanisms, ultra-stable lasers for ESA's LISA, atomic clocks and other flight hardware.

Swiss foundation in Bern — hosts international teams and workshops for interdisciplinary analysis of space mission data.

Swiss research institute in Davos — builds solar radiometers for space missions such as PROBA-3 and calibrates radiation instruments.

Swiss non-profit planetary research institute in Neuchâtel — leads the CLUPI close-up imager for ESA's ExoMars rover and contributes to planetary missions.

Swiss student space association founded at ETH Zurich — develops hybrid and liquid rocket engines, sounding rockets and CubeSats with about 400 students.

Swiss student association at EPFL in Lausanne — develops the CHESS 3U CubeSat mission to measure Earth's atmospheric composition, supported by eSpace.

Switzerland's space office — manages Swiss contributions to ESA and national space research programmes.

Swiss ESA Business Incubation Centre run with ETH Zurich — supports young Swiss spacetech startups with non-dilutive funding, coaching and networking.

Swiss space industry association within Swissmem — represents companies supplying electronics, optics and structures to ESA and NASA programmes.