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Satellites & Spacecraft companies in Switzerland

Space Atlas lists 9 organisations in Switzerland working in satellites & spacecraft: 5 private companies, 2 startups, 1 non-profit, 1 government agency. That is 28% of the 32 space organisations in Switzerland and 2% of the 597 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in Lausanne (3), Chavannes-près-Renens (1), Zurich (1).

Private Company (5)

  • Almatech SA · Private Company · Lausanne

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

  • Astrocast · Private Company · Chavannes-près-Renens

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

  • Beyond Gravity · Private Company · Zurich

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

  • SpacePharma · Private Company · Courgenay

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

  • WISeSat.Space · Private Company · Geneva

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

Startup (2)

  • ClearSpace · Startup · Renens

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

  • DPhi Space · Startup · Lausanne

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

Government Agency (1)

  • Swiss Space Office (SSO) · Government Agency · Bern

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

Non-profit (1)

  • EPFL Spacecraft Team · Non-profit · Lausanne

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