Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology focusing on teaching, research, and technology transfer, with a strong presence in the space sector. Through its EPFL Space Center and participation in projects like the Space Sustainability Rating, EPFL supports space-related research, education, and innovation. EPFL collaborates with organizations like ESA and MIT, and its activities encompass areas like spacecraft design, sustainable space exploration, and the development of space technologies. The university also has academic partners such as ETH Zürich and Universität Bern.

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Lausanne, Switzerland

www.epfl.ch/

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CREATE Lab at EPFL's School of Engineering has developed a robotic manipulator that incorporates langoustine abdomen exoskeletons.

CapabilityValue 3.0Dec 9, 2025Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into functional machines

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 10, 2024MDA SPACE AWARDED ANTENNA SYSTEM CONTRACT BY SWISSTO12 TO SUPPORT HUMMINGSAT GEO SATELLITES

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.0May 13, 2024SWISSto12 to supply Northrop Grumman with RF products for GEOStar-3 program

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011 and is privately owned and backed by Swiss and European investors.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 3.2May 13, 2024SWISSto12 supplies Northrop Grumman with critical Radio Frequency products for a GEOStar-3 Commercial Satellite Program

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011 and is privately owned and backed by Swiss and European investors.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 3.2Mar 18, 2024SWISSto12 continues expansion with additional production space, growing team by adding leading Satcom Engineers

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 2.0Feb 21, 2024SWISSto12 named by Via Satellite as one of “10 Hottest Companies” in Annual Shortlist

SWISSto12 spun off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 2011 and is privately owned.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 2.2Sep 13, 2023SWISSto12 Secures CHF 25 Million (€26.15million) Working Capital Financing Facility from UBS for HummingSat Satellite Business

D-Orbit has entered into an agreement with the spacecraft team of the Swiss Institute École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) for the in-orbit demonstration of the HOBC onboard computer.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Sep 22, 2022Hosted payload agreement signed between D-Orbit + EPFL Spacecraft Team

Researchers at the EPFL Space Center have worked on space debris capture systems since 2010, and their engineering knowledge contributed to the development of ClearSpace One.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 17, 2020ClearSpace SA to head ESA’s first debris removal mission worth EUR 100 million

ClearSpace spun out of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) university in 2017 after working since 2012 on an academic mission to deorbit SwissCube.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Dec 9, 2019Swiss startup ClearSpace wins ESA contract to deorbit Vega rocket debris

ClearSpace was established in December 2017 as a spinoff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 10, 2019Astroscale, ClearSpace aim to make a bundle removing debris

ClearSpace receives research and technical support from the EPFL Space Center and is part of the ESA Business Incubation Center in Switzerland.

RelationshipsValue 3.4Oct 10, 2019Astroscale, ClearSpace aim to make a bundle removing debris