EPFL eSpace Center

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eSpace supports EPFL’s space-affiliated professors and students, coordinates the Minor in Space Technologies, and provides guidance and support to the EPFL Student Teams:

  • EPFL Rocket Team
  • EPFL Spacecraft Team
  • Xplore
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Asclepios

eSpace also contributes to the EPFL New Space Economy MOOC.

eSpace pushes space related projects by supporting researchers in funding, information and contact to the space community. eSpace boasts a team of experts and benefits from close collaborations with research laboratories and institutes at EPFL. In many cases, the research and development activities performed are carried out directly within these entities, with support or coordination from eSpace. The unit supports a number of space-related research projects with a focus on sustainability, such as the Space Sustainability Rating. Other topics are engineering for space science, space technologies such as robotics, quantum for space, earth observation, lunar mobility, space situational awareness.

School Activities

We regularly participate in TecDays at high school level, as well as élargis tes horizons and Mint Vaud for younger participants.

We have many installations, including ISS exploration activities, satellite imaging displays and virtual reality experiences.