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ClearSpace has signed a contract worth more than GBP 61 million with the UK Space Agency to deliver the United Kingdom's first nationally commissioned active debris removal mission.

ClearSpace to deliver the UK’s first national active debris removal mission

19 October 2026

Vaud-based ClearSpace has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to mature the docking, rendezvous and servicing technologies of Phoenix, a mission designed to extend the operational life of satellites in geostationary orbit.

ClearSpace signs ESA contract for the next phase of its Phoenix satellite life-extension mission

5 October 2026

Perovskia Solar, a Vaud-based tech start-up, has secured USD 2.4 million in seed funding and more than 10 early IoT clients to accelerate the adoption of its innovative solar cell technology.

Perovskia Solar scales up production and explores space applications in India

22 September 2026

Corintis has taken first place in the Top100 Swiss Startup Ranking 2026, ahead of Zurich's DeepJudge and Villeneuve-based PAVE Space. Five of the ten highest-ranked companies are based in Western Switzerland.

Corintis tops the Top100 Swiss Startup Ranking 2026, with half the top ten from Western Switzerland

14 September 2026

SWISSto12, the Renens-based space technology company and EPFL spin-off, has closed a USD 70 million Series C round to meet growing demand for its payloads and satellites across multiple orbits.

SWISSto12 raises USD 70 million to meet growing multi-orbit satellite demand

16 July 2026

Following the strong scientific performance of the CHEOPS space telescope, the European Space Agency has extended its mission until the end of 2029, keeping its science operations center at the University of Geneva at the heart of European exoplanet research.

ESA extends the CHEOPS space telescope mission until 2029

15 June 2026

Vaud-based DPhi Space has commissioned Clustergate-2, an on-orbit compute platform that successfully ran a vision-language model aboard a satellite in orbit.

DPhi Space runs first AI language model aboard an orbiting satellite

4 May 2026

CHEOPS has identified an unexpected rocky planet beyond gas giants, challenging current planetary formation models.

Bern-led project CHEOPS discovers rule-breaking rocky planet

17 February 2026

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30 January 2026

SWISSto12 has secured EUR 73 million in funding from ESA member states to accelerate the development and industrialization of HummingSat, its next-generation compact geostationary satellite platform.

SWISSto12 secures EUR 73 million ESA backing for HummingSat satellite platform

29 January 2026

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