A new accolade for Swiss companies! Last December, the Swiss start-up ClearSpace signed an 86 million euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). Incubated at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ClearSpace’s mission will be to clean up debris in orbit, which is becoming a real danger for space missions.
Chosen from among 13 candidates, the Swiss company will, in a few years’ time, carry out the very first mission to remove a piece of space debris from orbit on behalf of the ESA. A first for the European Agency, which had never before fully delegated one of its missions to a private player. The first launch is scheduled for 2025!