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“The Center for Space and Aviation is far more than a mere research collaboration—it embodies the vision and mission to shape the New Space Economy for future generations.”

(Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark)

CSA

Center for Space and Aviation Switzerland and Liechtenstein (CSA)

In 2024, leading institutions from the Greater Zurich Area and the Rhine Valley merged their space expertise to establish the CSA. This federal foundation, under the strategic direction of the Zurich cantonal government's decision on Space as a cantonal flagship (RRB-2024-372), aims to advance the New Space Economy through a unified approach.
The CSA integrates the following institutions as partners:
  • Innovation Cluster Space and Aviation, University of Zurich (UZH Space Hub)
  • Center for Aviation and Space Competence, University of St. Gallen (CFAC-HSG)
  • National Center for Biomedical Research in Space, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (NCBRS-HSLU)
  • Swiss SkyLab Foundation as a Civil Research Flight Facility at Dübendorf Airfield
  • Aeromedical Institute of the Swiss Air Force (FAI)
  • The Space Affairs Department of the National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein
  • Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein (UFL)
  • Canton of Zurich, Department for Economic Affairs


The Center represents a broad coalition in complementary research, teaching, innovation, and utilization areas of already established institutions in German-speaking Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This has overcome the fragmentation of the space sector in German-speaking Switzerland and united the space areas under one roof in a common structure for national and international academic and industrial cooperation. Dübendorf and its Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich define a physical and virtual hub for a variety of technology sectors and supporting ecosystems within a 50-mile radius of downtown Zurich. The airfield system enables economic bridges and trade routes between Europe and the USA for
the New Space Economy.


The new "Center for Space and Aviation Switzerland and Liechtenstein" aims to harness the full potential of the New Space Economy for the region, together with its national and
international partners.