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Facilities are a key ingredient for turning ambitious ideas into real innovations. At NL Space Campus, we provide startups, scale-ups, and researchers with the spaces, tools, and community they need to develop, test, and scale their technologies. Thanks to the support of Provincie Zuid-Holland and Gemeente Noordwijk, the campus continues to evolve into a unique environment where knowledge, infrastructure, and entrepreneurship converge.

Integrated Facilities for the European Space Ecosystem

Vision Campus 2035 positions NL Space Campus as a connected European hub, located next to ESA ESTEC, where research, industry, education, and public partners collaborate across the entire space value chain. The campus already offers access to office space, meeting facilities, a maker space at CometLab and advanced technical infrastructure, including thermal vacuum testing (TVAC). In addition, several facilities have been announced or are under development, including a Small Antenna Test Facility, an Optical Ground Station, a satcom fieldlab (Satinsight), Gaia multi-tenant office space, Giotto 69 short-stay apartments, and the Space Impact Centre, complemented by shared amenities such as food trucks.
 
By integrating research and development, testing, manufacturing and scale-up within a single environment, the campus supports faster innovation, reduces development risk and strengthens collaboration. With strong links to European knowledge centres, NL Space Campus contributes to competitiveness, strategic autonomy and long-term economic and societal impact within the European space ecosystem.

3D vision of the campus future

Looking into the future

Space is the domain of human imagination. And so, on a much smaller scale, is building a space campus. NL Space Campus provides space for endless possibilities, for exploration and discovery, for new and growing business ventures.

This is our vision of the campus.

It’s not a map, it’s a direction.

Intrigued?

  1. Scan the QR code or open the link: www.totalreality.app/nlspacecampus (IOS – Safari and Android – Chrome)
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  3. Scan the marker in portrait mode (phone held upright).

Please note that this technique may not work on older devices and/or software.

The map was created by Void & Visual, bringing our future vision to life.

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Facilities

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Space Simulation Chamber
Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC), hosted at Stellar Space Industries. Here, you can test satellites and components under actual space-like conditions—an essential step in preparing technologies for orbit.
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ESTEC labs
Advanced missions require advanced testing. At NL Space Campus, we provide access to shared, high-end test infrastructure that would be inefficient to develop repeatedly for individual missions. By pooling resources with ESA ESTEC and partners across Europe, we offer world-class facilities that support the full mission lifecycle.
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Campusvouchers
Our Voucher arrangement offers financial support to startups engaged in space-related projects. With these vouchers, you can finance essential services and resources for your development and growth.
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CometLab
CometLab is the digital manufacturing hub at NL Space Campus, equipped with advanced tools to support space innovation. It offers a collaborative space for companies, researchers, and students to work on early-stage research, low-TRL projects, and new product development.
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Voucher Arrangement
The NL Space Campus Voucher Arrangement supports early-stage space companies with funding and access to a strong innovation network. It helps entrepreneurs develop ideas, test concepts, and take the next step with practical, flexible support designed to fuel innovation and growth.
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FAQ

You can easily join the campus community by signing up our monthly Community Update. This way you’ll stay updated on everything that happens at and around NL Space Campus. Become an active member by attending our community events, or initiating a project!

Yes, we’d gladly help you find the office space and facilities that you need. Email us at info@nlspacecampus.eu so we can discuss what you’re looking for.

Of course, you are more than welcome! The purpose of our events is to connect the curious, including you. Especially our monthly NL Space Campus Network & Drinks, on every last Thursday of the month, is a mixture of like-minded people from all walks of life: from students to entrepreneurs to partners like ESA ESTEC, Netherlands Space Office (NSO) and SpaceNed. All you have to do is register beforehand via the events page. 

Yes, we’re here to facilitate collaborations! Email us at info@nlspacecampus.eu and we’ll gladly help you get connected to the right people and organisations.

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Discover how partners within our ecosystem collaborate to create a positive impact

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Kansen voor West
To boost the space-ecosystem in the south of Holland, the Province of South-Holland allocated an amount of €400.000 to the project ‘Doorontwikkeling campusorganisatie NL Space Campus’ for further development of
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ESA Phi-Lab Netherlands
At ESA Phi-Lab Netherlands, we promote innovative research to develop transformative technologies with commercial potential. As part of the European Space Agency’s Phi-LabNET, we enhance Europe’s competitiveness through connections in
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Connecting the Curious: Where Young Talent and Industry Meet
Connecting the Curious is a networking event created by NL Space Campus to bring together students, young professionals, startups, and companies driving Europe’s space future. Organised in cooperation with ESA
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