Luxembourg launches infrastructure for the new space economy

On 24 July 2025, the Luxembourg government signed an agreement that marks an important step in the implementation of one of the country's most ambitious industrial projects in recent years. The Minister of Economy, Lex Delles, and the Minister of Finance, Gilles Roth, on behalf of the State, signed an agreement in principle with Poudrerie de Luxembourg SA and the construction group CDCL Groupe SA to build a Space Campus in the ParcLuxite industrial park in Kockelscheuer.

The project involves the creation of an innovative space cluster on a site of up to 6.5 hectares, with an infrastructure of up to 100,000 m². It will include the headquarters of the Luxembourg Space Agency, a future startup incubator, technical laboratories and a test centre. It will not just be an office complex, but an ecosystem designed to bring together space industry players, both international and local.

As early as July 2022, the government launched the project, dividing its implementation into two areas. Belval will house the research facilities, while ParcLuxite will be the centre for commercial companies and the LSA itself. The new phase is confirmed in the coalition agreement for 2023-2028 and has been given the legal basis for implementation.

According to Lex Delles, the Space Campus project logically continues Luxembourg's strategy to create a competitive and sustainable space economy. Thanks to an innovative legal framework, the country has already become an attractive platform for companies in this field, and is now building the infrastructure that will consolidate this status. Gilles Roth, head of the Ministry of Finance, emphasised that the new campus will support innovation and help diversify the economy, making the country even more attractive to investors and talent.

The project's private partners also agree. Raymond Ackermann, director of Poudrerie de Luxembourg SA, said that ParcLuxite is ready to become a technological centre of European scale, where new generation companies will be located. And Max Didier, Director of CDCL Groupe SA, emphasised that being involved in such a strategic project is a confirmation of his company's mission: to build the infrastructure of the future capable of supporting growth and innovation.

With the development of the Space Campus, Luxembourg is cementing its reputation as a "small country with big space ambitions". It is already home to cutting-edge companies working with data, satellite technology, and resource extraction in space. The new campus will be a space where technological alliances will be formed, dual-use products will be developed and a new generation of specialists will be nurtured.