Bringing lifecycle insights into your space mission’s design.
Tool-based Environmental Impact Consultancy
EcoDeltaV supports space industry actors in assessing and reducing the environmental impacts of their missions and systems.
Our consultancy services focus on:
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Life cycle assessment of launchers, spacecraft and missions
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Regulatory and technical compliance
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Decision support during early and critical design phases
Our approach combines scientific rigor with practical engineering, helping teams make informed and responsible design choices.
Education in Space Sustainability
EcoDeltaV provides training and educational support to foster sustainability practices across the space sector.
We develop tailored formats focused on academia and industry. Through our expertise, we complement existing curricula with modules on space sustainability and empower teams with practical tool-based training to embed sustainability in space projects.
We cover topics such as life cycle assessment, space debris mitigation, and environmental challenges specific to space activities.
The Assessment & Comparison Tool
—ACT—
Developed at the EPFL Space Center and the University of Stuttgart. Aimed at space SMEs and research institutes. Ready for current sustainability requirements and upcoming regulations.
ACT is the only tool built specifically for simplified, detailed and prospective life cycle assessment (LCA) of space systems. Developed as part of a European Space Agency research project, the tool is currently made available to the industry through Early Adopter licenses.
ACT supports engineers, decision makers, researchers and sustainability experts in evaluating and comparing environmental impacts throughout the design phases of space systems.
Intuitive modelling for space systems
Users construct their space missions in ACT with familiar space system building blocks, ranging from launcher stages and spacecraft subsystems to ground segment elements.
Space-specific impact calculations
The tool assesses impacts unique to the space sector, such as high altitude launch and re-entry emissions, space debris indicators, and the use of restricted chemicals.
Ecodesign and prospective focus
ACT supports prospective life cycle assessments and ecodesign approaches, allowing impact evaluation from early design stages to more detailed development phases.
Origins & Vision
Origins
EcoDeltaV emerged from a multi-year research project initiated by the European Space Agency’s Future Launchers Preparatory Program and led by the EPFL Space Center.
Between 2022 and 2025, EcoDeltaV’s team, academic and industry partners translated research on space sustainability into methodologies and a practical tool for industry use.
Today
Today, EcoDeltaV combines scientific and industry expertise to support space actors in meeting growing environmental and regulatory challenges.
Through consultancy and the development of its Assessment and Comparison Tool (ACT), EcoDeltaV bridges research and operational decision-making.
Tomorrow
EcoDeltaV aims to empower space actors across Europe and beyond with the knowledge, training and tools needed to integrate sustainability into future missions and technologies.
In the long term, this approach and tool may extend to other complex and capital-intensive industries facing similar environmental challenges and regulation.
About us
Jan-Steffen Fischer
The avid rock climber and launchers’ environmental emissions researcher
As a Phd candidate at the University of Stuttgart, Jan-Steffen is at the forefront of the research on high-atmospheric impacts of launchers and spacecraft during re-entry. His efforts to unite key industry players on the topic has put him in a central role within the research community.
Mathieu Udriot
The dutiful firefighter and systems engineer
After graduating from his Masters at EPFL, Mathieu has grown into an experienced project manager, directing the entire REACT consortium into the successful creation of the Assessment and Comparison Tool (ACT). His involvement with various working groups in the field of space sustainability has granted him notoriety within the key industry players.
Marnix Verkammen
The enthusiastic paraglider and ecodesign consultant
With his MSc thesis at the EPFL Space Center and further work on simplified life cycle assessment, Marnix has grown essential expertise on space systems ecodesign efforts. In parallel, he has been involved with the commercialisation developments after the REACT project efforts and devising the consultancy business model.
Emmanuelle David
The motivated trail runner and industry advisor
Years of experience within the industry – both in hands-on positions at launch campaigns and in higher-level system engineering roles – have given Emmanuelle a birds-eye view of the space sector. Today, she is in an excellent position to advise on space sustainability topics thanks to her leading role at the EPFL Space Center and the Space Sustainability Rating.
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Get in touch
Whether you are interested in consultancy support, sustainability assessments, or an early demonstration of ACT, feel free to reach out.
You can also contact us directly by email: info@ecodeltav.com