It was built by the German MBB-ERNO and had automatic material science cells as well as small telescopes for solar observation (including x-ray).

[3] EURECA was made of high-strength carbon-fiber struts and titanium nodal points joined together to form a framework of cubic elements.

Active heat transfer was achieved by means of a freon cooling loop which dissipated the thermal load through two radiators into space.

[9] In the summer of 2016, EURECA was transported to the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) in Dübendorf near Zurich where X-ray scans of the satellite were taken.

[10] EURECA was then brought back to the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne and has since been exhibited in a new way, with both solar panels fully deployed for the first time.