Space Community News

Friday, 21 Jun 2024

On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing - State of Play and Perspectives on Future Evolutions
On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing - State of Play and Perspectives on Future Evolutions

The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) released in October 2023 an overview of the evolving landscape of on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (OSAM) and provide policy recommendations for the future of European ambition in this field. The report provides an overview of the current OSAM market, emphasizing the changes that took place over the past three years and the issues that remain, including parameters that affect OSAM's development. It includes insights on private investments in European OSAM companies based on ESPI's Space Venture proprietary database. The complete report can be found attached.

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Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024

Open invitation to join the Interest Group
Open invitation to join the Interest Group "Space technologies and applications" in the frame of the 14th EASN International Conference

The EASN Association is glad to announce a formal gathering of the Interest Group on "Space technologies and application" next October 2024, aside of the 14th EASN International Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Friday, 10 Nov 2023

Workshop on
Workshop on "Skills for an innovative EU space ecosystem" organized by DG DEFIS

On the 18th of October the DG DEFIS with the support of STARS EU organized a workshop on "Skills for an innovative EU space ecosystem" in Brussels. The presentations were followed by brainstorming sessions on "The way forward - future priorities for a thriving EU space ecosystem". The discussions revealed gaps & challenges, opportunities & potential future actions, as well as further considerations on lessons learnt and best practices.

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Monday, 23 Oct 2023

EU Space skills
EU Space skills

Space is an innovative and constantly evolving sector. To ensure European competitiveness, professional skills must be constantly developed, adopted and improved. Through a series of surveys and desk research, STARS*EU has identified the skills required for space R&I (universities, space agencies, RTOs & others) and the industry. More information can be found in the attached factsheet.

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Wednesday, 18 Oct 2023

Forthcoming calls of Horizon Europe WP 2023-2024 on space topics
Forthcoming calls of Horizon Europe WP 2023-2024 on space topics

The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024 "7. Digital, Industry and Space" includes a forthcoming call related to space research (HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01) with four (4) RIA topics.

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Monday, 18 Sep 2023

EU Space Programme
EU Space Programme

The European Commission released a synopsis of the strategic EU space programme.

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Thursday, 15 Dec 2022

WP2023-2024 Cluster 4
WP2023-2024 Cluster 4 "Digital, Industry and Space

Under the pillar II of Horizon Europe, Cluster 4 focuses on digital, industry and space and aims to deliver six 'destinations' matching the strategic plan (e.g. digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the Green Deal; a human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies, etc.).

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Thursday, 8 Dec 2022

Strategy for EU Space R&I
Strategy for EU Space R&I

The European Commission is setting up a new consultation framework to develop for the first time a comprehensive Strategy for EU Space R&I addressing the activities of space R&I funded by the European Union.

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Monday, 14 Nov 2022

EU-funded Space Research
EU-funded Space Research

In the attached documents you will find useful facts & figures on the following research areas of the EU Space SRIA:

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Friday, 11 Nov 2022

The EU Future Space Ecosystem
The EU Future Space Ecosystem

The EU published a factsheet about the envisaged future space ecosystem which is foreseen to be an enabler for future industrialization and new services in space with smart solutions and concepts.

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