New space transportation solutions and services
Summary
Cluster 4 promotes investments that will shape competitive and trusted technologies for a European industry enabling production and consumption to respect the planet’s boundaries and maximising the benefits for all parts of society in the variety of social, economic and territorial contexts in Europe. This will build a competitive, digital, low-carbon and circular industry, ensure sustainable supply of raw materials, develop advanced materials and provide the basis for advances and innovation in global challenges to society.
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Call
Detailed Call Description
There are emerging opportunities in space transportation that are not yet seized by European actors characterised by new uses of space (e.g. small satellites, larger constellations and payload recovery) new destinations (e.g. direct GEO, re-entry from LEO).
The maturation could go up to subsystem and system level and may include one or several of the following areas:
- “low thrust” green and low cost propellant functional propulsion systems and vehicle system aspects of existing propulsion systems for use of green propellants,
- Green engine, attitude control systems (RACS), thruster, ignition, fluid control equipment, propellant tank,
- Actuation systems and pyrotechnic systems, light weight structure concepts for micro launchers and re-entry vehicles,
- Smart and flexible dispenser for multi-satellites, constellations, and payloads launch solutions,
- Advanced avionics, attitude orbital module and re-entry module, descent and landing,
- GNC, autonomous localization and termination, modern TM/TC data handling, low-cost and modular avionics, automated rendezvous, capturing and spacecraft management technologies, avionics and test-bed.
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
EU contribution per project: between € 1,00 and € 1,50 million
Eligibility For Participation Notes
- Some activities, resulting from this topic, may involve using classified background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and SEN).
- participation is limited to legal entities established in Member States, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom.
The eligibility of entities established in the UK to participate is conditional upon reciprocity of access to equivalent UK programmes for entities established in Member States, which will be assessed by the Commission as soon as such programmes are established and in any event before the signature of the grant agreements. Should the UK not open the participation in its relevant programmes to entities established in Member States, this condition would not be met and entities established in the UK will not be eligible to participate in this topic. (further details in the work program)
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€3,00 millionThematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Space
Eligibility for Participation
- Other Beneficiaries
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Call Opening Date
02/11/2021Call Closing Date
16/02/2022National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou Street, 1075 Nicosia
T.Th. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
+357 22205000
Email: support@research.org.cy
Dr Angelos Ntantos
Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205033
Email: antantos@research.org.cy
Dr Ioannis Theodorou
Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205038
Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 03/12/2021-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Εuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en#contact