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ESA Technology Transfer Success Story - Using space heritage to enhance next generation aircraftDec 2021

The bulkhead concept, which is part of the layers protecting satellites on Ariane 5 and 6, has generated a spin-off for aircraft by Airbus Defence & Space. Together with ESA’s Technology Transfer and Patent Office (TTPO) and CiTD, this techn...
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EARSC workshop showcasing 24 Copernicus Sentinel value case studies in EuropeDec 2021

In November 2021 the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) organized a virtual workshop on “the story of how Copernicus benefits European citizens”. It showcased quantitative evidence from the Sentinels Benefits Study (SeBS)...
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OECD’s examination of Space Technology Transfers and their CommercialisationNov 2021

In its study on “Space technology transfers and their commercialisation”, the OECD investigates the transfers from publicly funded space programmes to different sectors of the economy in Europe, Asia and North America and highlights that the p...
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PwC’s ‘Lunar market assessment: market trends and challenges in the development of a lunar economy’Nov 2021

In September 2021, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) published the “Lunar market assessment: market trends and challenges in the development of a lunar economy”, an analysis of a potential future economy on the Moon. With plans to return humans per...
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ESA Technology Transfer Success Story - Space-style control rooms for terrestrial industriesNov 2021

Automating complex system coordination, as used for satellite constellations, have proven very valuable in space for efficient and fast outposts organisation. Control room constructor Ergonomics Applied to OPerationsS (EATOPS) and ESA are now coop...
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ESA Technology Transfer Success Story - Cities as Spaceships: The circular resource economyOct 2021

The wastewater of major cities is rich on nutrients and abundantly available. SEMiLLA IPStar and ESA are cooperating to tab into this resource by creating a water recycling system based on the circular life support MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life S...
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ESA joins the Universeh inaugural conference to address the Future of Work in the space sectorOct 2021

October 2021 ESA participated to the inaugural event of the European Space University for Earth and Humanity (UNIVERSEH).Géraldine Naja, ESA’s Acting Director for Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement gave a keynote speech on ESA’s vi...
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ESA announces winners of the Global Space Markets ChallengeOct 2021

German SME DcubeD and Spanish SME Detektia Earth Surface Monitoring are the winners of ESA’s Global Space Markets Challenge. During the final round of the competition both companies delivered pitches which secured them the first place in the u...
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G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting 2021Oct 2021

On 20 and 21 September 2021, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) opened the door to the G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting 2021. Over two days, Heads of the G20 Space Agencies discussed the contribution of the Space Economy to the global economy, and t...
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SPAC and the Space IndustrySep 2021

Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are publicly traded and seek funding to merge or acquire private companies who are willing to go public as well. “SPACs are shell companies with no operations that raise capital through an initial publi...
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Top 12 companies selected in Global Space Markets ChallengeSep 2021

ESA’s Global Space Markets Challenge has reached its next phase. The competition’s Selection Committee has chosen the top 12 applicants. Each applicant has been invited to deliver a five-minute pitch on their internationalisation plans...
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Global Space Markets Challenge: Longlists announcedAug 2021

The Global Space Markets Challenge pre-selection committee has established two longlists for the competition’s upstream and downstream categories. By 10 September, 12 finalists – six from each category – will be invited to pitch thei...
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