Proactive SME based in Latvia is looking for partners to work on HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05

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Deadline: Oct 16, 2024

Organization:WIT Berry

Project locations: EU 27

EU 27

Sectors: Science & Innovation, Air & Aviation

Science & Innovation, Air & Aviation

Partner types: Academic Institution, Consulting Organization, Government Agency, NGO, Other

Academic Institution, Consulting Organization, Government Agency, NGO, Other

Partner locations: EU 27, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine

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WIT Berry, a proactive SME based in Latvia, is a reliable partner for communication and dissemination in EU projects. We excel in handling all communication, dissemination, and public engagement activities, delivering great results in existing EU projects. Our experienced team, having participated in several EU-funded projects, also provides active support with proposal writing. We ensure smooth communication and a pleasant environment for project implementation.

Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of EU space infrastructure

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05

Type of grant: Call for proposals

Topic description

Scope:

Background and scope:

The ever-growing orbital population of satellites and space debris poses increasing challenges to space infrastructure. The density of space objects amplifies the risk of orbital collisions, unexpected fragmentation events and re-entries that may result in the degradation of space assets, hindering the services they deliver and, thus making Earth orbits unusable.

Debris growth is escalating with more than 2,500 non-operational satellites, 36,500 space debris pieces bigger than 10 cm and 1 million pieces of debris between 1-10 cm in Earth’s orbits. Collision avoidance manoeuvres for satellite owners has doubled and is expected to grow. Continuous trajectory changes of spacecraft will result in insufficient fuel for deorbiting, critical end of life spacecraft manoeuvres and any other remediation or in-space mobility activities. In-space recycling of dysfunctional orbital assets will provide an opportunity for space assets re-utilisation and in-space refuelling.

This challenge addresses the long-term emerging need for green, compact and affordable de-orbiting solutions and in-space recycling of space debris.

Space systems and services in the EU are critical infrastructures that need to be better protected Still, the level of protection of space assets varies across Member States, and there is a need to expand the scope of EU actions.

In this context, the need to protect EU space infrastructure and continue to promote the preservation of a safe and secure space domain is essential.

Specific objectives

The overall goal of this Challenge is to support the development of innovations that will strengthen the protection of EU space infrastructure.

The specific goals of this challenge are 1) development of technologies for space debris mitigation and active debris removal; 2) concepts for in-space recycling of dysfunctional orbital assets; 3) innovations for protecting EU space infrastructure.

Please, visit the following page to get more information regarding this call: https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1322612/strengthening-the-sustainability-and-resilience-of-eu-space-infrastructure?useNavigation=true