Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)

Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-A Study

Last update: Jan 17, 2024 Last update: 17 Jan, 2024

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Location:EU 27EU 27
Contracting Authority Type:Development Institution
Status:Awarded
Budget:EUR 3,000,000
Award ceiling:N/A
Award floor:N/A
Sector:Science & Innovation, Research
Languages:English
Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified
Eligible nationalities:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, A ... See moreAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine / West Bank & Gaza, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Date posted:09 Dec, 2022

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Call Updates

Jul 24, 2023 1:58:40 PM

An overview of the HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01 evaluation results (Flash Call Info) is now available under the link

https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01%20Flash%20call%20update%20%28FTP%29.pdf


 

Mar 28, 2023 6:44:52 PM

Call HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01 has closed on the 28/03/2023.

142 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

• HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-63: 1 proposal

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in the 2nd half of July 2023.


Dec 22, 2022 5:59:48 PM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-63(HORIZON-RIA)


Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-A Study

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-63

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: STRATEGIC AUTONOMY IN DEVELOPING, DEPLOYING AND USING GLOBAL SPACE-BASED INFRASTRUCTURES, SERVICES, APPLICATIONS AND DATA 2023 (HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01)
Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 22 December 2022
Deadline date: 28 March 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

ExpectedOutcome:
Support the EU space policy and the EU Green Deal by assessing the feasibility of a quantum space gravimetry pathfinder mission
Propose a mission, system and operation concept for the Quantum Space Gravimetry pathfinder mission
Establish the list of critical components for a Quantum Space Gravimetry mission
These outcomes will contribute to securing the EU autonomy of supply for critical technologies and equipment, and foster the EU's space sector competitiveness, in line with the Expected Impact of the destination.

Up to two phase-A study proposals will be selected under this call, and their outcomes will contribute to the selection of a Quantum Space Gravimetry pathfinder mission. Activities under this call will also foster the EU leadership in the field of quantum sensing technologies.

Scope:
The final objective of this call is the selection of a Quantum Space Gravimetry pathfinder mission. To achieve this objective, two phase-A proposals for a feasibility study, as specified in ECSS‐M‐ST‐10C, will be selected. The scope of this topic covers in particular the system and operations concept of the pathfinder mission leading to a technical solution deployable before the end of the decade. A particular attention will be drawn on the analysis of the critical technologies and components necessary to deploy this mission, and proposals shall address the technological maturation necessary to meet this objective, based on EU solutions. The proposals will detail the reviews organised under the study. These reviews, organised by the consortium, will be open to European Commission’s and ESA’s experts. Each study will conclude with a Preliminary Requirement Review.

Quantum Space Gravimetry Pathfinder Mission Statement:

The goals of the quantum space gravimetry (QSG) pathfinder mission are:

to consolidate the leadership of the European Union know-how in Quantum Sensing for Space and
to demonstrate key technologies, their viability and related performances.
Necessary for the later deployment of a full QSG mission (e.g. (e.g. Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) technology, rotation compensation, etc.), and pave the way to future space-based applications and services enabled by its data.

The focus of the QSG pathfinder mission shall be on the operation of a complete quantum accelerometer system and the detailed characterization of its performance in space. The results of the pathfinder mission, demonstrating the European Union capabilities and validating the technology, shall enable the development of ultra-sensitive sensors for an ambitious post-pathfinder QSG mission in the next step.

The QSG pathfinder mission shall be launched within this decade, paving the way for the deployment of an EU QSG mission within the next decade. The technology developed shall foster the EU non-dependence and leadership in this domain.

In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.

Specific Topic Conditions:
Activities are expected to achieve TRL 3 by the end of the project – The reference TRL definition is the ISO 16290:2013 applicable to the space sector.

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