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SME4SPACE survey on CM 25 I APRIL 2025
In preparation of the ESA Ministerial Council Conference, SME4SPACE has been asked to to provide our position as input. For this reason, we have put together a survey to gather the views and opinions of the SME community. Through the answers to these short questions, we will be able to address […]
SME4SPACE POSITION PAPER ON IRIS² | March 2025
After SME4SPACE received several concerned comments from its members and other SME representatives, an infosession on IRIS² was hosted with more than 80 SME representatives present. SME4SPACE has consolidated the most pressing issues and concerns we received in a position paper. These concerns include problematic communication, the subcontracting guarantee and […]
Space Partnership – Memorandum of Understanding signed
On September 10, 2024, the European Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SPACE aisbl to increase the involvement of the private sector in the programming of Horizon Europe as of 2025. Under the co-programmed European Partnership for Globally Competitive Space Systems (“Space Partnership”), €100 million of EU-funding will be […]
Launch of the Space Career Launchpad
Launch of the Space Career Launchpad We are excited to announce the launch of the Space Career Launchpad, the latest initiative by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). The Space Career Launchpad is designed to facilitate internships and employment opportunities for university students and recent […]
SME4SPACE signs the ESA Zero Debris Charter
We are proud to announce that Hans Bracquene, SME4SPACE Chairman , was among the distinguished 40 signatories of the ESA Zero Debris Charter. This historic signing occurred todat June 6, 2024 at the ILA Berlin , where more than 40 companies, research centers, and international organisations came together to declare […]
Registration is now open for ESA Industry Space Days 2024
Registration is now open for ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024. Join Europe’s largest space innovation B2B meeting event on 18 – 19 September 2024 at ESTEC (Noordwijk, The Netherlands).
ESA Calls for Proposals on end-to-end solutions contributing IRIS2
At SME4SPACE we are glad to share with you the following opportunities that in our view are one of the first results of our efforts of the last months in asking both ESA and the European Commission to be compliant with the IRIS2 regulation and to foresee and issue this type of calls.
