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SST & STM system architecture and evolutions. Horizon Europe TOP2

Project description

Steps towards space surveillance and tracking autonomy

Space surveillance and tracking (SST) is a critical domain for ensuring the security and sustainability of space activities, as increasing space debris and satellite congestion pose significant challenges. The EU is addressing current gaps in the architecture and boosting performance. However, there is a need for improved cooperation, timeliness of information, and expanded capabilities to track more objects with greater accuracy. Additionally, long-term partnerships with global systems are crucial for future advancements. In this context, the EU-funded HE_EUSST_STM_AE_TOP2 project aims to foster European cooperation, identify and address gaps in the current SST architecture, and propose solutions for enhanced performance. Overall, the project will pave the way for a more interoperable and robust SST system.

Objective

This Horizon Europe grant is to be understood within a wider context on EUSST, where other grants are being executed simultaneously with the common objective of improving the EU autonomy on Space Surveillance and Tracking.
In particular, this TOP focuses on:
- Foster European cooperation in the SST domain and improve the EUSST performance towards larger autonomy.
- Highlight and propose solutions to fill the gaps in the current EUSST architecture.
- Pave the way on which the EUSST system has to evolve towards a higher level of performance (e.g. accuracy; number / size of catalogued objects...) quality of service (e.g. timeliness of information...) and autonomy.
- Demonstrate the complementarity, coherence and added-value of each element of EUSST system towards a more autonomous, interoperable SST system.
- Explore and look for higher levels of cooperation with other SST systems such as the US SSA system which is of paramount importance to develop long-term cooperation.
- Raise the main issues and propose relevant answers to questions posed by all those developments in various technical and operational domains based on the outcome of the previous STM coordination and support actions developed under H2020Insert here text for your proposal.
- Propose adaptation to the new changes, and solutions for their possible integration into the existing standards, practices and technological means.

The starting point of these activities is the output of 2-3SST2018-20, which constitutes the state of the art on SST matters.

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2023-SSA-SST-ART195

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AGENCIA ESTATAL AGENCIA ESPACIAL ESPANOLA
Net EU contribution

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€ 2 497 503,06
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CALLE JOSE GALAN MERINO 6
41015 Sevilla
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Sur Andalucía Sevilla
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Total cost

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€ 2 497 503,75

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