Space surveillance and tracking (SST)

Specific grant awarded under the Framework Partnership Agreement on Space Surveillance and Tracking for Research and Innovation Action.

The standard evaluation criteria, thresholds, weighting for award criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing for this type of action are provided in parts D and H of the General Annexes.

The Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishes a Framework for Space Surveillance and Tracking Support (OJ L 158 of 27 May 2014, p. 227–234).

The Consortium resulting from the implementation of the support framework for the emergence of an SST capacity at European level has established its own dedicated implementation structure in order to handle directly EU support to SST activities. It is therefore through this entity that support to SST under Horizon 2020 and other funding programmes is channelled[[In line with recital 24 of the Decision No 541/2014/EU, article 129 of the Financial Regulation (Regulation (EU,