Future Space Ecosystem: Management and Coordination Activity

To ensure the safe and economically viable use of space and space-based assets in the long term, technologies need to be identified, a roadmap established and acceptable rules, standards and methodologies defined. Therefore, this coordination and support action shall:

• Identify and describe pathways to innovative and promising applications and services as elements in the further developed FSE roadmap, using feedback of relevant stakeholders and taking into account new space approaches, enabling technologies (e.g. electric propulsion, robotics, AI, high-performance and reliable avionics), synergies with terrestrial sectors while making use of continuous market and trend analyses;
• Identify and select the most promising technologies (game-changer/key technologies) and create a pathway for quick maturation and space qualification;
• Closely follow the project(s) of other calls related to the Future Space Ecosystem in order to support decisions regarding programmatic and strategy questions in the field and to verify the applicability of the existing principles and guidelines for future missions;
• Contribute to the international dialogue on recommendations for guidelines and standards for In-Space Services based on the work done in the European Operations Framework (EOF)[[www.h2020-peraspera.eu/EOF]] in H2020 supporting the European Commission in policy and standards development and fostering interoperability of EU space systems to access the rising global OOS market.
• Carry out targeted dissemination and outreach activities for FSE activities to showcase the paradigm shift and to facilitate support of European stakeholders with regards to OOS and to promote EU Space R&I activities in the future space ecosystem.

The above-mentioned activities should take into account modularisation, standardisation, digitalisation and new industrial processes and production tools to the fullest extent possible to maximise the business opportunities.

Active participation of industrial actors including SMEs in the consortium is expected.

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