Improving the Performances of the SST at European Level

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 EU is ready to support the emergence of a European SST service built on a network of existing SST assets, mainly sensors (radars and telescopes) owned by Member States. This will require the commitment of Member States owning relevant assets to cooperate and provide an anti-collision service at European level.

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 channell