Project description
Optimising EU Space Surveillance and Tracking sensor technology and processing
EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) is a European system that helps keep space safe and works to provide space safety services. In this context, the EU-funded HE23-24 TOP4 project will continue to maintain and improve its sensor technology and processing to accommodate an ever-growing user community. It focuses on research and innovation to improve radiofrequency and optical sensor networks, optimising their configuration, geographical coverage and performance, while ensuring efficient integration and connectivity in compliance with quality standards. This also includes upgrades to key European assets, such as surveillance radar and survey telescopes, which contribute vital data to European space security efforts.
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:
- R&I activities are necessary in the sensor domain, both for radiofrequency (i.e. radars, etc.) and optical sensors (i.e. telescopes and innovative wide field optical sensors)..
- Contribution to a consolidated and efficient EUSST sensor function.
- Improve coverage area, geographical location and performance they can offer:
- Ensure an optimum evolution of the configuration and use of the EUSST sensors network
- Improved integration and connectivity of value added sensors, ensuring their compliance to the minimum quality requirements (including protocols, procedures, formats and calibration status).
Taking into consideration the data procurement activities which are taking place in the EUSST2023-26 SpReg grant, where most of the assets providing data are telescopes providing MEO/GEO data, and the upgrades being funded under the “innovative Commercial Sensor Upgrades” cascading grants, the EU SST Partnership has decided to improve the LEO survey capabilities. In particular, the following assets will be upgraded:
- ES_S3TSR (surveillance radar in Europe)
- FR_GRAVES_NG (surveillance radar in Europe)
- IT_FLYEYE (survey and tracking LEO telescope)
- GR_ (Survey LEO telescope in Europe)
- PL_POLON network (survey LEO telescope in VLA Asia, Kazajstan)
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications radio technology radio frequency
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
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HORIZON.2.4.10 - Space, including Earth Observation
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2025-SSA-SST-IBA
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41015 Sevilla
Spain
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