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Servicing, Connectivity, On-orbit Propulsion & Engineering

Objective

In-orbit-servicing will have a fundamental role during spacecrafts operational lifetime and before their end-of-life declaration being Europe’s space infrastructures strategic assets, providing essential services to European citizens, communities and administrations on a daily basis. The development of In Orbit Servicing economy must leverage principles of safety, autonomy and standardized interfaces while architectures range from single robotic vehicles to networked infrastructures. European Space Act framework (Regulation (EU) 2021/696) addresses in-orbit servicing as part of a broader efforts to foster sustainability and EU autonomy in space operations. Europe's space infrastructures shall remain functional, secure, and competitive in the long run. SCOPE add value to the emerging in-orbit servicing market proposing a modular, interoperable, multi-mission platform combining dual-arm robotics, standardized interfaces (iSSI/USI), combined propulsion approach, harmonized docking and refueling ports, and a federated validation approach, also enabling scalable and repeatable operations across evolving satellite types.
Strategically, SCOPE will strengthen European technological sovereignty, resilience, and competitiveness, targeting both prepared and non-prepared satellites and initially focusing on institutional use cases (Copernicus and IRIS2), with potential expansion to commercial markets. SCOPE will design and assess functionalities to provide the full set of services defined in ISOS4I, starting from available technological bricks, improving them to be integrated at servicer level. SCOPE R&I activities bring the Europe to the forefront of emerging service applications, including inspection, rendezvous and docking, grasping, repair, reconfiguration, assembly and disassembly, manufacturing, resource extraction, reuse/recycling, removal and transport of objects in space, for satellites, platforms and larger structures

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2025-02

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Coordinator

LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI
Net EU contribution

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€ 1 306 896,25
Address
PIAZZA MONTE GRAPPA 4
00195 Roma
Italy

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Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 1 306 896,25

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