European Robotic Orbital Support Services In-Orbit Demonstration Fact Sheet Project Information Funded under EROSS IOD Digital, Industry and Space Grant agreement ID: 101082464 Total cost € 25 983 822,50 DOI 10.3030/101082464 Start date 1 January 2023 EU contribution € 25 983 822 End date 31 March 2025 Coordinated by THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCE SAS France Objective Access to Space is now easier and easier, and is not possible anymore to design and launch disposable spacecraft without considering the consequences: On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) is a first step towards this change of paradigm, as the technologies, typically autonomous rendezvous, refuelling, Orbital Replaceable Unit (ORU) exchange, repair and waste management with autonomous robotic tools will be used in future smart, flexible and modular space infrastructures. The growing demand for satellite life extension from commercial customers, making OOS an emerging market, is an opportunity to support those developments. To that purpose, designing in a phase B2/C the right mission and maturing the technologies to enable a go-to-market for future OOS missions is the main goal for €ROSS IOD. The objective is to enable the in-orbit demonstration of all the key capabilities: coordinated close rendezvous between two free flying spacecraft 1 of 12 comparable in mass and inertia (a first in Europe) and autonomous robotic operations such as capture, refuelling and change of payload with a poly-articulated arm. In order to ensure a sound and low-cost solution, the project leverages on the previous developments carried out for the last 6 years within the Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) on Space Robotics technologies, particularly in continuity of the past project EROSS and the current project EROSS+. The final aim of the €ROSS IOD project is to prepare and carry out the last remaining steps to fly a European pioneering mission by 2026 with a customer-driven approach. Thales Alenia Space, with GMV, DLR and 14 European technology providers (research centres, large, medium and small companies including one start-up), is following its plan to commercialise a multipurpose servicer for LEO and GEO servicing by 2026, and this project is a major stepping stone to provide the first go-tomarket. Fields of science engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering aerospace engineering astronautical engineering spacecraft engineering and technology environmental engineering waste management engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering robotics autonomous robots Programme(s) HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space MAIN PROGRAMME HORIZON.2.4.10 - Space, including Earth Observation Topic(s) HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-11 - Future space ecosystems: on-orbit operations, preparation of orbital demonstration mission Call for proposal HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 See other projects for this call 2 of 12 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCE SAS Net EU contribution € 12 450 543,75 Address Avenue Jean Francois Champollion 26 31100 Toulouse France Region Occitanie Midi-Pyrénées Haute-Garonne Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Website Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 Participants (13) SENER AEROESPACIAL SOCIEDAD ANONIMA Spain Net EU contribution € 400 000,00 Address Avda Zugazarte 56 48930 Las Arenas Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia 3 of 12 Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 SPACE APPLICATIONS SERVICES NV Belgium Net EU contribution € 218 587,50 Address Leuvensesteenweg 325 1932 Zaventem SME Yes Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Halle-Vilvoorde Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Website Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV Germany Net EU contribution € 5 291 337,50 Address 4 of 12 Address Linder Hohe 51147 Koln Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Website Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 PIAP SPACE SP ZOO Poland Net EU contribution € 1 000 085,00 Address Ul Stefana Batorego 107 87 100 Torun Region Makroregion północny Kujawsko-pomorskie Bydgosko-toruński Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 TIPIK COMMUNICATION AGENCY SA Belgium Net EU contribution 5 of 12 Net EU contribution € 400 006,00 Address Avenue De Tervueren 270 1150 Bruxelles Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de BruxellesCapitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. BrusselHoofdstad Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,25 GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE SA Spain Net EU contribution € 2 510 000,00 Address Calle Isaac Newton Parque Tecnologico De Madrid 28760 Tres Cantos Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 6 of 12 SINTEF AS Norway Net EU contribution € 799 985,00 Address Strindvegen 4 7034 Trondheim Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Website Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 EXOTRAIL France Net EU contribution € 60 242,50 Address 3 Rue Galvani 91300 Massy SME Yes Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Essonne Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network 7 of 12 Other funding € 0,00 KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS Norway Net EU contribution € 199 875,00 Address Kirkegardsveien 45 3616 Kongsberg Region Norge Oslo og Viken Viken Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 NETWORK RESEARCH BELGIUM SA Belgium Net EU contribution € 414 028,75 Address Parc Industriel Des Hauts Sarts, 2eme Avenue 65 4040 Herstal Region Région wallonne Prov. 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Liège Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation 8 of 12 g Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA SPA Italy Net EU contribution € 802 396,00 Address Via Saccomuro 24 00131 Roma Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Website Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,25 THALES ALENIA SPACE ESPANA SA Spain Net EU contribution € 146 735,00 Address Calle Einstein 7 Parque Tecnologico Tres Cantos 28760 Tres Cantos Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) 9 of 12 Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 GMVIS SKYSOFT SA Portugal Net EU contribution € 1 290 000,00 Address Alameda Dos Oceanos 115 1990 392 Lisboa Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Website Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 Partners (3) THALES ALENIA SPACE SWITZERLAND AG Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Schaffhauserstrasse 580 10 of 12 8052 Zurich Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 ALMATECH SA Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Epfl Innovation Park Batiment D 1015 Lausanne SME Yes Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - 11 of 12 RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue Jaquet Droz 1 2000 Neuchatel Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Neuchâtel Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Website Participation in EU R&I programmes HORIZON collaboration network Other funding € 0,00 EC signature date: 18 October 2022 Last update: 24 October 2022 Record number: 242728 Permalink: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101082464 © European Union, 2023 12 of 12
