scholarly journals Development of national space governance and policy trends in member states of the European Space Agency

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Daniel Sagath ◽  
Christopher Vasko ◽  
Elco van Burg ◽  
Christina Giannopapa
Keyword(s):  
European Space Agency ◽  
Member States ◽  
National Space ◽  
Space Agency

Priorities in national space strategies and governance of the member states of the European Space Agency

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 356-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten Adriaensen ◽  
Christina Giannopapa ◽  
Daniel Sagath ◽  
Anastasia Papastefanou
Keyword(s):  
European Space Agency ◽  
Member States ◽  
National Space ◽  
Space Agency

European space programme shows renewed vigour

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Rule Out

Subject Outlook for the European space programme. Significance The European Union Space Council agreed at end-2014 to develop a larger version of the Ariane 5 rocket, with a maiden flight scheduled for 2020. The agreement forms part of a five-year budget settlement for the European Space Agency (ESA). The overall package reflects the differing industrial and technological interests of the ESA's major funding nations, and follows months of wrangling between France and Germany that threatened to undermine Europe's position in the satellite launcher business. With the agreement to develop a new launcher, France has become the leading investor in the ESA. Impacts European governments have managed to cut a deal that so far satisfies all of the main players' industrial and technological interests. However, uncertainty about the details and stability of the various commitments casts doubts over the credibility of the agreed package. Member states have resolved many disputes, allowing for innovation to continue. Still, austerity will keep pressure on costs, and may rule out the participation of some member states altogether.

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Impact Assessments of ESA Programmes: A Brief Overview

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Charlotte Mathieu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Space Research ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Space Applications ◽  
Member States ◽  
Economic Impact Assessment ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Space Activities

Abstract The European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organisation established in the seventies with today 22 Member States. Its purpose is to promote cooperation between Member States, in space research and technology as well as in space applications. ESA’s Member States wish to ensure maximum benefits to the economy and society from their investments in space activities. The Agency, as any other modern public administration, has a responsibility to ensure the creation of value for society, in an end-to-end perspective (i.e. from technology research to service development). The paper briefly summarizes the outcome of ESA’s previous socio-economic impact assessment studies of its programmes and provides useful references.

scholarly journals Romanian Public-Funded Research And Development Activities In The Space Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 756-759
Author(s):  
Nicolae-Mihail Toncea ◽  
Andrei Stan ◽  
Octavian Cristea
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Full Membership ◽  
National Space ◽  
Space Industry ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Program Star ◽  
Strategic Project

Abstract Romania achieved full membership within ESA (European Space Agency) in 2011 and is actually involved in several European flagship space programmes. The “National Strategy for Space and Related Fields” is a strategic project funded through the Romanian Space Technology and Advanced Research Program (STAR), which is implemented by a consortium coordinated by IAROM S.A. One of the project goals is to identify national space- related technological capabilities and possible niches for Romania within the European space industry, as well as to identify cooperation opportunities within the mandatory and optional ESA programs. This paper presents an overview of the areas of expertise covered by projects contracted in 2012 and 2013 in the framework of the national space research and development programme. The paper does not cover industrial space contracts since they contain sensitive information.

Strategic Environment and Implementation of Satellite Technology Acquisition Programs in ASEAN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robertus Heru Triharjanto
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Technology Program ◽  
National Space ◽  
Technology Acquisition ◽  
Satellite Technology ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Growth Of Economy ◽  
Technology Industries ◽  
High Technology Industries

With the growth of economy in ASEAN countries, their desire to create high value-added jobs or high technology industries are increasing. Such drive, in addition to the clasic motivation of creating national pride and strategy for defense and security, made many of them started to have national space program. Since they are satellite users, they started the program with acquiring satellite production technology. Due to such background, the paper discusses about satellite technology acquisition programs in ASEAN countries, with focus on the program’s strategic environment and implementation. The objective of research is to establish positioning map of satellite technology aqusition program in ASEAN. The method used is decriptive analytics, in which data on the program scale and coverage, technology regulations, and institutional buildings in each countries were sumarized and compared. The study shows that all of the ASEAN countries started their satellite technology acquisition by developing remote sensing satellites. It is found that Singapore and Malaysia are the highest in current satellite technology program scale, and in the future, Vietnam’s program scale will catch up with Indonesian and Thailand’s. For Indonesia, even though it has technology mastering and space agency, but lack of investment made it unable to move beyond micro-satellite program

scholarly journals Detailed Modeling of Cork-Phenolic Ablators in Preparation for the Post-flight Analysis of the QARMAN Re-entry CubeSat

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Miccoli ◽  
Alessandro Turchi ◽  
Pierre Schrooyen ◽  
Domenic D’Ambrosio ◽  
Thierry Magin
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Thermal Protection ◽  
A Priori ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Accurate Method ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Advection Equation ◽  
High Enthalpy ◽  
Space Agency

AbstractThis work deals with the analysis of the cork P50, an ablative thermal protection material (TPM) used for the heat shield of the qarman Re-entry CubeSat. Developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) at the von Karman Institute (VKI) for Fluid Dynamics, qarman is a scientific demonstrator for Aerothermodynamic Research. The ability to model and predict the atypical behavior of the new cork-based materials is considered a critical research topic. Therefore, this work is motivated by the need to develop a numerical model able to respond to this demand, in preparation to the post-flight analysis of qarman. This study is focused on the main thermal response phenomena of the cork P50: pyrolysis and swelling. Pyrolysis was analyzed by means of the multi-physics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code argo, developed at Cenaero. Based on a unified flow-material solver, the Volume Averaged Navier–Stokes (VANS) equations were numerically solved to describe the interaction between a multi-species high enthalpy flow and a reactive porous medium, by means of a high-order Discontinuous Galerkin Method (DGM). Specifically, an accurate method to compute the pyrolysis production rate was implemented. The modeling of swelling was the most ambitious task, requiring the development of a physical model accounting for this phenomenon, for the purpose of a future implementation within argo. A 1D model was proposed, mainly based on an a priori assumption on the swelling velocity and the resolution of a nonlinear advection equation, by means of a Finite Difference Method (FDM). Once developed, the model was successfully tested through a matlab code, showing that the approach is promising and thus opening the way to further developments.

scholarly journals Applicability of NGGM near-real time simulations in flood detection

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-126
Author(s):  
A. F. Purkhauser ◽  
J. A. Koch ◽  
R. Pail
Keyword(s):  
European Space Agency ◽  
Earth System ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Future Mission ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Flood Detection ◽  
The One ◽  
Real Time Simulations ◽  
Grace Mission ◽  
Gravity Mission

Abstract The GRACE mission has demonstrated a tremendous potential for observing mass changes in the Earth system from space for climate research and the observation of climate change. Future mission should on the one hand extend the already existing time series and also provide higher spatial and temporal resolution that is required to fulfil all needs placed on a future mission. To analyse the applicability of such a Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM) concept regarding hydrological applications, two GRACE-FO-type pairs in Bender formation are analysed. The numerical closed loop simulations with a realistic noise assumption are based on the short arc approach and make use of the Wiese approach, enabling a self-de-aliasing of high-frequency atmospheric and oceanic signals, and a NRT approach for a short latency. Numerical simulations for future gravity mission concepts are based on geophysical models, representing the time-variable gravity field. First tests regarding the usability of the hydrology component contained in the Earth System Model (ESM) by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the analysis regarding a possible flood monitoring and detection showed a clear signal in a third of the analysed flood cases. Our analysis of selected cases found that detection of floods was clearly possible with the reconstructed AOHIS/HIS signal in 20% of the tested examples, while in 40% of the cases a peak was visible but not clearly recognisable.

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