SMEs reach outstanding results in ESA Programmes15 June 2006
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SMEs reach outstanding results in ESA Programmes15 June 2006 The innovative drive of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), their flexibility and their effectiveness make them valuable partners for all space projects.European and Canadian SMEs have often been the source of leading-edge technological solution...
Plastics for use in spaceborne optical sensors25 August 2009
Plastics for use in spaceborne optical sensors25 August 2009 Conducted by the German firm, ZARM Technik AG, this activity has explored the feasibility of plastics for use in space borne optical sensors.Moreover, the highly satisfactory results obtained from the project are not merely confined to optical sensors...
Green Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) monopropellant with advanced catalytic beds26 August 2009 The project has focussed on developing & testing new catalytic beds integrated into a miniature thruster - comparable to the size of a euro-cent coin.The developments, carried out by a small consortium led by Austrian SME, Aerospace Technology GmbH...
- Compendium of ESA-funded Innovations by SMEs, 1998 to date
- Volume 1 (pdf 2MB)
- Volume 2 (pdf 0.7MB)
- On-line selection of SME achievements
- SpaceWire Remote Terminal Controller (SpW RTC) development suite
- Engineering tool for qualification of optical coatings
- Low-power Hall effect propulsion system
- Spectrometry & robotics for space exploration
- Wireless optical coms using XMM X-ray technology
- Piezo actuators enable hi-res dust analysis
- S/w to assess RAMS in mission-critical systems
- µwave and digital technology in satcoms
- Antenna design, analysis & measurement techniques
- SAR applications & services for remote sensing
