Global Space Markets Challenge: Longlists announced
The Global Space Markets Challenge pre-selection committee has established two longlists for the competition’s upstream and downstream categories.
By 10 September, 12 finalists – six from each category – will be invited to pitch their internationalisation plans to delegates in the Industrial Policy Evolution Working Group.
The six best-placed applicants will be nominated as winners to ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher who will grant the competition awards: three in the upstream category, and three in the downstream category.
The Global Space Markets Challenge is intended to be a springboard into international markets for small promising space-based companies in Europe and Canada, specialised in upstream and downstream activities. ESA, in line with its Agenda 2025, has set up this competition to grow and support European space-based businesses by improving their visibility and worldwide competitiveness to help them be part of opportunities in the global space market.
Longlist upstream
| Company | Country |
| AENIUM Engineering S.L. | Spain |
| AIKO SRL | Italy |
| DcubeD (Deployables Cubed GmbH) | Germany |
| EICAS AUTOMAZIONE SpA | Italy |
| Lens Research & Development | Netherlands |
| LEVITY UG (limited liability) | Germany |
| Lios | Ireland |
| NANOKER RESEARCH, S.L. | Spain |
| Pasquali Microwave Systems Srl | Italy |
| SPiN | Germany |
| Technology for Propulsion and Innovation | Italy |
| Vega Composites S.r.l. | Italy |
Downstream longlist
| Company | Country |
| A.U.G Signals Ltd | Canada |
| Aratos Ntot Net Ltd | Greece |
| Breeze Technologies | Germany |
| ConstellR | Germany |
| Detektia Earth Surface Monitoring S.L. | Spain |
| Dynamic Genesis | Sweden |
| EOMAP | Germany |
| LATITUDO 40 S.R.L. | Italy |
| OQ Technology Sarl | Luxembourg |
| Peak Technology GmbH | Austria |
| SatADSL | Belgium |
| Satsense Solutions Limited | United Kingdom |
