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REXUS/BEXUS schedule

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Overview of the events and deadlines for the REXUS/BEXUS programme.

Cycle 16 schedule

17 June 2024 Call for Proposals 
14 October 2024 Deadline for Experiment Proposals 
November 2024 Information of the students about the pre-selection results / Invitation to the selection workshop 
26 - 28 November 2024 SNSA/ESA Selection Workshop at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL) 
December 2024 Information of the students about the selection results / Invitation to the Student Training Week (STW) 
3 - 7 February 2025 Student Training Week (STW) and Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE) 
15 - 17 May 2025 Critical Design Review (CDR) for BEXUS experiments at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL) 
4 - 6 June 2025 Critical Design Review (CDR) for REXUS experiments at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (DE) 
July 2025 BEXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at the student team institution 
August 2025 REXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at the student team institution 
September 2025 BEXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at the student team institution 
3 - 13 October 2025 BEXUS Launch Campaign at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE) 
October 2025 REXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at the student team institution 
December 2025 REXUS Scientific Payload Integration Week at ZARM-FAB, Bremen (DE) 
January 2026 REXUS Bench Test at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (DE) 
March 2026 REXUS Launch Campaign at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE) 

Cycle 17 schedule

18 June 2025  Call for Proposals
13 October 2025  Deadline for Experiment Proposals 
November 2025 Information of the students about the pre-selection results / Invitation to the selection workshop
25 - 27 November 2025 SNSA/ESA Selection Workshop at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL) 
December 2025 Information of the students about the selection results / Invitation to the Student Training Week (STW) 
26 - 30 January 2026 Student Training Week (STW) and Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE) 
May 2026 Critical Design Review (CDR) for BEXUS experiments at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL) 
June 2026 Critical Design Review (CDR) for REXUS experiments at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (DE) 
June/July 2026  BEXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at the student team institution 
August/September 2026 REXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at the student team institution 
September 2026 BEXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at the student team institution  
October 2026 BEXUS Launch Campaign at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE) 
October 2026 REXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at the student team institution 
December 2026 REXUS Scientific Payload Integration Week at ZARM-FAB, Bremen (DE) 
January 2027 REXUS Bench Test at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (DE) 
March 2027 REXUS Launch Campaign at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE)  

Please note that the information detailed above may be subject to change without prior notice.