REXUS/BEXUS schedule
Overview of the events and deadlines for the REXUS/BEXUS programme.
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) |
Cycle 18 schedule
| 17 June 2026 | Call for Proposals |
| 8 October 2026 | Deadline for experiment proposals |
| November 2026 | Information of the students about the pre-selection results / Invitation to the selection workshop |
| 24 - 26 November 2026 | SNSA/ESA Selection Workshop at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL) |
| December 2026 | Information of the students about the selection results / Invitation to the Student Training Week (STW) |
| 15 - 19 February 2027 | Student Training Week (STW) and Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (DE) |
| May 2027 | Critical Design Review (CDR) for BEXUS experiments at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL) |
| June 2027 | Critical Design Review (CDR) for REXUS experiments at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (DE) |
| July 2027 | BEXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at the student team institution |
| August 2027 | REXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at the student team institution |
| September 2027 | BEXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at the student team institution |
| October 2027 | BEXUS Launch Campaign at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE) |
| October 2027 | REXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at the student team institution |
| December 2027 | REXUS Scientific Payload Integration Week at ZARM-FAB, Bremen (DE) |
| January 2028 | REXUS Bench Test at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (DE) |
| March 2028 | REXUS Launch Campaign at SSC Esrange/Kiruna (SE) |
Please note that the information detailed above may be subject to change without prior notice.