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StatusOngoing
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Activity Code1A.109
The focus of this study is to identify non satcom candidate technologies that have the potential to be modified and migrated into the satcom market.
The main objectives are to:
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Identify and define new technologies, techniques, working practices, and solutions that can be transferred into the satcom industry
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Characterise and quantify such opportunities in terms of commercial viability, potential benefits, and value to relevant satcom market sectors
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Define relevant use cases, applications and new business opportunities that could be enabled by successfully spinning-in the identified technologies
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Detail an economic model with ROM estimates of the recurring and non-recurring costs of developments necessary to effectively integrate the identified technologies into the satcom sector
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Establish a preliminary roadmap to address most of the expected technical and non-technical issues and define the key developments necessary to fully integrate the proposed technology. Highlight timelines, critical developments, enabling technologies, regulatory and standardisation issues that may impact on the successful migration and integration
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Define follow-on ARTES projects for investigation and possible demonstration through Partnership Projects
A key challenge of this project is to identify, from a large pool of interesting technologies, the one that has the most value for the satcom industry and to find a balance between the novelty of the identified technology and its feasibility in the foreseeable future.
The value of this project result lies in two focal points:
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Identification of spin-in technologies that will advance the satcom sector
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Identification of follow-on technologies (and ultimately product developments) within the ARTES core competences or of new system concepts for investigation and possible demonstration within ARTES partnership projects.
The project is purely a paper study. The results of the spin-in analysis are presented and evaluated in a structured manner in the document.
During the Exploration Phase a diverse pool of potential use cases is developed through a series of systematic surveys and brainstorming sessions. These use cases then undergo further refinement in the Consolidation Phase. Prioritization/down selection of use cases is done in conjunction with ESA.
The project is structured in three phases: Exploration Phase, Consolidation Phase and Spin-In Strategy. The following milestones apply to the project: Kick-Off Meeting, Exploration Phase Review, Consolidation Phase Review and Final Review.
Project work is currently in progress.
