Partners

 

Thales Alenia Space in France              (Project Coordinator)
Thales Alenia Space in Italy
Thales Alenia Space in the UK

Website: www.thalesaleniaspace.com

ABOUT THALES ALENIA SPACE

Drawing on over 40 years of experience and a unique combination of skills, expertise and cultures, Thales Alenia Space delivers cost-effective solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Governments and private industry alike count on Thales Alenia Space to design satellite-based systems that provide anytime, anywhere connections and positioning, monitor our planet, enhance management of its resources, and explore our Solar System and beyond. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space also teams up with Telespazio to form the parent companies’ Space Alliance, which offers a complete range of services. Thales Alenia Space posted consolidated revenues of approximately 1.85 billion euros in 2020 and has around 7,700 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US.

Website: https://www.gmv.com 

GMV Innovating Solutions is a  privately owned technological enterprise group with an international presence.

GMV Aerospace and Defence S.A.U. has the worldwide leadership and responsibility for the space activities among the companies that take part in the GMV holding. 

GMV has a long experience in managing research activities, especially in the area of robotics and GNC. Within the SRC on Space Robotic technologies previous call, GMV has coordinated ESROCOS (OG1), ERGO (OG2) and FACILITATORS (OG6) projects. And now is coordinating ADE (OG 10) and is participating also in PROACT (OG11) and MOSAR (OG 9) projects in the second part of the cluster. 

In addition, GMV has an unmatchable record/history of leading/participating in ESA TRP activities, devoted to Technology Research. 

The company is a recognized European leader in the development of space GNC and robotics technologies, and particularly in ground validation of those technologies. 

In EROSS project GMV contributes to support the integration of the building blocks from previous call, i.e. ESROCOS (OG1) and ERGO (OG2). GMV also provides support to include ESA ASSIST refueling interface device as part of EROSS demonstration and GMV Platform-art© is the proposed test facility for EROSS validation. 

Website: http://csl-ep.mech.ntua.gr 

The Control Systems Laboratory (CSL)belongs to the School of Mechanical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). NTUA is a public institution and the oldest and most prestigious educational institution in Greece in the field of technology.  

Since 2015, it is also a member of the Gold-labelled space cluster, the si-Cluster. 

Current projects and interests are in the areas of space systems and space robotics, quadruped/ hexapod legged all-terrain robots, microrobots and micromechanisms, design and development of novel mechatronic systems and many more. It has participated successfully in many European and international advanced projects, while hundreds of publications in the most prestigious or relevant conferences (IEEE, ASME,AIAA, and ESA) and journals have resulted. Since 2008 it has completed or still works in various space projects, such as the ESA’s ASSIST, COMRADE, PRINCE and OBSIdian; most of them are related with OOS.  

In EROSS, the team of NTUA-CSL supports the development of the coordinated and impedance control needed for the mission tasks, as well as it will use its Space Robotic Emulator facility for validation and verification tests. 

Website: https://piap.space/pl/

PIAP Space is a spin-off company for space sector activities, set up by PIAP Institute who is an active global market player offering industrial and counter-terrorism robotics solutions. Our team has conducted space projects for almost 10 years. We are focused in developing competences and technologies in areas like: Mechanical Ground Support Equipments, Mechanics and Robotic Manipulators & End-Effectors for On Orbit Satellite Servicing.

In the EROSS project PIAP Space is responsible for contact sensors and force/torque sensors development, as well for mechanical configuration & housing. PIAP Space also develops the gripper and the end-effector for EROSS project.

Website: http://www.aerospace.sener/

SENER was founded in 1956 as a firm of consultant naval architects and has expanded its activity to other industrial fields. The Structural, Mechanical, Electrical and Thermal works are performed in Bilbao Division and the Propulsion, Fluid dynamics, Software & Control, Electro-optics and Electronics activities in the Aerospace Division (Madrid). The engineering capacity for space activities of these Divisions is 400.000 man-hours per year. 

SENER is devoted since more than fifty years to the development of advanced systems specifically in the space fields. The company has developed a continuous activity working for ESA, NASA and other national space agencies such as CNES or the DLR, in some occasions as prime contractor, in other opportunities having subcontractors such as AIRBUS, TAS, and OHB. 

In EROSS project SENER is responsible for SIROM development & integration following the successful results of OG5 in Call 1 (http://www.h2020-sirom.eu/). 

Website: https://www.sintef.no/

SINTEF is Scandinavia's largest independent research organisation and is a nonprofit research foundation. It employs 2100 people most of whom are located in Trondheim and Oslo (Norway). More than 90% of its annual turnover derives from contract research for industry and the public sector in Norway and internationally, and it receives minimal state funding (around 6%). SINTEF is multidisciplinary, with international top-level expertise in a wide range of technological and scientific disciplines, medicine and the social sciences. The company vision is "technology for a better society", and it is an important aspect of its societal role to contribute to the creation of more jobs. It acts as an incubator, commercializing technologies through the establishment of new companies. The fully owned legal entity SINTEF AS by its institute SINTEF Digital, represents SINTEF in the consortium with the Department of Smart Sensor Systems and the Department of Mathematics and Cybernetics. 

SINTEF’s role in EROSS will be to maintain and further develop the sensor suite software of I3DS and prepare it for the route to space by participating to the hardware design and implementation with I3DS integration. SINTEF is also responsible of the overall EROSS Software. 

Website: http://www.sodern.com/

SODERN has more than 50 years of experience in optronics and neutron technology to develop innovative and competitive solutions for our commercial and institutional customers. As a subsidiary of the European leader in access to space, ArianeGroup, we are operationally independent. We are also a historical and strategic defence supplier, a characteristic that guarantees us a solid base of industrial activities, thereby affirming durability and reliability. Our institutional clients' high level of requirements has led us to develop an extraordinary expertise that now benefits stakeholders in space, mining, industry and research. We preserve and enhance this exceptional technological know-how by participating in scientific and space-exploration projects that push the limits of the state of the art: ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) mission, NASA's InSight and Europa Clipper missions, France's MegaJoule Laser or CNES' PHARAO atomic clocks are some examples. Sodern's core business is the series production of star trackers that enable satellites to orient themselves precisely in space, and neutron systems for analysing and detecting materials.To meet the expectations of changing markets, we set high competitive requirements for ourselves: the implementation of lean management, perfect understanding of our customers' needs, agility and optimisation of production costs are the commitments that allow us to maintain a competitive edge with a very high level of customer satisfaction, and to consolidate our position as a world leader in several markets.

Website: www.spaceapplications.com

Company description: Space Applications Services (SPACEAPPS) is an independent Belgian SME founded in 1987, with head office in Zaventem, Belgium, an office in the Netherlands and a subsidiary in Houston, USA. In addition to its in house engineering projects, the company provides engineering services to the European Space Technological Centre (ESTEC) and the European Astronaut Training Centre (EAC). Its aim is to research and develop innovative systems, solutions and products and to provide technology development, operation and training services to the aerospace and security markets and related industries. 

SPACEAPPS has a major role in the overall Space Robotics Technologies SRC programme, as coordinator of the completed OG3 InFuse and major contributor in OG5 SIROM, and coordinator of OG9 MOSAR, OG11 PRO-ACT as well as major contributor in OG8 PULSAR and OG7 EROSS. 

In EROSS, SPACEAPPS has key responsibilities for data fusion (InFuse deployment) and visual servoing of the servicing manipulator, as well as with avionic elements of the SIROM interfaces.