Czech Republic Successful in ESA Catalogue Vol. 2020 ESA-P. Carril Carril ESA-P. Table of Contents Organisation of Space Activities ......................................3 Space Strategy and Major Activites .................................3 Czech Contribution to ESA + Optional Programmes ..........4 Map of Industry and Academia Successful in ESA ............6 Czech Space Capacities & Capabilities ..............................7 Industry of the Czech Republic Successful in ESA ............8 The Czech Space Alliance ..............................................59 ESA Initiatives in the Czech Republic ............................62 Academia of the Czech Republic Successful in ESA ........68 Field of Activities .........................................................94 Credit: ESA Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace Credit: ESA Credit: ESA Czech Republic Organisation of Space Activities Since 2011 the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic is the coordinator of all space activities in the Czech Republic. For effective and transparent coordination, the Minister of Transport established a Coordination Council as his permanent advisory and initiatory body. The Coordination Council consists of high level representatives of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. The Coordination Council has established cross-sectional committees as an interface with industry and academia - “Industry and Applications” and “Science Activities”. The “Security and International Relations” Committee deals with security and international aspects of space activities. The Ministry of Transport has been responsible for elaborating and delivering the National Space Plan to the Government of the Czech Republic. The document has been updated in cooperation with other relevant Czech ministries and bodies and the new plan has been approved by the Government in October 2019. The National Space Plan 2020 – 2025 represents a basis for decision-making of further Czech involvement in space, support of industry and academia, and participation in European and international projects and programmes. The Czech Republic acceded to the European Space Agency (ESA) in November 2008 and the Ministry of Transport provides the only formal interface to the European Space Agency in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Transport is also responsible for all space issues in the European Union, in particular the European space policy and the administration related to Galileo and EGNOS programmes. Concerning Copernicus Programme, it shares its responsibility with the Ministry of Environment. The successful bid for the European GNSS Agency (GSA) seat in Prague has also been coordinated by the Ministry of Transport team. The GSA is set to transform into the Agency for the EU Scheme of National Space Implementation Plan Space Program (EUSPA) from 2021. Space Strategy and major Programmes The new National Space Plan 2020 – 2025, which was approved by the • be innovative and disruptive, government in October 2019, defines the long-term vision for the Czech • foster excellence, Republic, which builds upon the two previous National Space Plans (from • create synergies between SMEs and large industries, 2010 and 2014), i.e.: • increase the ratio of private investments, • To have an international image of industrial and scientific excellence; • stimulate and accelerate technology and knowledge transfer. • To be a high value-added economy; Space activities of the Czech Republic include especially: • To be competitive and innovative; • Participation in ESA mandatory activities and especially in ESA optional • To be capable of absorbing and retaining the intellectual capital it creates; programmes, which are the main tool for the development of Czech • To be an example of an excellent complementarity and cooperation space activities. between its industrial and academic tissues; To be an expert user of • Participation in EU space programmes and in the EUMETSAT programmes. space resources and infrastructure in operational products and services (EO, navigation, etc.). • Securing ESA’s support of space-related activities in the Czech Republic through a dedicated framework project. The main objectives entailed in this vision are: • Development of space technologies, design, analysis and testing. • Czech Space Capacity and Capability Building to Increase Excellence and Competitiveness • Space applications development activities in several sectors, e.g. transport, industry, environment and resource management. • Active Position in International Relations to Increase Visibility of the Czech Republic • Space-related scientific research at universities and institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The plan also sets out specific goals, in particular to: • maximise return-on-investment, • be compliant with market trends and needs, • create, protect and exploit IPR, 3 Czech Contributions to ESA 70 000 k 59 500 k 60 000 k 48 254 k 50 000 k 46 639 k 47 621 k 40 000 k 30 000 k 20 000 k 18 325 k 14 389 k 13 882 k 14 150 k 10 150 k 10 000 k 10 434 k 11 526 k 7 371 k 0 k 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021+ ESA Optional Programmes The Czech Republic currently participates in the following ESA optional • Competitiveness & Growth programmes: • ScyLight Earth Observation • EDRS (European Data Relay Satellite System) GlobeNet • Iris (Satellite Communication for Air Traffic Management) • EOEP (Earth Observation Envelope Programme) • Neosat (Next Generation Platform) • GSC (GMES Space Component) • IAP (Integrated Applications Promotion) • MTG (Meteosat Third Generation) Development • Partner Sub-Element Govsatcom Precursor • METOP Second Generation Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration • EarthWatch - InCubed • Aurora MREP (Mars Robotic Exploration Preparation) Satellite Navigation • E3P (European Exploration Envelope Programme) • NAVISP (Navigation Innovation and Support Programme) General Support Technology Programme Launchers • Element 1 “Develop” • Ariane 6 Development • Element 2 “Make” • Vega C Development • Precise Formation Flying Component • Vega E Development • FLPP NEO Core Component Space Situational Awareness Satellite Communication (ARTES Elements) PRODEX (Scientific Experiment Development Programme) • Future Preparation Czech Republic also implements through ESA a Framework project implementing • Core Competitiveness ESA’s support of space-related activities in the Czech Republic with a yearly budget of about 14,5 M€ (depending on current CZK exchange rate). 4 Space 19+ Credit: ESA - P. Sebirot Once per three years, the ESA Council at Ministerial Level convenes to steer Satellite Communication (ARTES Elements): the direction of the agency for the next period. One of its most important roles - Future Preparation is to set out new and ongoing optional programmes to be undertaken in the - Core Competitiveness next years and to determine their level of funding through Member States’ - Optical Communications Scylight – Hydron subscriptions. - Space for 5G - Sunrise - SAT-AIS (Satellite – Automatic Identification System) Sub-element 2B At Space19+, Czech Republic plans to subscribe to the following new and (Triton-X) ongoing ESA optional programmes: - BASS (Business Applications and Space Solutions) - PPP QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) Sat Earth Observation: - PPP NovaCom - Future Earth Observation Programme - 4S SAGA (Secure And cryptoGrAphic) Mission - EarthWatch – InCubed+ - EarthWatch – GDA (Global Development Assistance) Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration: - CSC (Copernicus Space Component) - E3P (European Exploration Envelope Programme) Satellite Navigation: General Support Technology Programme: - NAVISP (Navigation Innovation and Support Programme) Space Safety Programme (S2P): Launchers: - LEAP (Launcher Exploitation Accompaniment Programme) PRODEX (Scientific Experiment Development Programme): - FLPP (Future Launcher Preparatory Programme): Studies and Core Technology Bricks, Prometheus - Programme for Competitiveness Improvements: Ariane6/Vega C/P120C 5 Credit: ESA Czech Industry and Academia Successful in ESA (!73 (!3 (!57 (!29 (!56 ± (!22 (!35 (! (! 43 54 44 70 (! (! 36 (! (!65 51 (!6 15 (!16 (!46 (!69 (!4 66 (!34 (! 30 (! (!2(!5 49 39 (! (! (!21 47 (!72 (!9(!50 (! 1 INDUSTRY 1 5M 2 ADVACAM (!8 3 asphericon (!64 !13,38 4 ATC Space (!55 ( (!41 2 59-61(!(! 17 (! 5 ATOS (dříve Siemens CVC) (! (!(! !20 26 67 ( 19,33,37,48 27 6 AVX (! (!40 (! (! 58(!32 (! 7 AŽD 63 68 18 62(!(! (! 8 BBT (!11 !24 5 (!7 (!10 9 BD Sensors / CSRC divize ((! 31 (! 53 14 52 42 (! (! (! 10 BizGarden (! 45 (! (! 23 28 11 CGI (! 12 CleverFarm / CleverMaps (!12 71 13 Czech Aerospace Research Centre - VZLU (! 14 daiteq 15 EGGO SPACE 16 Ekotoxa 17 esc Aerospace PRAHA BRNO 18 Frentech 19 GINA Software 20 Gisat ACADEMIA 21 G.L.Electronic 51 Astronomical Institute, CAS 22 GNSS Center of Excellence 52 Global Change Research Institute, CAS 23 Honeywell 53 Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS 24 ICZ 54 Institute of Botany, CAS 25 IDEA-ENVI 55 J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, CAS 26 Iguassu Software Systems 56 Nuclear Physics Institute, CAS 27 KB Micro 57 TOPTEC, Institute of Plasma Physics, CAS 28 L.K. Engineering 58 Department of Physical Electronics, CTU 29 MCE Slaný 59 Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU 30 Meopta 60 Faculty of Electrical Engineering,