Call for Ideas for a small mission 2015
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The Swiss Space Office, from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of the Swiss Confederation (SERI/SSO), is initiating a Call for Ideas in order to select the best concepts from the Swiss space community for a future small mission.
Small satellites, considered to be those weighing less than 300 kg with less than 250 W power consumption, are increasing in number and relevance at worldwide level. They have the potential to perform high quality missions at low cost. While they allow top-level science to be conducted, small satellites present challenges at different levels in terms of miniaturisation and cost pressure. At the same time, the range of overall mission costs are affordable for a broader community of institutional and private actors allowing new forms of partnerships and shorter development times of around five years from selection to launch.
According to the Swiss Space Implementation Plan (SSIP), “Small satellites” is one of the emerging themes that deserves particular attention. The Swiss Space Office from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of the Swiss Confederation (SERI/SSO) is initiating the present Call for Ideas in order to select the best concepts from the Swiss space community for a future small mission.
Key requirements:
The present Call for Ideas is very open and does deliberately not mention any preference for a specific thematic area. The key requirements are the following:
• Relevance to Switzerland
• Need, usefulness and excellence
• Uniqueness and complementarity
• Partnership and cooperation
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