Science and Exploration

ESA awards Deimos €17 Million Contract for Pioneering Space Sustainability Mission “DRACO”

World’s first demonstration of a controlled satellite break-up process Madrid, Spain, 24 September 2024 – The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Deimos Space, a leading player in the European space industry, the contract for its DRACO (Destructive Re-entry Assessment Container Object) mission, ultimately worth 17 million euros.  The agreement for the first phase of…

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ICARUS, the new European project to develop an Inflatable Heat Shield

€15 million of EU funding for European consortium to develop inflatable heat shield to recover rocket stages from space and prepare for Mars missions ICARUS consortium led by Deimos includes among others partners such as Germany’s Atmos, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), and official space research centres from Italy (CIRA) and France (ONERA) Madrid, Spain, 10…

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