CZECH SPACE OFFICE Czech Space Activities Jiri M. Fuchs.

CZECH SPACE OFFICE

Czech Space Activities

Jiri M. Fuchs

MAIN INSTITUTES INVOLVEDMAIN INSTITUTES INVOLVED

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sportsspace-related R&D, cooperation with ESA

Ministry of Transport GNSS, Galileo issues

Ministry of Environment EUMETSAT

Ministry of Foreign Affairs COPUOS and international agreements

Parliament CRSubcommittee for Aviation and Space in Committee for Economics

Regional authorities City of Prague

CZECH SPACE OFFICE (CSO)CZECH SPACE OFFICE (CSO)

Coordination and administration of space activities

Management of cooperation with ESA PECS Committee, PECS projects, IRC, PBEOPECS - Plan for European Cooperating States IRC - International Relations CommitteePB-EO – Programme Board – Earth Observation

Representation in international institutions COPUOS, HLSPG, 7FP-Space, GAC, IAF, ESTPCOPUOS – Committee on the Peaceful Uses ofOuter SpaceHLSPG – High Level Space Policy GroupIAF – International Astronomical Federation

GAC - GMES Advisory Council IAF – International Astronomical Federation ESTP – European Space Technology PlatformSupporting activities

information seminars, database of research & industrial bodies, consultancy, training

Education and outreach student activities, WSW, zero-g, schools

CR-ESA cooperation frame agreement (1996)PRODEX participating state (2000)ESA industrial audit (2001)European Cooperating State (2003)

Aim:

• Integration of the Czech research and industry into European space programmes

• Build up on strong points:• Tradition of space research activities• Developed present high-tech production and services sectors

EESA AGREEMENTSSA AGREEMENTS

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23 Interkosmos science satellites (1969-1991)

Manned flight, Vladimír Remek (1978)

Movable platform for Halley comet probe Vega 1 and for MIR space station (1984, 1989)

Payload for Mars exploration - Fobos 1 (1988)

Five Magion mini-satellites (1978-1996)

4 space furnaces on MIR station (1984-1995)

MIMOSA microaccelerometer satellite (2003)

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• Space science

Sun, near-Earth environment

CLUSTER, INTEGRAL, SOHO, XMM, GOCE, GAIA

• Microgravity

Material research, biological experiments

• Payload:

PROBA 2: TPMU, DSLP

SWARM: 3 microaccelerometers per satellite

Bepi Colombo: electron spectrometer

SERVICESSERVICES

• GALILEO

• Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

• Land monitoring, emergency responce

– GSE Land, Respond, Terrafirma

GROUND SEGMENTGROUND SEGMENT

• Flight control systems

– SCOS 2000 for control centres

• Data processing and archiving

– GRID technology

STRUCTURE OF TODAY ACTIVITIESSTRUCTURE OF TODAY ACTIVITIES

PROJECTs CAPACITIESPROJECTs CAPACITIES

• Running 18 PECS projects spents totally about 6,4M€

• Overall national yearly expenditures for space related projects are about 3,4 M€ (2007)

ESA (PECS) more than 1 M€

EUMETSAT 0,7 M€

Others 1,4 M€

• Potentials to be involved:

Larger industries (e.g. aviation with 40 companies, 10000 employees, 253 M€ turnover)

SMEs – SW, services, high quality mechanical, optical and electronic devices design and manufacturing

ORGANIZATION’ORGANIZATION’ss STRUCTURE STRUCTURE

The CSO´s departments are as follows:

• Relations with ESA, PECS programme 

• Relations with governments and parliaments of EU member states

• Science program and ISS

• Industry and Technology

• Earth observation 

• Telecommunication and navigation

• Student activities

• Public relations

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