- The projects, EMISSARY and STAALION, are to be kicked off
in 2025 and are geared towards augmenting Space Domain Awareness in
Europe
- The projects unite several industry partners in the two
consortia
- The two awarded contracts amount to over 2 million Euros
MUNICH, July 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Vyoma, a Germany-based company providing Space Domain
Awareness capabilities, has been awarded two contracts by the
European Defence Fund (EDF) programme of the European Commission.
Specifically, the EMISSARY and STAALION projects seek to augment
European intelligence sovereignty and enhance threat response
capabilities. These contracts represent a significant milestone in
Vyoma's mission to empower the defence sector with independent
space domain awareness capabilities, thereby contributing to
European geostrategic autonomy and the protection of critical
infrastructure security in the continent.
EMISSARY proposes to develop a network of ground- and
space-based sensors that feed a European Space Command and Control
(SC2) centre. The SC2 processes the data and disseminates it to
national defence entities with the sole purpose of generating a
harmonised picture of threats in space across participating Member
States. Among others, Vyoma's contribution includes the development
and testing of the scheduling module for space-based sensors. The
scheduling strategy shall consider, for instance, operational
processes to improve the efficacy of onboard operations and data
retrieval by the SC2 centre EMISSARY will demonstrate and qualify
technologies of predecessor projects (incl. INTEGRAL, where Vyoma
was also a participant) completed in the frame of the European
Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) calls, in 2020.
Leonardo will lead this €100 million EMISSARY project, which will
span 4 years and involve over 40 partners from 13 EU countries,
including diverse SMEs and major enterprises.
STAALION, headed by Nurjana Technologies, is backed by a €6
million budget spanning 2 years and aims to design a system that
protects strategic European assets via in-situ detection and
characterisation of threats, from LEO to GEO. Ultimately, the
system shall be designed to provide a fast and reliable
detection-to-action process, through a decentralised onboard
processing network and an optimised communication architecture.
Crucially, Vyoma is responsible for developing the LEO space
segment of the constellation (orbital design, pointing strategy and
operations concept, mission analysis, etc.) and implementing the
detection and identification software.
Vyoma's involvement in both EMISSARY and STAALION underscores
its dedication to fortifying European defence capabilities by
providing cutting-edge space domain awareness and management
systems. The award of these projects highlights Vyoma's expertise
and leadership in advancing space technologies that align with
European strategic and security goals. Vyoma is honoured to
continue contributing to the safeguarding of Europe's autonomy and sovereignty in space
intelligence.
About Vyoma:
Vyoma is a Munich-based company
that leverages ground-based and soon, space-based data to empower
automated satellite operations and increase domain awareness in
space. Founded in August 2020, Vyoma
enables real-time space surveillance and traffic management of
orbits around Earth. While space is becoming increasingly crowded,
Vyoma provides safe, secure, and automated satellite operations
services, drastically reducing mission costs for its customers.
Vyoma tenders to satellite operators, reinsurers, space agencies,
and intelligence officers. As a participant in the EU Commission
and ESA programs for SDA technology development, Vyoma relies on a
specialised workforce of 35+ engineers and scientists.
Press contact
Arti Dhole
E-Mail: media@vyoma.space
Website: https://vyoma.space/
+49 (0)17679785534
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