ESA contributes to create and capture new demand in Europe by fostering the service offering side and to stimulate and enable the demand side of a developing market in the wider context of commercial In-Orbit Servicing (IOS).
The Objectives of this Initiative are:
- To bring together a service provider and a customer for the servicing of a spacecraft by utilising one or a combination of in-orbit servicing capabilities to be selected and proposed by interested parties
- To position the European space industry in a unique position to enter this market by implementing the above.
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