InSPoC-3
General Information
Start Date:
06/11/2024
End Date:
2025
Status:
On-going
Programme:
Space Transportation
Programme Reference:
The Objective
OHB Digital Connect and its partners OHB Hellas and Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) have been selected by European Space Agency – ESA to develop ideas for a networked fleet of autonomously operating in-space transportation vehicles.
The study is part of ESA’s In-Space Proof-of-Concepts (InSPoC) initiative, which aims to take the orbital economy to the next level by enabling technological developments in the following areas:
💏 In-orbit rendezvous and docking (InSPoC-1)
⛽ In-orbit refilling and propellant management (InSPoC-2)
🧠 On-board and shared intelligence (InSPoC-3)
🏗️ Containerisation and cargo transfer (InSPoC-4)
The key technologies we will be working on are:
🔧 On-board autonomy and reconfigurability
🦺 On-board safety and longevity
🐝 Shared intelligence for advanced cooperation