Studies

Delivered by the European Space Policy Institute:

With humanity returning to the Moon, a new wave of missions is turning cislunar space into a strategic frontier. After a roughly three-decade lull in lunar activity, the number of ongoing and planned missions to cislunar space has increased significantly. While Europe’s participation is at a much lower frequency and scale than that of most global space powers, the Revolution Space report delivered by the High Level Advisory Group to ESA in 2023 called for an increased European ambition in exploration, with the Moon at the core of their recommendations.

This document by the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) serves as a resource for policymakers and the public that leverages open-source information to assess key developments in foreign counterspace weapons. Drawing on eight years of collected data and analyses, this series describes trends in the development, testing, and use of counterspace weapons and enables readers to develop a deeper understanding of threats to U.S. national security interests in space.

This paper explores the geopolitical context of the EU's space activities, with a focus on security and defence, and the response to space-related risks. It presents four future scenarios, highlighting challenges and opportunities, while also examining policy considerations for EU action

Registration manual for the ESA Star platform.

This document provides an in-depth overview of the European Space Agency's (ESA) funding opportunities related to the Galileo and Copernicus satellite systems.

This document provides a comprehensive analysis of the European Space Agency (ESA) and delves into the intricacies of its operations, contributions, and strategic initiatives; moreover, it examines the georeturn policy and its implications for Hungary.

This Hungarian-language analysis is the second part of a stakeholder mapping and analysis within the Space Industry & Space Research theme, a detailed overview of stakeholder groups, interactions and dynamics at EU level.

This Hungarian-language analysis is the first part of a stakeholder map and analysis of the space industry & space research, a detailed overview of the importance of the space industry, the EU's institutional actors, international and intergovernmental organisations.

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the national space agencies of various EU (and non-EU) member states, highlighting their structures, funding mechanisms, degrees of independence, and involvement in EU and international space activities.

In this pamphlet, the readers can get a better understanding of the Japanese Aerospace Association's ambitions and goals from an industrial and governmental point of view.