Projet SLICE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Space utilisation plays a crucial role in understanding climate change, but due to a drastic increase in launch rates, there is an urgent need to understand and mitigate potential environmental impacts of space activities themselves, particularly of launchers. However, large knowledge gaps persist for their operational phase from lift-off to landing/reentry. Here, the largest Global Warming Potential and Ozone Layer Depletion Potential are expected. Especially in the higher atmospheric layers, which are only accessed by launchers, potential impacts of emitted pollutants are amplified by very long retention periods and substance accumulation effects. To investigate the Space Launch Impact on Climate and Environment, SLICE will therefore develop a research and training programme that bridges the current divide between space engineering and climate science to close the gaps that exist in the Life-Cycle Analysis of space launch systems. Thus, SLICE will contribute to advance the science of climate change by investigating the three most pressing research areas of this field: Launch Vehicle Emissions, Atmospheric Interaction & Climate Impact and System Analysis & Design. This will generate actionable insights, on which SLICE will develop solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate the delivery of the Green Deal and establish an environmentally sustainable access to space. This will not only generate desperately needed novel results, which will enable cutting-edge innovations. It will also satisfy the pressing demand for a new generation of highly skilled and resilient researchers, trained to create and realise these necessary innovations and to develop a natural ecodesign thinking. SLICE is also highly needed to support current policy efforts, including the European Green Deal, ESA’s Agenda 2025, the upcoming EU Space Law and Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) regulations at European level, including the development of PEF Category Rules (PEFCR) for space.

Mots clés : access to space rocket emissions combustion emissions atmospheric re entry emissions, life cycle analysis environmental impact multi disciplinary design optimisation chemistry climate modelling

Participants :
- Agence spatiale européenne (France) — Partner, associated partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut von karman de dynamique des fluides (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- École polytechnique de Turin (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 281755.08 €
- Institut météorologique finlandais (Finlande) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Stuttgart (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 580544.64 €
- Mt aerospace ag (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre européen de recherche et de formation avancée en calcul scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 314669.16 €
- Toulouse INP (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Indra (Spain) (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 282188.16 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 314669.16 €
- Astos solutions gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Maiaspace (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Office national d’études et de recherches aérospatiales (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 314669.16 €
- Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Leeds (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 348738.12 €
- Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- ArianeGroup (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Strathclyde (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 348738.12 €
- Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 314669.16 €
- ArianeGroup (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 290272.32 €
- Institut Paul Scherrer (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université technologique de Dresde (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 580544.64 €
- École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université technique de Rhénanie-Westphalie à Aix-la-Chapelle (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 577080.0 €
- Airbus defence and space sas (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €