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Bruselj, 26.4.2007

SEC(2007) 504

DELOVNI DOKUMENT SLUŽB KOMISIJE

Evropski vesoljski program – predhodna izhodišča {COM(2007) 212 konč.}{SEC(2007) 505}{SEC(2007) 506}

KAZALO

1. Uvod: Utemeljitev evropskega vesoljskega programa 3

2. Začasni programski cilji 4

3. European-level and national activities supporting the draft objectives of the European Space Programme 8

3.1. Satellite Navigation 8

3.2. Earth Observation 9

3.3. Satellite Communications 10

3.4. Science and Technology 11

3.4.1. Space Science 11

3.4.2. Earth Science 12

3.4.3. Technology 12

3.5. International Space Station and Exploration of the solar system 13

3.6. Access to space 14

4. Indicative budgets for major space programmes on European level 15

Uvod: Utemeljitev evropskega vesoljskega programa

Evropski vesoljski program predstavlja skupno, vključujočo in prožno programsko osnovo , na kateri Evropa izvaja svoje vesoljske dejavnosti z najučinkovitejšo uporabo dostopnih virov na vseh ravneh. Program naj bi se skladal s cilji in smernicami evropske vesoljske politike in zagotavljal programske cilje za posamična področja vesoljskega sektorja v podporo njenemu izvajanju. Glavnim sodelujočim akterjem bo omogočil spremljanje doseženega napredka in podprl njihova prizadevanja za povečanje transparentnosti, zmanjšanje nepotrebnega podvajanja in krepitev dopolnjevanja med vsemi z vesoljem povezanimi programi. Tako bo torej pomagal pravočasno doseči usklajeno evropsko delovanje na področju vesolja z odzivanjem na potrebe in zahteve evropskih in nacionalnih uporabnikov.

Evropski akterji, ki sodelujejo v programu, so:

- Evropska vesoljska agencija (ESA): Ključni instrumenti za izvajanje bodo obvezni in neobvezni programi Agencije v okviru Esine dolgoročne strategije z upoštevanjem drugih medvladnih, EU in nacionalnih zmogljivosti in dejavnosti za učinkovito organiziranje sinergij in celostnih pristopov med njimi.

- Evropska unija (EU): Ključni instrumenti za izvajanje bodo zlasti 7. okvirni program za raziskave in tehnološki razvoj (7OP) in programi vseevropskega omrežja ter sredstva, ki ne temeljijo na virih R&R.

- Države članice: Nacionalni vesoljski programi, ki so se začeli in se izvajajo na ravni države članice v skladu z nacionalnimi pravili in instrumenti financiranja, ustrezajo nacionalnim potrebam, obenem pa si prizadevajo za širše cilje, ki si jih je zastavila evropska vesoljska politika. K temu prispevajo tudi dvo- in večstranske dejavnosti.

- Druge medvladne organizacije, ki delujejo na evropski ravni , zlasti agencije, ki uporabljajo evropske vesoljske zmogljivosti, kot je Evropska organizacija za izkoriščanje meteoroloških satelitov (EUMETSAT).

Dejavnosti, ki jih izvajajo evropska industrija in operaterji ter ponudniki storitev , morajo biti primerno upoštevane, zagotovljeno pa mora biti tesno sodelovanje na področju tehnologije R&R ter načrtovanja in izvajanja odprav. Sheme javno-zasebnega partnerstva za zagotavljanje aplikacij in storitev se morajo nadalje razvijati.

Predhodna izhodišča Evropskega vesoljskega programa na področjih aplikacij in podlag predstavljajo nezavezujočo zbirko dejavnosti, ki se trenutno izvajajo in so kratkoročno ali dolgoročno načrtovane. Ustrezajo prispevkom zainteresiranih strani in si prizadevajo za povečanje transparentnosti obstoječih vesoljskih dejavnosti v Evropi. Na področju izvajanja je poseben poudarek na skupnih evropskih programih, kot sta GMES in GALILEO.

Dejavnosti, ki so bile odobrene pred vzpostavitvijo Evropskega vesoljskega programa, so razvrščene po ciljih, ki izhajajo iz evropske vesoljske politike – dejavnosti, ki bodo pridobile na usklajenosti, saj se program neprekinjeno posodablja. Nadaljnje dejavnosti na konkretnejši ravni, kot je razvoj posebnih koristnih tovorov, instrumentov ali poskusov, niso navedene v tem dokumentu, vendar dejavno prispevajo k skupnim evropskim vesoljskim prizadevanjem.

Vsebina programa in metodologija njegove uporabe bosta redno revidirana in posodabljana v tesnem sodelovanju z uporabniki in vsemi zainteresiranimi stranmi, da bi odrazila skupne cilje politike ali se jim prilagodila. Prihodnje dejavnosti se postopoma vključujejo, da bi se zgradil usklajen in skupen strateški okvir , ki bi prinesel komplementarnost vesoljskih dejavnosti v Evropi. Po nadaljnjih razpravah v okviru skupine za vesoljsko politiko na visoki ravni o prihodnjem področju uporabe in konkretni obliki evropskega vesoljskega programa bo skupni sekretariat ESA/ES pripravil prvo revizijo dokumenta v letih 2007 in 2008. Revizija bo upoštevala pripravo Ministrskega sveta ESA ter nadaljnji razvoj programov ES in nacionalnih načrtov. Popravljen evropski vesoljski program bo predstavljen na petem zasedanju Sveta za vesolje, da bi ga Svet za konkurenco in Svet ESA odobrila z uradnim sprejetjem na ministrski ravni.

Države članice se zato poziva, da skupni sekretariat ESA/ES obvestijo o načrtovanih novih programih in o posodobitvah obstoječih programov; informacije morajo pokazati, kako so ti programi usklajeni s cilji in smernicami obstoječega Evropskega vesoljskega programa.

Okvirni proračunski podatki za obdobje 2007–2013 so na voljo za večino dejavnosti na evropski ravni. V fazi revizije Evropskega vesoljskega programa je treba zbrati podobne izčrpne nacionalne proračunske podatke za vsako področje vesoljskega sektorja. Ta dokument vsebuje podatke o vlogi nacionalnih programov v skupnih evropskih vesoljskih dejavnostih z navajanjem njihovega deleža v odstotkih, leto 2006 pa vzame za referenčno leto. Vključitev neke dejavnosti v okvir Evropskega vesoljskega programa ne obsega kakršne koli izmenjave sredstev ali prenosa odgovornosti med zainteresiranimi stranmi.

Začasni programski cilji

V podporo skupnim ciljem politike, navedenim v izjavi o strateškem poslanstvu evropske vesoljske politike, Evropski vesoljski program določa programske cilje za posamezna področja, ki temeljijo na določbah dokumenta evropske vesoljske politike, dolgoročnem načrtu 2007– 2016 ESA in 7. okvirnem programu za raziskave in tehnološki razvoj (7OP). Izvajanje mora temeljiti na tekočih ter kratko- in srednjeročnih dejavnostih, navedenih v poglavju 3.

Skupni cilji vesoljske politike | Začasni programski cilji |

APLIKACIJE Da bi se upošteval razvoj potreb uporabnikov, se razvijejo celoviti vesoljski sistemi in spodbuja vključevanje vesoljskih in zemeljskih sistemov z namenom zagotovitve stroškovno učinkovitih storitev. |

SATELITSKA NAVIGACIJA |

Pospešiti inovacije, konkurenčnost in gospodarsko rast. Zadovoljiti evropske varnostne potrebe. Zagotoviti neomejen dostop do novih in pomembnih tehnologij, sistemov in zmogljivosti. | Zagotoviti evropsko neodvisnost glede najsodobnejše satelitske navigacijske tehnologije in razviti storitve, ki jih zagotavljajo navigacijski sistemi, s povečanjem kakovosti, količine in raznolikosti zagotovljenih podatkov in prispevanjem h konkurenčnosti evropske industrije, tako da se: nadaljuje s polnim razvojem infrastrukture sistema za globalno satelitsko navigacijo (GNSS); pripravijo prihodnje infrastrukture GNSS in uvede tehnološka predstavitev druge generacije sistema PNT (določanje položaja – navigacija – satelitska časovna razporeditev); spodbuja uporaba sistemov PNT znotraj integriranih aplikacij; zagotavlja izvajanje mednarodnih partnerstev na področju GNSS. |

OPAZOVANJE ZEMLJE |

Pospešiti inovacije, konkurenčnost in gospodarsko rast. Zadovoljiti evropske varnostne potrebe. Zagotoviti neomejen dostop do novih in pomembnih tehnologij, sistemov in zmogljivosti. Služiti evropskemu javnemu interesu pri oblikovanju trajnostne politike na področju okolja in podnebnih sprememb. | Razvijati evropsko infrastrukturo opazovanja Zemlje v smislu polne razvitosti ter povezane operativne storitve za okolje in varnost, ob upoštevanju zmogljivosti z dvojno uporabo, tako da se: nadaljuje z razvojem vesoljske razsežnosti GMES, ki temelji na razvitih nacionalnih in ESA zmogljivostih; krepi dialog s skupnostmi uporabnikov ter pospešuje razvoj in oveljavitev novih storitev in aplikacij, ob raziskovanju politik v zvezi s podatki, mehanizmi za zbiranje in urejanje podatkov (vesoljskih in zemeljskih), prvenstveno z osredotočenjem na sklop hitrih storitev („fast-track services“) GMES do leta 2008; krepi dialog v zadevnih mednarodnih telesih; določi vloga GMES znotraj GEOSS; zagotovi kontinuiteta evropskih zmogljivosti v operativni meteorologiji. |

SATELITSKE KOMUNIKACIJE |

Pospešiti inovacije, konkurenčnost in gospodarsko rast ter imeti vodilno vlogo na področju komercialnih vesoljskih dejavnosti. Zadovoljiti evropske varnostne potrebe. Zagotoviti neomejen dostop do novih in pomembnih tehnologij, sistemov in zmogljivosti. | Prispevati h konkurenčnosti evropske vesoljske industrije in k razvoju informacijske družbe v Evropi, tako da se: razvijajo napredne satelitske komunikacijske tehnologije v sodelovanju z industrijo in operaterji, kar bi privedlo do novih predstavitvenih nalog, ob primernem upoštevanju zahtev dvojne rabe; povečuje integracija z zemeljskimi sistemi v podporo evropskim in globalnim komunikacijskim infrastrukturam in povezuje z drugimi področji aplikacij; razvijajo storitve za končnega uporabnika, ki jih nudijo satelitske komunikacije s povečevanjem kakovosti, količine in raznolikosti podatkov, ter razvijajo multimedijski satelitski sisteme (ki povezujejo mobilne, širokopasovne ter radijske in televizijske). |

VARNOST IN OBRAMBA Prihodnji razvoj na nacionalni in evropski ravni. |

Zadovoljiti evropske varnostne in obrambne potrebe. Zagotoviti neomejen dostop do novih in pomembnih tehnologij, sistemov in zmogljivosti. | Prihodnji razvoj na nacionalni in evropski ravni. |

PODLAGE |

ZNANOST in TEHNOLOGIJA |

Pospešiti inovacije, konkurenčnost in gospodarsko rast. Okrepiti prispevek vesoljskih raziskav k na znanju temelječi družbi. Zadovoljiti evropske varnostne potrebe. Zagotoviti neomejen dostop do novih in pomembnih tehnologij, sistemov in zmogljivosti. Služiti evropskemu javnemu interesu pri oblikovanju trajnostne politike na področju okolja in podnebnih sprememb. | VESOLJSKA ZNANOST |

V okviru lizbonske agende in dejavnosti Ese v podporo konkurenčnosti in odkrivanja krepiti globalno znanstveno vlogo in širiti osnovo znanja, tako da se: osredotoči na konkretne prednostne zadeve (nastanek življenja in planetov, Sončev sistem, temeljne zakone univerzuma, izvor in razvoj univerzuma); podpira sinergije dejavnosti vesoljske znanosti z drugimi znanstvenimi dejavnostmi in tehnološko uporabnost za nadaljnje aplikacije; krepi dejavnosti mednarodnega sodelovanja. |

ZNANOST O ZEMLJI |

Razširiti dejavnosti znanosti o Zemlji, ki so v pomoč vrednotenju globalnih sprememb in okoljskih politik, tako da se: razvija nove naloge v podporo ključnim zadevam (ocean/hidrosfera, zrak/atmosfera, led/kriosfera, zemeljsko površje/biosfera, zemeljska notranjost/geosfera); zagotovi učinkovito izkoriščanje znanstvenih podatkov v povezavi z aplikacijami opazovanja Zemlje (EO) v okviru GMES; krepi dejavnosti mednarodnega sodelovanja. |

TEHNOLOGIJA |

Prispevati k inovacijam in konkurenčnosti, tako da se: povečajo sinergije med tehnološkim razvojem na civilnem in obrambnem področju ter med vesoljskim in nevesoljskim tehnološkim razvojem; opredelijo najpomembnejše tehnologije in izvede povezane tehnološke predstavitvene naloge; uskladi tehnološki razvoj. |

MEDNARODNA VESOLJSKA POSTAJA IN RAZISKOVANJE SONČEVEGA SISTEMA |

Okrepiti prispevek vesoljskih raziskav k na znanju temelječi družbi. Zagotoviti neomejen dostop do novih in pomembnih tehnologij, sistemov in zmogljivosti. | Izkoristiti znanstvene in tehnološke ugodnosti naložb v projekt ISS ter pripraviti prihodnje raziskovalne dejavnosti za prevzem ključne vloge v okviru mednarodnih struktur za raziskovanje vesolja, tako da se: zagotovi največji znanstveni dobiček od naložb, zlasti na področju znanosti o življenju in naravoslovnih znanostih, in optimalno uporabo ISS; okrepijo dejavnosti znanosti o življenju in naravoslovnih znanostih v podporo aplikacijam, ki niso v zvezi z vesoljem, in dejavnostim, ki so v zvezi z raziskovanjem vesolja; pripravijo in predstavijo ključne zmogljivosti (temeljne tehnologije in infrastrukture) za naslednji korak v raziskovanju, zlasti za robotsko raziskovanje Marsa in morebitne dejavnosti, povezane z raziskovanjem Lune; sodeluje z mednarodnimi partnerji pri vesoljskem prevozu ljudi v skladu s scenariji, ki jih določijo države članice. |

DOSTOP DO VESOLJA |

Zagotoviti neomejen dostop do novih in pomembnih tehnologij, sistemov in zmogljivosti. Pospešiti inovacije, konkurenčnost in gospodarsko rast. | Ohraniti neodvisen dostop do vesolja, tako da se: ohrani obratovanje evropskega vesoljskega pristanišča (Gvajanski vesoljski center); utrdi evropska družina izstrelitvenih ploščadi (Ariana 5, Vega, Sojuz in CSG); pripravijo in ohranijo tehnološke in industrijske zmogljivosti za razvoj naslednje generacije izstrelitvenih ploščadi; raziščejo morebitne dolgoročne možnosti za sodelovanje s strateškimi partnerji. |

EUROPEAN-LEVEL AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING THE DRAFT OBJECTIVES OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE PROGRAMME

The following tables provide an overview by space domain about activities that are currently on-going and envisaged for the short to medium term by the actors taking part in the European Space Programme and that are disposed to support the draft programmatic objectives outlined in chapter 2.

Satellite Navigation

Programmatic Objectives | Activities |

Proceeding with the full-fledged development of the GNSS infrastructure | I. European-level : Galileo IOV and EGNOS/GNSS support programme (funded by EC and ESA and technically managed by ESA) Galileo FOC deployment and Galileo EGNOS operations managed by the Galileo Supervisory Authority (GSA) and the Galileo Operating Company (GOC) under a concession contract. Giove-A (2005), Giove-B (2007), IOV 1-2-3-4, FOC |

Preparation of future GNSS infrastructures: Launch of technology demonstration of 2nd generation PNT System | I. European level : FP7 Programme (GSA) GNSS Evolution Programme (under preparation by ESA) |

II. National level : National PNT-related technology development |

Promoting the use of PNT systems within integrated applications | I. European-level : GSA: FP7 SESAR (air traffic management) Proposed ESA Integrated Applications Programme |

II. National level : Diverse National applications development activities [e.g. GATE (Galileo test environment for hardware, applications and services) (D), Galileo Test Range project (I), Navigation Project (F)] National PNT-related technology developments [e.g. Argos 3/Sarsat 3 (F), GATE (D), HIGAPS, INDOOR, GALTEC, SEAGATE (D)] |

Ensuring implementation of international partnerships on GNSS | I. European level : EC activities with technical support from GSA: cooperation with the United States (Galileo/GPS-Agreement of July 2004), Russia (GLONASS, negotiations ongoing) and other countries relating to interoperability and compatibility of Galileo with existing and coming GNSS Systems. ESA activities relating to Galileo and EGNOS |

Earth Observation

Programmatic Objectives | Activities |

Proceed with GMES space component development based on national and ESA developed assets | I. European level : GMES Space Component Programme (ESA) Planned : GMES Sentinel 1a (2011) and 2a (2012), Sentinel-3a (2012), Sentinel-1b and 2b (2013), Sentinel-3b (2014) FP7-Space Theme: Contribution to the GMES Space Component (EC) Coordination of national or bilateral/multilateral EO mission developments |

II. National level : National technology development programmes/Preliminary activities and precursor missions, e.g. PASO studies (F), SAFARI (D), METIMAGE (D) Development of national or bilateral/multilateral EO missions Under operation: TerraSAR-X (2006/D), DMC/Disaster monitoring constellation (UK2002/2005), Spot-4/5, Jason-1 (2001/F) Planned: Rapid-Eye (2007/D), TanDEM (2009/D), TerraSAR-X 2nd gen. (2012), Venus (2009/F), SARAL (2009/F) En MAP (2010/D), Bissat (2010/I) Future Spanish EO satellite, Future Norwegian Sea monitoring satellite; Pleiades (2008/F), Cosmo-SkymMed (2007/08/09/I) Cosmo-Skymed 2nd gen. (2012/2013/I), Pleiades (2009/2010/F-B), SVEA: Swedish national surveillance mission, HYPSEO (I), Microsat (I), Nanoform (I) |

Reinforce dialogue with user communities and foster the development + validation of new services and applications, also by exploring mechanisms for data provision and management (space and in-situ), focusing in the first place on a set of GMES fast-track services in the field of: Emergency Management Land Monitoring Maritime Services Atmospheric services (in preparation) | I. European level : FP7-Space Theme (e.g. grant agreement or other mechanisms for space and non-space data provision). Additional activities foreseen in other FP7 themes (e.g. ICT, environment), in JRC direct actions, and in other EU sectoral policies (e.g. agriculture, fisheries, development, …) (EC) GMES Service element transfer activities (ESA) EUSC activities in support of EU Security Policies |

II. National level : Availability of national or regional data Other service and product development activities: [e.g. SIASGE (Italian-Argentinian cooperation on emergency EO satellites/Cosmo-Skymed); Disaster Management Pilot project (I); MOSAIC (Microsatellites Applications in collaboration(UK); Stereo programme (B); Project on development of application products and Cosmo-SkyMed Ground segment (I); SatHav (maritime applications) and SatNat (land applications) (N); National Earth observation Users’ Platform (NL); Ether, Mercator, Postel, Aviso, Icare (F); EO centres of excellence (UK) DeCover, DeSecure, DeMarine, Enviland(D)] |

Reinforce dialogue within appropriate international bodies in view of embedding GMES into the GEOSS infrastructure | I. European level : a) EC: FP7-Environment Theme (additional activities foreseen in other FP7 themes (e.g. ICT, Space) and in JRC direct action) b) ESA: Availability of Earth observation data (e.g. Webportal, Data Clearinghouse) c) EUMETSAT: Continuation of Satellite Application Facilities, Geonetcast |

II. National level : National contributions |

Ensure continuity of European capacities in operational meteorology: developing and operating state-of the-art meteorology missions developing and operating innovative meteorological services and applications | I. European level : Development of meteorological satellites, also contributing to GMES (ESA/EUMETSAT) Under operation: Meteosat 5/6/7/8/9 (1991/93/97/02/05), Metop-A (2006) Planned:MSG-3 (2009), METOP-B (2010), MSG-4 (2012), MTG (2015) METOP-C (2015); Post-Eumetsat Polar System (EPS) satellite generation studies Development of associated services and applications (EUMETSAT) EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) within the Applications ground segment: Ocean + Sea Ice, Ozone Monitoring, Climate Monitoring, Numerical Weather prediction, Land surface analysis. High precision weather forecast for 4D-aircraft trajectory prediction (SESAR). |

II. National level activities, e.g. Jason-2 (2008/F), METIMAGE (D). |

Satellite Communications

Programmatic Objectives | Activities |

Development of advanced satellite communication technologies in cooperation with industry and operators leading to new demonstration missions, also by taking into account dual-use requirements | I. European level : EC: In FP7 and TEN-T, general (i.e. non-proprietary space) technologies development in research programmes in TREN, ENTR, RTD and INFSO. ESA: Preparatory mission, system and general configuration studies, technology for satellite based telecom and multimedia, development of payloads and ground segments, in-orbit validation, Alphabus/Alphasat, Small GEO platform (Artes-11 programme) ; Preliminary System and architecture studies (Proposed contribution to European Integrated Secured Communication network) Hylas, Alphasat (2010), Small GEO satellite |

II. National level : National telecom-related technology R+D activities: payload development (e.g. Programme Stentor (F);COMED NG/Santana/LCT (D); National in-kind contributions (Alphasat), telecom-related technology activities (I), parallel platform development programme (D) Spainsat/Xtar (E), Athena-Fidus (2010/F/I) |

Increasing integration with terrestrial systems in support of European and global communication infrastructures with other application domains | I. European level : EC: FP7: ICT Challenge, Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructures ESA: Telecom application demonstration (e.g. Artes). Possible future Data-Transmission System (DTS) including a data relay component in support of Earth observation missions (proposed DTS architecture and technology study within TRP/GSTP) |

II. National activities : Integration of space/terrestrial infrastructures (e.g. ‘Village communicant’/F), Institutional Communication for security and emergency (I) |

Develop end-user services increasing quality, quantity and variety of data by developing a multimedia satellite system (merging mobile, broadband and broadcast) | I. European level : EC: FP7, TEN-T, Space Theme: Space-based end-user application developments (e.g. GMES, Galileo), Telemedicine; SESAR Joint Undertaking (air traffic management); ICT Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructures ESA: Proposed contribution to SESAR as well as telemedicine applications |

II. National activities : TANGO: Telecom advanced networks for GMES operations (F); Activities in support of the integration of telecom and navigation services (e.g. D), Tele-Education/Tele-Medicine project (I) |

Provision of a harmon-ised regulatory environ-ment on a pan-European scale (e.g. concerning spectrum availability, service licensing). | I. European level : EC: Revised eCommunications and TV without frontiers regulation directives.Harmonised spectrum and standardisation activities (EC with ESA support). |

II. National activities: Harmonised spectrum and standardisation activities. |

Science and Technology

Space Science

Programmatic Objectives | Activities |

Focusing on specific priority issues: Life and planetary formation Solar System Fundamental laws of the Universe Origins and evolution of the Universe | I. European-level : ESA Scientific Programme: Cosmic Vision 2025 EC: FP7 activities for the optimal preparation of scientific payloads and for the effective scientific exploitation of their data. Under operation: HST (1990/US), SOHO (1995), Newton (1999/US), Cluster2 (2000), Integral (2002), Mars Express (2003), SMART-1 (2003), Rosetta(2004), Double Star (2003/04/China), Venus Express (2005), AKARI/Astro-F (2006/Japan), Solar B (2006/Japan) Planned: Chandrayaan1 (2007/India), Herschel-Planck (2008), Lisa PF (2009), Lisa, Gaia(2011), Bepi- Colombo (2013), MIRI/ JWST (2013/US) , Solar Orbiter (2015) |

II. National activities : National in-kind contributions to ESA missions by ESA Member States and European Cooperating States National science programmes: Development of instruments/platforms relying notably on national technical centres for R+T for orbital systems (e.g. Platform for mini-satellites Myriade and Proteus(F)), Balloon operation centre (F), Long-duration stratospheric balloons: SnowCake/ Boomerang (I) Under operation: Corot (2006/F) Planned: Picard (2008/F), T2L2 (2008/F), Pharao/ACES (F, CH), Microscope(2009/F), Taranis (F), Smese (F), Agile (I), New hard x-ray mission (2010/I), eRosita (2011+/D) |

Supporting synergies of space science activities with other science activities and towards applications | Diverse national data exploitation activities (e.g. CNES, DLR, ASI Science Data Center) [Scientific data treatment, archiving, processing capabilities, including data valorisation for ESA and national missions] Link between Space Science and Exploration activities (e.g. Exomars) |

Increasing international cooperation activities | Activities performed by ESA, its Member States and Cooperating states |

Earth Science

Programmatic Objectives | Activities |

Developing new missions in support of core topics: Ocean/Hydrosphere Air/Atmosphere Ice/Cryosphere LandSurface/ Biosphere Solid Earth/ Geosphere | I. European level : Earth Observation Envelope programme/Earth Explorer missions (ESA) FP7 Space work programme/actions area strengthening of the foundations of space sciences and technology (EC) Under operation: ERS-2 (1995), ENVISAT (2002) Planned: GOCE (2007), SMOS (2007), ADM-Aeolus (2008), Cryosat-2 (2009), SWARM (2010), EarthCare (2012) |

II. National level : Development of instruments/platforms relying notably on national technical centres and of full-fledged national missions. National in-kind contributions to ESA missions by ESA Member States and European Cooperating States Under operation: Champ (2001/D), Jason-1 (2001/F), Odin (2001/S), GRACE (2002/D), Parasol (2004/F), Demeter (2004/F), Calipso (2006/F), Spot 4/5 (F), Rosa (I) Planned: Jason-2 (2008/F), MeghaTropiques (2009/F), Venus (2009/F), SARAL (2009/F) |

Ensuring effective exploitation of science data in conjunction with EO applications within GMES | ESA and national data treatment capabilities (e.g. CADTS Centre Archivage et Traitement Données SMOS/ F, NL-SCIA-DC Sciamachy Data Center, Matera Space Geodesy Center (I)) National data valorisation activities/R+D for pilot applications/product development (e.g. Ether, Mercator, Aviso, Icare, Postel/F); German Remote Sensing Center DFD/D) |

Increasing international cooperation activities | Activities performed by ESA, its Member States and Cooperating States |

Technology

Programmatic objectives | Activities |

Maximising synergies between civil and defence, space and non-space technology developments Identifying critical technologies and perform associated technology demonstration missions | I. European level : Basic Technology Research programme/TRP (ESA) General Support Technology Programme/GSTP (ESA) European Component Initiative Technology Transfer Programme/TTP (ESA) ESA proposed NEWPro (technologies focusing on non-dependence, spin-in, security) Proposed in orbit demonstration for technologies and techniques (ESA) FP7 Space Work Programme/actions area strengthening of the foundations of space sciences and technology (EC) Planned: Proba-2, Proba-3, Expert. Proposed: Further Proba elements for technology demonstrators and precursors |

II. National level : National transversal technology R+D programmes Planned: Prisma (S), Simbol-X (F), Tandem-X (D), TET108/210 (D), Future national micro-satellite missions |

Harmonising technology developments | Technology harmonisation (ESA and EC) European Space technology Platform, European Space Technology Master Plan |

International Space Station and Exploration of the solar system

Programmatic objectives | Activities |

Ensuring maximum scientific return on investment and optimum utilisation of the ISS Strengthening life and physical sciences activities in support of non-space applications and exploration-related activities | I. European level : ISS Exploitation Programme (ESA) Planned: Node-2 (2007), ATV-1 (2007), Columbus (2007), ERA (2009) ATV-2(2009), ATV-3(2011), ATV-4(2012), ATV-5(2013) ISS utilisation programme/ELIPS (ESA) II. National level : Nationally funded experiments within the ELIPS programme National contributions to the ISS: [e.g. Declic facility/F; Multiuser facilities for Columbus/D; Pharao ACES (F, CH)] National activities promoting the commercial use of ISS. National infrastructure/activities: e.g. Cardiolab (D/F), Neurolab (D); Cardiomed (F); DCMC (I), OSMA (I), MOMA/Biotech applications (I), GPM and CAB (I) User Support Operational Centre USOC’s: e.g. CADMOS (F), MUSC (D), Immulab (D), BEC-Lab (D) |

Preparing and demonstrating core capabilities (enabling technologies and infrastructures) for next step in exploration, notably for robotic Mars exploration and possible activities linked to moon exploration and cooperation with international partners on human space transportation according to scenario to be decided by Member States | I. European level : Proposed Aurora Core Programme (MSR, MSR precursor mission, Lunar exploration/Moon Orbit infrastructure) Preliminary studies Crew Space Transportation System) (ESA) FP7 Space work programme/actions area strengthening the foundations of space science and technology (EC) Planned:ExoMars mission (2013) |

II. National technology development in support of exploration : e.g.: MSL-Mars Surface laboratory (F) Network of geophysical stations on Mars (2011/F) Moon exploration (I, D) Inflatable structures-FLECS (I) |

Access to space

Programmatic Objectives | Activities |

Maintaining Europe’s space port (Guiana Space Centre) under operation-al conditions/launch infrastructure | I. European level: CSG Kourou (ESA) Ariane 5 Infrastructure (ESA) VEGA (ESA) Soyuz at CSG (ESA), partly supported by Soyuz in Kourou/FP7 (EC) |

[II. National launch infrastucture] CNES-CSG Kourou (F) Esrange rocket range (S) Andoya rocket range (N), Other national rockets ranges: e.g. Broglio Space Center (I), Broglio launch base Trapani (I), Mobile rocket base (MORABA/D), Propulsion Test Center Lampoldshausen (D), Malindi (I) |

Consolidating the European family of launchers: Ariane 5, Vega, Soyuz at CSG | I. European level: Ariane (ACEP, ARTA, EVOLUTION, PLUS, EGAS, …) (ESA) VEGA(VERTA) (ESA) Soyuz at CSG (ESA), partly supported by Soyuz in Kourou/FP7 (EC) |

II. National technical support to Ariane, Vega. CNES/F as prime contractor for Soyuz at CSG. Exploration of potential upgrades for Ariane and Vega/Evolution of the family of Launchers e.g. Ariane (F) and VEGA surveillance (I) |

Preparing technological and industrial capabilities for the development of next generation launchers | I. European level: FLPP 1, FLPP 2 (ESA) Re-entry technology: Expert (ESA) FP7 programme on the Strengthening of space foundations (EC) |

II. National R+T for future launchers R+T launchers and phases 0/A (F) Launcher development activities: [Tekin 2010, Tehora 3, Astra, Phoenix 1, TETRA, Tanks and structures (D); Future launchers/LYRA (I) Re-entry technology: [SHEFEX(D); Pre-X(F), Compere(D/F)] |

Exploring possible long-term options for cooperation with strategic partners | Agreement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency on long-term cooperation and partnership in the field of development, implementation and use of launchers First Implementing Arrangement between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency on cooperation in research and technology development for future launchers France-Russia long-term cooperation/OURAL EU-Russia Dialogue on Space Cooperation (EC, ESA) |

INDICATIVE BUDGETS FOR MAJOR SPACE PROGRAMMES ON EUROPEAN LEVEL

ORIGIN | NAME OF PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY | TIMEFRAME | BUDGET/EXPENDITURE (in bn€) |

European-level activities |

ESA | Indicative figures (current e.c.) provided for ESA represent overall expenditure as indicated in ESA’s Long Term Plan 2007-2016. They do not represent binding commitments for ESA Member States and include proposed future activities not yet approved. |

Navigation and Telecommunication | 2007-2013 | 3.4 |

Earth Observation | 2007-2013 | 4.5 |

Integrated Applications | 2007-2013 | 0.5 |

Basic Activities | 2007-2013 | 1.4 |

Science Programme and Science Support (Prodex) | 2007-2013 | 3.4 |

Technology | 2007-2013 | 0.8 |

Human Space Flight, Microgravity and Exploration | 2007-2013 | 4.2 |

Launchers | 2007-2013 | 5.0 |

EC | FP7 Space WP | 2007-2013 | 1.4 (of which 85% for GMES) |

FP7 Transport WP | 2007-2013 | 0.45 (incl. SESAR) |

FP7 Environment, ICT | 2007-2013 | Not determined (annual commitments) |

Galileo budget line | 2007 onward | 1,0 (under review) |

Activities other than Research or Galileo (e.g. AGRI, FISH, DEV, REGIO, …) | 2007 onward | Not determined (annual commitments) |

EUMETSAT | MSG | 1992-2018 | 2,1 incl. ESA contribution of 400 M€ |

EPS | 1994-2019 | 2,4 (estimates), incl. ESA contribution of 550 M€ |

Post-EPS | 2012-2034 | 2,4 (estimates) |

MTG | 2015-2034 | 2,5 (estimates), incl. ESA contribution |

National-level activities |

Taking 2006 as a reference year, national programmes, including civil and defence-dedicated activities account for approximately 40 % of the overall European space effort[1]. |

[1] In line with figures provided by EUROCONSULT.