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OPPORTUNITY - Intended Tender
ACTIVITY - Feasibility Study
OPENING DATE - 26-06-2023
CLOSING DATE - 31-08-2023
WEBINAR - 03 May 2023 - 10:00 BST - Click here to register.
Application Areas supporting a sustainable Lunar Presence
Towards the development of a sustainable lunar economy, a plethora of business opportunities is enabled by lunar communication and navigation services. These are expected to initially focus on the establishment of a presence on the Moon’s surface before commercialising lunar data and exploiting in-situ resources.
Business Opportunities
More than 400 missions are forecast to launch to the Moon between 2022 and 2032, including scientific, robotic, and human crewed missions (source: NSR). The capabilities enabled by the Moonlight communication and navigation services as well as the diverse application areas that could be addressed exploiting these services open up opportunities for innovative business models. Initial ideas for use cases of lunar communication and navigation were pitched at ESA Space for Inspiration 2022 and the Agency is looking for further business ideas to help develop the lunar economy.
What We Offer*
For selected business ideas, we intend to offer Enabling Studies for the development and assessment of new end-to-end business concepts and lunar economy applications that benefit from Moonlight's communication or navigation services and that address the needs of potential paying customers.
- Zero-equity funding of up to 200,000 Euro per study
- Personal ESA consultant
- Technical & commercial guidance
- Access to our network of partners
- Credibility of the ESA brand
* Subject to internal approvals, terms and conditions.
The envisaged scope of each study will include, but is not limited to, the
- development and maturation of business cases including operational end-to-end service concepts enabled by lunar communication and navigation services
- assessment of the desirability by potential customers, of the technical feasibility, and of the commercial viability of these business cases
- proof of concepts on ground to test critical assumptions regarding desirability by customers, feasibility, and viability of the proposed service
- preparation of a roadmap for the implementation and commercial rollout of the operational service