H2020 CHEOPS Low Power and Medium Power Final Dissemination Event

Register and participate in the H2020 CHEOPS Low Power and Medium Power Final Dissemination Event either in person or online. Learn about the outstanding results achieved by the CHEOPS Low Power and Medium Power projects Consortia in the domain of the Space Electric Propulsion for developing a Low and a Medium Power Hall Effect Thrusters.

The current draft Agenda is the following:

10:00 -10:30 | Registration

10:30 - 11:00 | Welcome coffee

11:00 - 12:30 | Opening session and Welcome greetings

• Overall presentation
  • Preamble – welcome, thanks, organisation of the day: Vanessa Vial, SAFRAN Spacecraft Propulsion / Wim Lahaye, SME4SPACE
  • Institutional greetings: Daniel Nölke, European Commission
  • Medium Power System description (maturity level and obtained performances) Frédéric Marchandise, SAFRAN Spacecraft Propulsion
  • Low Power System description (maturity level and obtained performances) Antonio Piragino, SAFRAN Spacecraft Propulsion

12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch

13:30 - 13:50 | Keynote speech: Davina Di Cara, European Space Agency - ‘ESA Mapping & Roadmap of EP technologies’

13:50 - 15:30 | CHEOPS LP & MP achievements presentations Focus on CHEOPS MP-LP equipments with Interview of Vanessa Vial, SAFRAN Spacecraft Propulsion, to Thruster Unit / Propulsion Power Unit / Fluid Management System managers of both Medium and Low Power Systems:

• Medium Power (maturity – performance - future)
  • Thuster Unit: Florian Haas, SAFRAN Spacecraft Propulsion
  • Propulsion Power Unit: Eric Bourguignon, Thales Alenia Space Belgium
  • Fluid Management System: Robert-Jan Koopmans, Bradford Space
• Low Power (maturity – performance - future)
  • Thuster Unit: Tanguy Krzymuski, SAFRAN Spacecraft Propulsion
  • Propulsion Power Unit: Eric Bourguignon, Thales Alenia Space Belgium
  • Fluid Management System: Robert-Jan Koopmans, Bradford Space
• Progress on predictive models and in-flight diagnostics
  • Eduardo Ahedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
  • Anne Bourdon and Tsanko Tsankov, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS
  • Stéphane Mazouffre, CNRS ICARE

Value Creation Strategy and Digital Twins / Club Design demo: Massimo Panarotto, Chalmers University of Technology / Politecnico di Milano

15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break

16:00 - 18:00 | Round table 'The possible applications and future development trajectories of CHEOPS LP and MP solutions (LEO constellations and In Space Operations & Services / European program / Industrials expectations for the future markets)'

• Moderator: Alain Demairé, OHB Sweden
• Panellists: Cosmo Casaregola (RIVADA Space Networks), Davina Di Cara (ESA), Davide Di Domizio (EC/HaDEA), Olivier Duchemin (Safran Spacecraft Propulsion), Eric Kruch (SES), Fabien Malet (Airbus Defence and Space), Jaime Perez Luna (Thales Alenia Space UK).

CHEOPS Low Power and CHEOPS Medium Power projects have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme respectively under grant agreement N. 101004331 (LP) and 101004226 (MP).