Eurospace Position Paper “Towards an evolution of the ESA Geographical Return”

As part of the current ESA transformation exercise put forward in ESA Agenda 2025, the Agency has highlighted the need to improve its procurement process to make it leaner and more expedite. The evolution of the geo-return policy, currently discussed by ESA with its Member States is part of such exercise; but it is a delicate balance between the needs to safeguard the opportunities and investments of Member States, and in particular the “emerging” ones, and the above-mentioned leaner procurement goals.

In light of the proposed measures currently discussed by ESA with its Member States, the European space industry, represented by Eurospace, wishes to share its feedback on the evolution such system should pursue in its Position Paper “Towards an evolution of the ESA Geographical Return”, available here.