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EPIC: “Electric Propulsion Innovation & Competitiveness”
The “Electric Propulsion Innovation & Competitiveness” (EPIC) is the PSA project for the Electric Propulsion Strategic Research Cluster (SRC)
The European Commission funded, as part of the Horizon 2020 Space Work Programme 2014, a Programme Support Activity (PSA) for the implementation of the Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) on “In-Space electrical propulsion and station keeping”.
Electric propulsion is identified by European actors as a strategic technology for improving the European competitiveness in different space areas such as in-space operations and transportation. The European Commission has set up the “In space Electrical Propulsion and Station Keeping” Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) in Horizon 2020 programme. The goal of the SRC is to enable major advances in Electric Propulsion for in-space operations and transportation, in order to contribute to guarantee the leadership of European capabilities in electric propulsion at world level within the 2020-2030 timeframe, always in coherence with the existing and planned developments at national, commercial and ESA level.
The SRC set-up was initiated in the Horizon 2020 Space Work Programme 2014 (COMPET-3-2014) with the funding of the EPIC PSA. The EPIC PSA has the mandate to: mainly, design the SRC, monitor its evolution and support the Commission on its implementation, including with its dissemination, outreach and education aspects.
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| Project Title: | Electric Propulsion Innovation & Competitiveness |
| Grant Number: | 640199 |
| Subprogramme: | COMPET-03-2014 – In-Space electrical propulsion and station keeping |
| Call for Proposal: | H2020-COMPET-2014 – Competitiveness of the European Space Sector: Technology and Science |
| Funding Scheme: | Coordination and Support Action (CSA) |
| Duration: | 5 years |
| Start Date: | 1 October 2014 |
| Coordinated by: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
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