TD 1
On-Board Data Systems
TD 2
Space System Software
1.A
DSP, network & data processing technologies & techniques
2.A
Methods, tools, & function development using advanced s/w technologies (ground or space applications)
1.B
System management
2.B
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for flight & simulator s/w
1.C
Design methods for microelectronic devices, IP cores, sensor ASICs
2.C
SDLC for mission control system
2.D
Archiving systems & analytical processing
2.E
Earth observation information system infrastructure & information services
TD 3
Spacecraft Electrical Power
TD 4
Spacecraft Environment & Effects
3.A
Power system architecture design, simulation & implementation
4.A
Methods, models & in-flight-monitoring of the space environment
3.B
Power generation technologies
4.B
Computational tools & risk assessment of environment effects (radiation, em, impacts, etc)
3.C
Energy storage technologies
4.C
Space weather, warning & forecasting tools
3.D
Control, conditioning & distribution
TD 5
Space System Control
TD 6
RF Payload & Systems
5.A
System architecture, autonomy, control & space/ground segment synergies
6.A
Telecommunication (sub-)system tools, techniques & equipment
5.B
Tools, testbeds & implementation of space segment Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC)
6.B
Radio navigation (sub-)systems (for e.g. EGNOS, GALILEO, GLONAS, GPS)
6.C
Techniques & technologies for Tracking, Telemetry & Command (TT&C) (sub-)systems
6.D
RF payloads (e.g. remote sensing, navigation)
6.E
Design tools & technologies for microwave & millimetre wave equipment
TD 7
Electromagnetic Technologies & Techniques
TD 8
System Design & Verification
7.A
Design tools, technologies & techniques for antenna systems & architectures
8.A
Methods & tools for mission & system specification
7.B
Modelling & applications in wave interaction & propagation
8.B
Collaborative & concurrent engineering
7.C
Modelling & testing for EMC/RFC/ESD
8.C
System analysis & design
8.D
Verification and Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) tools for space & ground systems
TD 9
Mission Operation & Ground Data Systems
TD 10
Flight Dynamics & GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)
9.A
Concepts & prototypes for advanced system
10.A
Orbit & trajectory measurement & optimisation for flight dynamics
9.B
Concepts, tools & processes for mission operations
10.B
GNSS systems data processing, networks, & ground-related technologies
9.C
Ground data (Mission control) systems
TD 11
Space Debris
TD 12
Ground Station System & Networks
11.A
Ground & space in-situ measurements
12.A
Design of ground station systems & subsystems
11.B
Modelling, databases & analysis
12.B
COTS technologies & services for ground communications networks
11.C
Tools for simulation of Hyper-Velocity Impact & optimisation of protection
Note:
COTS=Commercial Off-The-Shelf
TD 13
Automation, Teleprescence & Robotics
TD 14
Life & Physical Sciences
13.A
Mission-specific systems, applications & innovative robotics concepts
14.A
Instrumentation in support of life sciences
13.B
Application-specific automation & robotics systems & subsystems
14.B
Instrumentation in support of physical sciences (e.g. fluid, material, planetary)
13.C
Automation & robotics methods, components & technologies
14.C
Applied life science technology (e.g. to support planetary exploration, long-term presence in space)
14.D
Applied physical science technology (e.g. for extra-terrestrial in-situ production of components)
TD 15
Mechanisms & Tribology
TD 16
Optics
15.A
Building-block core technologies to provide specific mechanism functions
16.A
Design, analysis & engineering of optical systems
15.B
Non-explosive, non-pyrotechnic technologies to release force or torque
16.B
Techniques & technologies for design & manufacture of optical components & materials
15.C
Sample acquisition technologies (e.g. auger, ultrasonic corer)
16.C
Techniques & technologies for design, manufacture & test of optical equipment & instruments
15.D
Control system technologies
15.E
Nano- & MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) technologies
TD 17
Optoelectronics
15.F
Tribology (interacting surfaces) technologies
17.A
Laser techniques & technologies
15.G
Mechanism engineering
17.B
Detector techniques & technologies (including X-ray)
17.C
Photonics
TD 18
Aerothermodynamics (ATD)
TD 19
Propulsion
18.A
Computation tools for internal & external flow design, analysis & engineering of space vehicles
19.A
Chemical (liquid, solid, air-breathing) propulsion technologies
18.B
Computation Flow Dynamics (CFD) for ground-based high enthalpy facilities
19.B
Electric propulsion (inc. solar & nuclear) technologies
18.C
Flight test data measurement & collection
19.C
Advanced propulsion
18.D
ATD & multi-disciplinary tool integration
19.D
Technologies & tools for development, integration, qualification & monitoring of propulsion systems/td>
TD 20
Structures & Pyrotechnics
TD 21
Thermal
20.A
Structural design & verification methods & tools
21.A
Heat transport technologies
20.B
Technologies, manufacture & verification of high stability, high precision spacecraft structures
21.B
Cryogenics & refrigeration technologies
20.C
Materials, simulation, control & verification of inflatable & deployable structures
21.C
Thermal protection & insulation systems
20.D
Materials, technologies & verification methods for hot structures
21.D
Heat storage & rejection technologies
20.E
Technologies, development & control of active/adaptive structures
21.E
Thermal design, analysis & verification tools
20.F
Technologies & tools for damage tolerance & health monitoring
20.G
Technologies for vehicle structures & control surfaces (e.g. launchers, re-entry vehicles …)
TD 22
Environmental Control & Life Support,
and In-Situ Resource Utilisation
20.H
Crew habitation, safe haven & EVA suits
22.A
Technologies for ECLS & monitoring of human presence in non-terrestrial environments
20.I
Meteoroid & debris shield design, analysis & damage assessment tools & technologies
22.B
Interplanetary mission ISRU
20.J
Advanced structural concepts & materials
20.K
Pyrotechnics (e.g. ignition) technologies
TD 23
EEE Components & Quality
TD 24
Materials & Processes
23.A
Methods & processes for radiation hardness or mitigation testing & validation
24.A
Novel materials from non-space applications
23.B
Radiation hardened or mitigated EEE component technologies
24.B
Materials manufacturing processes & fabrication techniques
24.C
Techniques, tests & technologies to ensure & verify cleanliness & sterilisation
TD 25
Quality, Dependability & Safety
TD 26
Services & Other Items
25.A
System ARM, dependability, & safety
26.A
Training or consulting in quality assurance
25.B
Software quality : development process & products
26.B
Training or consulting in project management
Note:
ARM=Availability, Reliability, Maintainability
26.C
Technical support to R&D & product innovation
26.D
Support to market research & technology watch