The Czech space industry and ESA

摘要

The Czech Republic has committed itself to contributing around €45 million to ESA programs until 2013 and is now integrated into ESA's major projects. By 2010 it had completed 14 projects in cooperation with ESA, was working on a further 36, and planned to become involved in 31 more, the work coordinated through the Czech Space Office. The country is an active participant in the European program for life and physical sciences, with work taking place on the ISS. In Earth observation, the Czech Republic committed itself to cofinancing the GMES program at the ESA Ministerial Council in 2008. It is also involved in the ESA Earth observation envelope program and the Envisat and Meteosat projects. It is a major partner in ESA's European GNSS evolution program, developing technologies associated within the ECNOS (European GNSS overlay service) and Galileo systems, and is integrated within the ESA advanced research in telecommunications systems (ARTES) program. The Czech Republic has a major financial stake in Iris, a subelement of ARTES that focuses on satellite solutions for air traffic management.