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The ESA AI hub will provide European industry with a platform to test and validate new technological solutions before operational implementation.
The European Space Agency’s Third Party Missions program supported research that generated Arctic-wide sea ice freeboard maps using GNSS-Reflectometry data.
ESA BIC Lazio is co-financed under the 'Progetto Potenziamento rete Spazio Attivo – PR Lazio FESR 2021-2027 – Obiettivo Specifico 1.3'.
The UK Space Agency will support the ESA AI hub at ECSAT.
The ESA characterizes the new AI hub as a step toward strengthening Europe’s technological autonomy in the space sector.
Promoters selected by ESA BIC Lazio may be incubated for up to two years at the Spazio Attivo Roma Tecnopolo operated by Lazio Innova.
Proba-3 involves participation from 14 ESA member countries and Canada.
ESA BIC Lazio is a program of Regione Lazio, Lazio Innova, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
A joint declaration on autonomous access to space, secure satellite communications, Earth observation, coordination on ESA and EU programs, and the European regulatory framework was signed at the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) by Italian Minister Adolfo Urso, Authority delegated to Space and Aerospace Policies, and French Minister Philippe Baptiste.
ESA BIC Lazio is in its seventh edition.
ESA BIC Lazio targets aspiring entrepreneurs, researchers, university professors, technical staff of research organizations or universities (public and private), and startups no older than five years.
The ESA AI hub initiative is part of broader European strategies focused on developing advanced industrial capacities and growing the continent’s space ecosystem with emphasis on integrating artificial intelligence, satellite infrastructure, and connectivity services.
The ESA AI hub aims to advance satellite-enabled connectivity and foster new industrial applications based on artificial intelligence.
The ESA AI hub’s activities are intended to accelerate the development of digital technologies applied to space.
ECO-Tethers aligns with the European Space Agency’s Zero Debris ambitions.
Startups participating in ESA BIC Lazio can use spaces and laboratories and receive technical support from experts directly or indirectly connected to the program.
The first 2026 application window for ESA BIC Lazio remains open until 23:59 on 12 May 2026.
Resources allocated to ESA BIC Lazio for the 2024–2027 period total 1 million euros.
The Starlab program includes partners Voyager Technologies, Airbus, Mitsubishi Corporation, MDA Space, Palantir Technologies, ESA, JAXA, and Space Applications Services.
Crew-12 carried ESA French astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.