This destination focuses on open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructures, services applications and data, including by reinforcing the EU’s independent capacity to access space, securing the autonomy of supply for critical technologies and equipment, and fostering the EU's space sector competitiveness.

The topics under this destination are as follows:

  • Foster competitiveness of space systems
  • Reinforce our capacity to access to space
  • Evolution of Space and ground infrastructures for Galileo/EGNOS
  • Evolution of services for Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus
  • Development of applications for Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus
  • Innovative space capabilities: SSA, GOVSATCOM, Quantum
  • Space entrepreneurship ecosystems (incl. New Space and start-ups) and skills 

The total call budget of Destination 5 for 2021 is 157.3 Million Euros.

Globally competitive Space Systems

(Draft proposal for a European Partnership under Horizon Europe:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/research_and_innovation/funding/documents/ec_rtd_he-partnerships-for-globally-competitive-space-systems.pdf