KTH Space Center

KTH Space Center coordinates and promotes space-related activity at several KTH departments, with an overarching objective of establishing KTH as a "Space University" and a hub for Swedish space research and technology. Tasks of KTH Space Center: - To coordinate and make visible space-related activities at KTH, with the goal of establishing KTH as a “space higher education institution” and a hub for Swedish space research and technology. - To act to strengthen and further develop space-related activities at KTH through benefitting from multidisciplinary collaboration. - To carry out strategic, external analyses linked to the initiation of matching programmes at KTH. These programmes can/should have a multidisciplinary character with a space connection. The Space Centre shall also act to enable KTH to implement major space projects that would be difficult to accomplish with individual research teams. Initially, the ambition is to develop a satellite project which is carried out and that involves a number of different teams and Schools at KTH. This shall be linked to education and research together with technology and experiment development. These projects may pave the way to more visionary projects, such as building a probe to send to Venus. - To create a “financial pool” for experimental and technical support for ongoing space projects at KTH, as well as for joint, externally funded activities. One object is to be able to retain technical personnel and competence during periods between externally funded major space projects. - To increase contacts with the European Space Agency (ESA), principally in relation to TRP (Basic Technology Research Programme) and GSTP (General Support Technology Programme). This is partly to utilise existing opportunities for grants for technology development and partly, by way of the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB), to influence the content of these programmes. - To act to strengthen KTH’s participation in the REXUS/BEXUS programmes. - To increase the coordination and provide a better overview of KTH’s space-related courses. - To lead a Swedish advocacy platform focused on the space element of Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation programme).