The Italian Space Agency aims at the nanosatellite sector, presenting today the new development program for nanosatellite technologies and missions, during the “Small is Beautiful” workshop, organized in the auditorium of the Agency. The objective of the program – whose name is Alcor, like the star of the constellation Ursa major, which symbolizes the idea of looking to the future – is to place our country “in a condition of consolidated leadership in the sector”, through “appropriate investments” divided between operational missions and the development of dedicated technologies, ensuring “the application of appropriate technical-managerial standards” to these types of missions characterized by a rapid development cycle, and “reduced costs compared to traditional missions”, explains the ‘Asi. “From nanosatellites comes a strong push towards technological innovation at reduced costs and with rapid development times for both institutional and commercial applications”, underlined the president of ASI Giorgio Saccoccia, recalling that “for this ASI dedicates particular attention to this sector and has decided to aggregate all the ASI initiatives dedicated to nanosatellites into a single program, Alcor “. In this way, Saccoccia assured, “continuity in the development of this sector will be guaranteed, favoring access by the entire space supply chain to innovative ideas and products, paving the way for future commercial, scientific and technological developments”. Today’s event was opened by the president of ASI, Giorgio Saccoccia, and unveiled the name and logo of the new program. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chief of Staff of Defense, Army Corps General Carmine Masiello, who spoke of the defense’s interest in the development of nanosatellite applications. Also present on the stage of the Auditorium were Fausto Guzzetti, Director of Office II – Technical-scientific activities of the Department of Civil Protection for the prediction and prevention of risks, the Director Andrea Mazzella, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Silvia Natalucci, head of the ASI Development Unit of Micro and Nano Satellites which illustrated the prospects for the new program. The companies involved and the representatives of the associations of the space sector Aiad, Aipas and Asas brought their ideas and proposals to the working day. The nanosatellites sector has a strong propensity for growth, so much so that development data speak of an increase of more than 14% by 2030, with a market value that is expected to reach 8.69 billion dollars internationally. For this reason, the Agency is focusing heavily on the segment that has interesting characteristics of innovation, versatility, ability to aggregate different actors, to respond quickly to institutional services, as well as create new business. The ASI was reminded that nanosatellites are revolutionizing the space industry market and represent a segment of the sector with very high potential. Due to their characteristics, the ‘small’ satellites make it possible for a vast category of operators to access new business opportunities. No longer only to large integrators and large industries, but also to small and medium-sized enterprises and startups. Nanosatellites are products that are positioned in an impressive way within the Space Economy because they are able to provide services complementary to those provided by large satellites, more performing but also more expensive and with higher development times. The nanosatellite segment facilitates synergy and collaboration between the scientific world, industry and institutions and represents an international collaboration tool, also accessible to nations that have recently entered the space sector. This class of satellites is in fact cheaper and faster to develop, thus favoring the so-called space diplomacy. ASI noted that it has long been engaged in the development of missions and technologies dedicated to the microsatellite sector. In fact, since 2020 an organizational unit has been established, also dedicated to investment lines in technologies and satellite missions. The purpose of the Alcor program is to support and make continuous the development of micro and nanosatellites through the opening of tenders aimed at collecting projects and ideas from the world of industry, small and medium-sized enterprises and startups, and the Academy. Italian, to facilitate the development of a space economy based on this class of satellites and consolidate the European leadership in the sector. The idea behind the Alcor program is to represent an incubator to facilitate the business of companies, financing prototypes of platforms for innovative services that can then be marketed by developers. The first initiative of this program was the Call for ‘Future CubeSat missions’, a real call for ideas, which saw a participation above all expectations: 22 participants from Research Centers and Universities and 78 companies, mainly SMEs. . The companies participated individually and jointly and collaboratively as encouraged by the call, presenting a total of 49 proposals for highly innovative missions. Of these, 20 have been selected, which will all be funded by the end of the year. Over the next four years, the Agency has set out to see them deployed in orbit.
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