One of the main objectives of the Space Strategy for Europe is to foster a globally competitive and innovative European space sector in particular by improving support to technological maturation, for sub-systems, equipm…
ent and technologies, including in-orbit demonstration and validation activities, to reduce time to market. To ensure the European Union non-dependence and competitiveness in technologies, there is a clear need for a regular, sustainable, cost-effective and responsive In-Orbit Demonstration/Validati
on (IOD/IOV) Service in the European Union. Space flight heritage in real conditions and environment is often required to de-risk innovations such as new technologies, products, concepts, architectures, and operations techniques, are they f