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Bulgarian space coordination mechanism, stakeholders,

activities and potential (TBI) Bulgaria - ESA round table meeting

Sofia13 January 2011

CASTRA'2011 [email protected] Sofia, 13/1/2011 2

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National administration coordinating bodies and interactionsAcademic Infrastructure SMEs’ and IndustryGovernment structures Present activities and potentialConclusions

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The successful integration of Bulgaria in the EU requires Bulgarian participation in the EU policies and the EU executive bodies related to

fulfillment of the Lisbon Treaty related to space exploration

Lisbon Treaty

European Space policy for space exploration and transfer of results to the

benefit of society and the citizens

EC Communication on the European Space Policy

COM212 (2007)

European Council Resolution on the European Space policy

26/9/2008

European Parliament Resolution on the European Space policy

11/2008

BULGARIAN Space Policy BULGARIAN Space Policy (TBD)(TBD)

European Space Program National program for space research and applications (TBD; draft proposal)

European Space AgencyNational administration and executive body

coordinating space matters- research, industrial transfers and applications (NA)

NGO’s and communities Academia BusinessGovernment

establishments

Bulgarian space activities and EU



Space matters coordination mechanism

Advisory function only;not (yet) an executive body

Main public and private space R&D and applications players – advisory and expert function; bottom-up initiative

propose related policies, coordinate and supervise

Space Policy workgroup

under Directorate for Economy Policy

Council for European Affairs

Council of Ministers

Ministry of Education, Youth

and Science

NGO’sAcademia BusinessGovernmtstructures

co-chair

EU/EC

coordinates and provides Bulgarian official positions to EU

bodybody functionfunctionBulgaria

NEW

Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism

co-chair



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Government coordinating bodies and interactionsAcademic Infrastructure SMEs’ and IndustryGovernment structures Achievements and current activitiesConclusions



Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Academic Infrastructure

Space and Solar Terrestrial Research InstituteInstitute of Astronomy, Institute of Geophysics, ..……..

Bulgarian Agricultural Academy

Sofia University

Technical University - Sofia

Mining and Geology University

Technical University - Plovdiv

Air Force Academy

Broad range of fundamental and applied sciences R&D institutions

Remote sensing applications studies Space physics and other

Engineering - all aspects

Aerospace engineering, otherRemote sensing applications Air flight engineering and other

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National Administration coordinating bodies and interactionsAcademic Infrastructure SMEs’ and IndustryGovernment structures Achievements and current activitiesConclusions



Cluster AeroSpace Technologies, Research and Applications (CASTRA)

– www.castra.org

SMEs’ and Industry

BULGARIAN GMES Office

NGO structure

Members (for now) from Academia(3),Business(7) and other NGOs(2)Joint project development, Ambition to represent and integrate the national capacity in aero$space; improve the R&D and business cooperation and opportunities for the member and other organizations in the field;Partner with government and other organizations to establish and support the aero & space related R&D, technology transfer, product development & applications, aero-space services and other related high-tech sectors of the national economy; Capacity in R&D engineering, technology transfer, product development, space law, public outreach, education and other

Variety of SME’s in all industry areas

NEW

•NGO (in registration) dedicated to developing national capacity in EO-GMES•Aircraft and hardware design and repairs, avionic and control systems, software and automation, embedded systems, IC’s, other …

NEW



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National Administration coordinating bodies and interactionsAcademic Infrastructure SMEs’ and IndustryGovernment structures Present activities and potentialConclusions



Government structures

Spatial Databases Department, Executive Agency “Electronic

communications networks and information systems” at the Ministry of Transport,

Information technology and Communications

Center for Aero-Space monitoring, Directorate for Natural disaster prevention and

Crisis Response at the Ministry of Interior

National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science

Supports building the capacity for GMES and INSPIRE programs and developing the required legislation

Real time space imagery data based observation, evaluation and decision making analysis of natural and anthropogenic phenomena within the national territory

National R&D project funding (incl space related), project supervision and auditing



OUTLINE National Administration coordinating bodies and interactionsAcademic Infrastructure SMEs’ and IndustryGovernment structures Present activities and potential

– Academic research– Education– NGO activity– SME's– Government agencies

Conclusions



Academic Research Activities

SSRI- BAS activities

(separate presentation)

Present activities and potential



Academic Research ActivitiesSofia University


University Centre for Space Research and Technologies, Sofia University Scientific research fields of University Centre for Space Research and Technologies:

1. Space Impact on the Environment I. Solar Impact on Global Climate Changes II. Orbital Variations of the Earth’s Orbit and their influence over Glacial Periods III. Cosmic Rays Impact on the Climate IV. Solar Modulation of the Geomagnetic Activity and the related Processes

2. Solar physics I. Solar Activity II. Variations of Solar Irradiance III. Studies of the Solar Corona with Space Probes IV. Studies of the Solar Corona with Stratospheric Flights V. Research of Solar Eclipses

3. Space Weather Study of variations of the flux of dangerous high- energy particles in the Space. 4. Study of Collisions of Asteroids and Comets with the Sun and Earth.

5.Variations of Cosmic Rays Flux and Production of Cosmogenic Isotopes 6. Nuclear Astrophysics

Early Universe, the Big Bang and the first moments after it 7. Material research of new materials for Space Technologies

8. Applications of Space Research and Technologies in Archaeological research.

I . Applications of Space Technologies in Archaeological and Historical research II. Applications of Space Research in Archaeological and Historical research



Related Scientific research fields of other departments of Sofia University 1. Application of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), in Meteorology for model validation and assimilation in models for operational weather prediction 2. Building of Antennas for Orbital Satellites 3. Air based observations of Landslides, Forest fires and Archaeological sites

Potential activities for participation of Sofia University in the ESA programmes: ESA's Living Planet Programme:

-Participation in improving of the understanding of the Earth system and its processes, within the context of global change - Participation in application of meteorological missions Eumetsat and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security missions GMES for climate modeling and prediction. - Participation in application of ESA's magnetic field mission Swarm for better understanding of atmospheric processes, and applications in space weather and radiation hazards assessment

Space Weather Applications Pilot Project: -Participation in the Space Weather Working Team (SWWT) and involvement in Service Development Activities in solar monitoring through outreach activities and collaboration

The European Space Exploration Programme Aurora: -Participation in development of information technology, biochemical and communication technology for Aurora programme.

ESA telecommunications programme: -Participation in development of technologies affecting both space and ground segment

Advanced Research on Telecommunication Satellite Systems (ARTES) programme: -Participation in exploration of innovative concepts for better satcom products and services.

Participation in last programmes may lead to participation also in Gallileo programme

Present activities and potentialAcademic Research Activities



Present activities and potentialEducation Activities

SSRI-BAS : Ph.D. Programs

Sofia University:

University Centre for Space Research and Technologies, Sofia University University Centre for Space Research and Technologies of Sofia University performs scientific research and education in Space Research and Technologies, which have applications in electronics, telecommunications, geophysics, meteorology, ecology, archaeology and other fields.

Research fields of the Centre are in the field of: Space physics (Nuclear Astrophysics, Space Impact on the Environment, Solar physics, Variations of Cosmic Rays Flux and Production of Cosmogenic Isotopes), Particle physics and Cosmology, Material research of new materials for Space Technologies and nanotechnologies and applications of Space Research and Technologies in Archaeological research and prospecting. It includes also research and location of dangerous Near- Earth asteroids and assessment of the damage which they can produce in result of potential collisions. Main educational programs of the Centre are its Master program in Space Research

and teaching and supervising of PhD students. Faculty members of the Centre teach also numerous B.Sc. courses in theoretical physics, particle physics, solid state physics, geophysics and photography. They also supervise and provide methodical and technical support to a large and very active Astronomy student circle, which performs independent scientific research. The Centre coordinates and manages efforts of scientists from various departments

of Sofia University and external scientific institutions in temporary research teams, which accomplish scientific tasks related to Space Research and Technologies. Centre forms temporary laboratories on different scientific high- priority hot topics. It ensures higher flexibility than this of most scientific institutes and university departments in the country.

- Geography department programs - http://www.gis.gea.uni-sofia.bg/

Technical Universities: engineering programs


http://www.gis.gea.uni-sofia.bg/



NGO activities

ReSAC : EO-GMES related activities





NGO activities

Association Tsiolkovsky : space education outreach




Present activities and potentialSME's Activities : sample company's profiles

: LUMYCOMP DESIGN , member of CASTRA (www.castra.org)- High Technology - the specialists have worked in 1998-1999 with Technical University – Sofia, Sparnex-CoC-Sofia and Sparnex N.V. – Belgium for European Space Agency (ESA) – project XMM-Newton, X-ray telescope - mirror motor control electronics – design, prototyping and production of the flying unit and spare unit. Europe's largest-ever science satellite. Planed period of use after the launch – 2 years. Enlarged by ESA- 2- 3 times finally to 13 years in the Open Space without any damages : http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEMI2HZTIVE_0.htm

Telecommunication electronics - several types of advanced HDSL/SDSL Modems, PCMs, regenerator/repeaters were designed and tenth of thousands were produced with Sparnex-CoC Sofia and Sparnex N.V. – Belgium for final customer OEM based products for customers as Nokia, Westel, Telindus, BelgaCom and countries as Malaysia, Algeria, Iran, Belgium and Germany. 1998-2004.

ESA XMM Newton X-ray Space telescope,extended use 13 years in the Space since 1998


http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEMI2HZTIVE_0.htm


Present activities and potentialSME's Activities : sample company's profiles: TELESYS , member of CASTRA (www.castra.org)



Present activities and potentialSME's Activities : sample company's profiles

:BEVT, member of CASTRA (www.castra.org) The company is engaged in development, implementation, engineering, production, commercial and maintenance applications in the areas of: Special electronics - Defense Communication Equipment, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Systems, Chemical Detectors;Consumer electronics; mechanical processing of metals, laying of protection coats.

• Chemical Warfare Agent Detector

Main Features •Fast detection of all current threat CWAs•Continuous real time operation•Multi-role, Detector and Monitor•Broad range of operating and storage environments•Maintenance free storage•Low Life-cycle Support Costs•Proven performance in both open air and laboratory agent/interferent environments•Flexible communications interface and network ready

•Handheld Chemical •Detector



Present activities and potentialSME's Activities : sample company's profiles: NOVORELL , member of CASTRA (www.castra.org)

Analog Baseband

RF TX

RF RX

Digital

Analog Baseband

RF TX

RF RX

Digital

Radiation Hard Integrated Circuit design for space applications; work with IMEC,Belgium and ESA'a components division on ESA's radhard IC design libraries

System on a Chip

PAD

ESD NMOSESD NMOSGND-V0IOdiode string

VDD-VDDIOdiode stringESD NMOS ESD NMOSVDDI/O to VDDdiode string

VSSI/O to VSSdiode string

Example layout of a Power Supply Pad Cell from a 0.18um CMOS Radiation Hard Design Library




Government agencies activities




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CONCLUSIONSBulgaria has strong tradition, state of the art expertise and know-how in space exploration – development and implementation of complete scientific and applied research programs; development and deployment of space instrumentation, space fundamental science, ground segment and all related areas.Bulgarian administration is taking steps to re-establish a national coordination mechanism on space and related matters , incl interactions with the EU bodies. Establishing ESA - Bulgaria relations is a must do thing to support the development of a knowledge and innovations based national and European economies Various Bulgarian organizations from Academia, Business entities and NGOs are taking the initiative bottom-up to consolidate the national activities and capacity in space R&D, technology development and transfer, incl. the related product and services businesses development to serve the interest of the public and private stakeholders and society



Bulgaria - ESA round table meetingSofia

13 January 2011



OBJECTIVESALL ABOUT US: Get to know each other, identify 'WHO is WHO' from both sides towards initiating institutional interaction(s) Bulgaria - ESA ALL ABOUT WORKING WITH ESA: Talk about the mechanisms to interact and work with ESA, the roadmap towards cooperation; the requirements, opportunities, constraints and benefits for Bulgaria as part of EU to participate in the EU space & applications activities through ESA ALL ABOUT 'WHAT is NEXT?” Talk about what we want/can do & achieve further together in 2011 and beyond;



Agenda8.30-9.00 Registration 9.00- 9.15 Introduction: participants, meeting objectives

9.15- 9.40 Presentation from C. de Cooker (30mn)9.40-10.05Presentation from A. Fonseca (20 min)10.05.10.30 Discussion, Q&A on the presentations10.30- 11.00 Joint presentation from Bulgarian side:National space activities and involved institutions from academia, local industry , government structures; national coordination mechanism related to space11.00-12.15 Open discussion and Q&A

12.15-13.30 Lunch break

13.30 - 16.00 Round table discussion, Q&A and drafting plan for next steps16.00-16.10 Meeting adjourn


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