CASSINI Challenges
Previously known as the #myEUspace competition, the CASSINI Challenges is your one-stop destination, whether you’re an experienced innovator or just starting out, to enter the space downstream industry.
This competition challenges innovators to create cutting-edge solutions to address some of today’s most urgent societal issues using satellite data and services from Galileo and Copernicus. And the incentive? A significant cash prize pool of €1 million to take your solution to the next level.
The CASSINI Challenges consist of three thematic challenges and three tracks, customised to the maturity of the proposed solution, making it accessible to a wide range of innovators:
- Next Generation Challenge: Innovators are encouraged to use Galileo and Copernicus data to create solutions that improve the well-being, safety, security, and connectivity of EU citizens.
- Sustainable Future Challenge: Participants are asked to develop innovative solutions for ecosystem conservation, sustainable agriculture, and efficient energy and resource management.
- Emerging Technologies Challenge: Innovators must come up with groundbreaking solutions by combining EU space data with cutting-edge technologies such as AI, Quantum technologies (quantum computing, sensing, simulation, encryption, etc.), Blockchain technology, and Extended Reality, including the Metaverse (Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), Virtual Reality (VR)).
During the competition, EUSPA Market Development experts will offer valuable guidance through dedicated webinars.
Participants will also gain access to a wealth of tools and publications providing valuable space information generated by EUSPA, including the EUSPA EO and GNSS Market Report and the EU Space For Green Transformation report, among others.
The CASSINI Challenges are open to teams from the EU27 plus Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland.
Apply today
If you’re a soon-to-be-entrepreneur, startup, or already well-established company with a vision to use space technology for innovation and transformation, the CASSINI Challenges are your gateway to making your mark in the world of space downstream entrepreneurship.
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to turn your ideas into reality and become a space downstream pioneer.
Apply today and let your entrepreneurial journey take off with CASSINI Challenges!