Market

GRACE's principal market is Space Industry and Applications. The sector is characterized by significantly high institutional and industrial investment, intense international cooperation, operationally complex environment and state-of-the-art technology development.

The exploration of Space is an inspirational activity which makes people dreaming. Today, Space Industry encloses ultra-specialized domains but also global thinking and efficient support, coordination and management activities in a large international scale.

We are focused on three major segments:

• Space Applications
• Space Science & Innovation
• Space Technology & Engineering

Space Applications cover the Programmes of Earth Observation, GMES (Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security) and Galileo.

Earth Observation covers climate, weather, biological and geological variation and security. GMES services will deal with marine and coastal environments, global change issues, natural disaster and weather-related incidents management, forest monitoring, food security and humanitarian aid. GALILEO is Europe’s 30-satellites flagship system in terms of navigation and geo positioning. The program would offer to Europe strategic independence and a set of value-added services.

Space Science tries to answer the ultimate human existential questions about our origin, our solar system and our Universe. This requires a multitude of disciplines and research activities along with necessary high-technology development.

Space Technology and Engineering provides tools and methods permitting to construct systems, instruments, equipments and spacecraft and to efficiently develop Science, Applications and Space Exploration.

Our business is addressed essentially but not exclusively towards the following technology domains:

• Space System Software and Advanced Software Technologies
• Space System Control
• System Design
• Ground System
• Payload
• System and Software Quality
• User Segment and Applications Technologies