Austria in Space

News

26.09.2024 ESA Spark Funding Austria : Spark Funding supports the transfer of technology between the space and the non-space sector and is looking for projects where space technologies are used for applications on earth or where innovative terrestrial technologies deployed in space. Next deadline: 14.10.2024
23.09.2024 Austrian company Redeem’s new technology for solar hydrogen : Green hydrogen and hydrogenated synthetic jet fuel are expected to be key drivers of the aerospace industry’s decarbonisation process.
08.07.2024 The first Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit for the space sector is out! : The handbook is an activity of the Space4Women initiative of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, aimed at advancing gender equality in the space sector and in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). We hope you find inspiration in this handbook to enable more diversity, equality, and inclusion in the space sector!

Who is Who

People, companies, organisations, missions, success stories - All you need to know about Austria's space sector.

Events

30. June 2025, 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (CEST)
online, Vienna, AT

This side event, held within the framework of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), aims to raise awareness of the risks associated with orbital debris, including re-entries, satellite collisions, and launching activities.

8. - 17. July 2025
Alpbach, AT

The organisers are looking for students ready to design an innovative satellite mission in just 10 days! They could join an exciting program featuring inspiring lectures by leading scientists, hands-on teamwork, and mission concept development, all set in the idyllic town of Alpbach, Austria.

All Events

Ein Messestand, der über Erdbeobachtung und Weltraumaktivitäten in Österreich informiert. Davor stehen interessierte Besucher:innen, die aufmerksam die ausgestellten Plakate studieren.

Austria in Space at #LNF22

Austria in Space participated at the "Lange Nacht der Forschung" (Long Night of Research) this year.

Space-Wiki

Knowledge about space.

News

23.09.2024 Austrian company Redeem’s new technology for solar hydrogen : Green hydrogen and hydrogenated synthetic jet fuel are expected to be key drivers of the aerospace industry’s decarbonisation process.

Who is Who

ESERO Austria : ESERO stands for "European Space Education Resource Office" and is operated in cooperation between the European Space Agency (ESA) and national partners in the individual ESA member states.

Space-Lock - Mechatronic components for on-board spacecraft use : A start-up from Graz has the mission to provide the world’s most affordable space mechatronic components.

Face to Face with Christian Hoffmann/GeoVille : In 1998, GeoVille was just a small business in Innsbruck. By now, Christian Hoffmanns company is one of the biggest players in land monitoring and Earth observation in Europe.

Events

The imperative of ensuring space sustainability and a safe airspace

Summer School Alpbach 2025

Austria in Space at #LNF22

Space-Wiki

What exactly is a CubeSat? : More and more satellites are being launched, mostly CubeSats. But what do they look like and what makes them so special?

What is Spacetech? : Upstream, downstream, satellite data - the space sector is so much more than astronaut:ing in space. But what is it all exactly?

How the Austromir experiments still benefit us today : The scientific experiments carried out by Franz Viehböck during the first space flight by an Austrian in 1991 as part of the "Austromir" mission on the Russian Mir space station still have benefits today.

About austrian satellite PEGASUS : The Earth observation satellite PEGASUS celebrates its 4th birthday in June 2021.

How Franz Viehböck became the Austromir Cosmonaut : The 12th of April, the date the first human Yuri Gagarin went into space is celebrated as International Day of Human Spaceflight.