European Space Agency

$9,280,000.00 CAD

≈ 119 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Canadian Space Agency
Program
Contributions under the Canada/European Space Agency (ESA) Cooperation Agreement
Recipient country
France
Fiscal year
2016-2017
Agreement period
December 2, 2016 – —
Reference
csa-asc:003-2016-2017-Q3-03161

Published purpose

General Support Technology Program (GSTP): The following contribution has been awarded under the European Space Agency Contribution Program pursuant the Cooperation Agreement signed between the Government of Canada and the European Space Agency. The GSTP program is a space Research and Development (R&D) program of the European Space Agency. The GSTP activities are aimed at the pre-development and, if needed, the space qualification of identified critical technologies required by future space projects.

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This contribution funds Canadian participation in the European Space Agency's General Support Technology Program, which develops and qualifies critical space technologies for future missions.

Category: Research Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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