PRODEX Space Instrumentation
Supports Swiss research institutes through SERI and the Swiss Space Office to build scientific instruments for space missions.
PRODEX (Programme de Développement d'Expériences Scientifiques) is Switzerland's national instrument for funding the development of scientific instruments and subsystems for ESA space science missions. The programme is administered by the Swiss Space Office within SERI, which serves as Switzerland's delegate to ESA. Applications are submitted to the Swiss Space Office under national guidelines, an…
Scientific instruments and experiments selected by ESA or another space agency, led by a scientist at a qualifying Swiss research institute and conducted with Swiss industry.
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