CASSINI Challenges 2026
Pays EU space startups €100,000 each to turn Galileo, Copernicus or GOVSATCOM data into products.
CASSINI Challenges 2026 is a European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) prize that pays EU space startups €100,000 each to turn Galileo, Copernicus or GOVSATCOM data into products. It backs teams with a working MVP at Technology Readiness Level 5 or above and early commercial traction at Commercial Readiness Level 4 or above. Twelve winners each get a €100,000 prize to accelerate their …
EUSPA's CASSINI Challenges backs space entrepreneurs building upstream infrastructure or downstream applications on top of EU Space assets — Galileo, Copernicus, SSA/SST or GOVSATCOM. It wants teams with a working MVP at Technology Readiness Level 5 or above and early commercial traction at Commercial Readiness Level 4 or above, who can turn that data into a commercial product.
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