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With its Boost! programme, ESA is boosting commercial initiatives that offer transportation services to space, in space, and returning from space. The programme also supports Member States implementing national objectives for spaceports, testing facilities and more.

See overview page for more information about Boost!
Access the Boost! 1 Call for Proposals.

Boost! portfolio

  • Launch services for small satellites 
  • Orbital deployment services 
  • In-orbit transport and servicing 
  • Orbital return capabilities 
  • Support to national spaceport services
  • Space transportation service procurement
Boost!
Flight Ticket Initiative - first contracts
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First contracts signed in ESA-EU Flight Ticket Initiative

22/05/2024 890 views 6 likes
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Miura 5
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PLD Space gets even more Boost!

19/02/2024 2813 views 27 likes
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Flight ticket initiative
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Get your satellite flight ticket

16/02/2024 503 views 0 likes
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SL1 rocket render
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HyImpulse’s cheaper, greener rocket gets second ESA Boost!

13/12/2023 1327 views 14 likes
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Orbex Prime
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Boosting greener rockets with Orbex

13/12/2023 959 views 14 likes
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Spectrum on Andøya Spaceport launch pad
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Tracking satellite launches from Andøya Spaceport

16/11/2023 2644 views 9 likes
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RFA One rocket
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ESA further boosts RFA One across Europe

08/11/2023 4515 views 56 likes
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European Flight Ticket Initiative open tender
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European Flight Ticket Initiative now open to launch servic…

23/10/2023 1494 views 6 likes
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Do you need to test your new satellite technology in space?…

31/03/2023 2254 views 52 likes
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New Boost! call for commercial space transportation service…

13/03/2023 1503 views 4 likes
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Boost! – ESA's Commercial Space Transportation and Support programme welcomes new ideas
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Last-mile orbital delivery service gets Boost! from ESA

05/01/2023 2236 views 13 likes
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Boost! and Orbex
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Ticket to ride with Boost!

07/11/2022 2377 views 7 likes
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RFA One
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ESA Boost! for RFA One Launch Services

13/09/2022 3078 views 22 likes
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ION satellite carrier by D-Orbit in orbit
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ESA gives a Boost! to D-Orbit industrial ramp-up plans

09/06/2022 1763 views 4 likes
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Spectrum small launch vehicle
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ESA Boost! contract for flight demonstration of Spectrum la…

23/11/2021 4557 views 57 likes
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Space Forge supported by ESA's Boost! programme will offer a commercial space transportation service from 2022
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Microgravity on demand with Earth return through ESA’s Boos…

27/09/2021 4456 views 61 likes
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Boost! – ESA's Commercial Space Transportation and Support programme welcomes new ideas
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ESA’s Boost! fosters new launch and in-orbit services

20/07/2021 3411 views 53 likes
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Boost! – ESA's Commercial Space Transportation and Support programme welcomes new ideas
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ESA boost for UK space transportation initiatives

24/03/2021 7167 views 71 likes
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Boost! – ESA's Commercial Space Transportation and Support programme welcomes new ideas
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ESA signs first Boost! commercial space transportation cont…

03/11/2020 5952 views 64 likes
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ESA boost to new commercial space transportation services

07/06/2019 5742 views 46 likes
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