DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE INDUSTRY AROUND MICROSATELLITES
Tendering Authority: Telnet Holding & Airbus Safran Launchers
Activity area : Space
Sector(s) : Private
Cost : 48 M€ / 120 MDT
Gouvernorate(s) : Ariana, Béja, Ben Arous, Bizerte, Gabès, Gafsa, Jendouba, Jendouban, Kairouan, Kasserine, Kébili, Large cities suburbs, Le Kef, Mahdia, Manouba, Médenine, Monastir, Nabeul, Scalable across Tunisi, Scalable across Tunisia, Sfax, Sidi Bouzid, Siliana, Sousse, Tataouine, Tozeur, Tunis, Zaghouan
CONTEXT
Provide Tunisia with a capacity to produce and test its own microsatellites
Develop an educational and industrial ecosystem in the space sector focusing on domestic and commercial needs (especially related to spatial imagery)
Significant socio-economic impacts (creation of jobs, attracting and retaining talents)
DETAILED CONTENT OF THE PROJECT
The project consist in supporting the development of a space industry, through the design and engineering of a capacity to assemble, integrate and test microsatellites (AITC)* as part of a partnership between Airbus Safran Launchers, Telnet and the Tunisian industrial and academic fabric.
* AITC : Assembly, Integration and Test Center
EXPECTED IMPACTS
FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT
To be made by Public Private Partnership