NETWORK
Regional Network for Research and Education in Space
Science and Technology
A Network of Space Research and Education Institutions in Central
Eastern and South Eastern European Countries
Promote, by space specific multi- and inter-disciplinary methods,
higher level capacity building in the region
Develop future specific regional space education, research and
applications projects
Develop joint space scientific and operational programs and benefit of
them at the regional level
Connect and integrate the Network to significant international and
national space organizations
Exchange of information on a permanent basis between the national core
institutions
Higher education in space-related fields at the best international
levels, making use of international and local expertise
- Masters and
Ph.D. in space science and technology for multi- and interdisciplinary
fields
Develop common space research and infrastructure projects required by
the expected level of the educational process
- Low cost research and
development projects in all major fields of space science and technology,
using the common experience and capabilities of the Countries of the
Region
Central Eastern and South-Eastern European Countries Involved in the
Project (1997-1998)
Bulgaria
Czech Republic (invited)
Greece
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Romania
Turkey
Affiliation to Space Organizations and Agreements
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National Space-Related Educational Programs
Major areas of space-related educational fields are represented in
most of the Countries in the Region, and they are related to the national
space programs
Some similarities occur in the countries former members of the
INTERKOSMOS organization
Several general fields seem to be relatively more developed in some
countries, due to specific geographical or industrial conditions
All countries offer doctoral training facilities on precise fields
Some countries offer existent training technical and logistic
infrastructure
The emergent suggested general curriculum is a reunion of the ones
proposed and covers most of the space fields
National Space-Related Educational Programs.General curriculum
Common education module. Space policy and law. Information science and
systems
Fundamental science of space and Astronomy
Space sciences, Earth and atmospheric sciences
Microgravity and Life sciences
Satellite communications curriculum
Meteorological satellite applications curriculum
Remote sensing and GIS curriculum
Space instrumentation, aerospace construction, spaceflight dynamics
and mission design
Specific international cooperation of.the countries in the
region
All countries meet the following:
participants to relevant international treaties and agreements related
to
the peaceful uses of outer space
participants to particular space science and applications high-level
international programs
members of COSPAR
Some countries have long duration experience in the INTERKOSMOS
organization
Some countries have signed Agreement of cooperation with the European
Space Agency
Some countries have established their own national space agencies
Common projects within the Network
Common research and development projects should present some the
following features:
medium and long term - the average duration needed to complete a
Ph.D.... thesis
multi- and interdisciplinarity - to prepare space experts and to give
the possibility to accommodate groups of several students having different
base
academic qualifications
producers of large amounts of data - to optimize the utilization of
standard existing information technology
contents in both theoretical and experimental components;
low-cost and presumptive sources of space spin-offs
Project Proposal:Satellite Communication and Information Network
Objective:To install a satellite communication antenna (VSAT) at the
locations of the National Core institutions of the Network
Purpose: By means of effective communication, to improve the exchange
of information in the Network, with a view to a common database of space
related information
Costs (per node)
- $ 10.000-14.000 - infrastructure
- $ 9.000-15.000 / yr - a 256& 384 k permanent satellite link
Spin-off: Internet services provider for others, teleconference,
telemedicine
Results:
- distant learning and education
- online exchange of data for: meteorology, hazard monitoring, geographic information systems, scientific data, astronomy, geodynamics, environment
- a reliable support for an extended regional database on space information
- centres of excellence to facilitate the integration in the European and
- global information systems
Possibilities of financial support: National space programmes, ESA, EC
DG XII and DG XIII in the Fifth Framework Programme
(Information synthesized from the U.N. Composite document,
some National Space Activities Reports, ESA and other
sources)
Regional Network for
Research and Education in Space Science and Technology
Related Background Papers for UNISPACE III
Conference:
Education and training in space science and technology (A/CONF.184/BP/10, .pdf
file, 89 kb)
