InSPoC-3

OHB Digital Connect and its partners OHB Hellas and Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) have been selected by European Space Agency – ESA to develop ideas for a networked fleet of autonomously operating in-space transportation vehicles.
The study is part of ESA’s In-Space Proof-of-Concepts (InSPoC) initiative, which aims to take the orbital economy to the next level by enabling technological developments in the following areas:
💏 In-orbit rendezvous and docking (InSPoC-1),
⛽ In-orbit refilling and propellant management (InSPoC-2),
🧠 On-board and shared intelligence (InSPoC-3),
🏗️ Containerisation and cargo transfer (InSPoC-4).

In the context of InSPoC-3, the focus shall be directed to the following activities:
🔧 On-board autonomy and reconfigurability
🦺 On-board safety and longevity
🐝 Shared intelligence for advanced cooperation