{"id":8804,"date":"2024-02-16T10:36:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?post_type=esa-opportunities&#038;p=8804"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:23:06","slug":"flight-ticket-initiative","status":"publish","type":"esa-opportunities","link":"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?esa-opportunities=flight-ticket-initiative","title":{"rendered":"Flight Ticket Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>THE FLIGHT TICKET INITIATIVE IS A JOINT INITIATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY FOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES OR ORGANISATIONS TO TEST NEW SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES IN SPACE.<\/h4>\n<p>Under this initiative, ESA and the EU will co-fund European launch services selected on a competitive basis to demonstrate and qualify in-orbit technologies or sub-systems on \u201cready-to-fly\u201d satellites.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for a flight ticket for your satellite, submit your proposal in response to the Call for Expressions of Interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The calls are open until 15 March 2027, with cut-off dates on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>31 May 2023, 18:00 (CET) &#8211; Closed<\/li>\n<li>15 March 2024, 18:00 (CET) &#8211; Closed<\/li>\n<li>02 September 2024, 18:00 (CET) &#8211; Closed<\/li>\n<li>15 March 2025, 18:00 (CET) &#8211; Closed<\/li>\n<li><strong>01 October 2025, 18:00 (CET)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>15 March 2026, 18:00 (CET)<\/li>\n<li>01 October 2026, 18:00 (CET)<\/li>\n<li>15 March 2027, 18:00 (CET)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At ESA, the Flight Ticket Initiative is administered under its\u00a0<strong>Boost! programme<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu\/funding-and-grants\/calls-proposals\/orbit-demonstrationvalidation-20232026_en\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn btn-outline-secondary ms-0\">Find full details and apply now<\/a>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9888,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"directorate":[436],"esa_comm_programme":[299],"sts-api_categories":[352],"esa-opportunities-type":[321],"esa-fields":[259,256],"class_list":["post-8804","esa-opportunities","type-esa-opportunities","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","directorate-space-transportation","esa_comm_programme-boost-2-0","sts-api_categories-boost","esa-opportunities-type-call-for-ideas","esa-fields-in-space-services","esa-fields-space-transportation"],"acf":{"opportunity_id":"","opportunity_closing_date":"20270315","opportunity_bics":"","opportunity_alt_link":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flight Ticket Initiative - ESA Commercialisation Gateway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/commercialisation.esa.int\/?esa-opportunities=flight-ticket-initiative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flight Ticket Initiative - ESA Commercialisation Gateway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE FLIGHT TICKET INITIATIVE IS A JOINT INITIATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY FOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES OR ORGANISATIONS TO TEST NEW SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES IN SPACE. 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