Implementation Roadmap
How does the programme move from concept to commercial operations, and what does each phase commit?
Chapter summary
Six overlapping phases take the recommended hybrid programme from a €5–10M concept phase to a commissioned 5 + 5 demonstration constellation by month 54, then to 30 satellites. Each phase ends at a go/no-go gate, so capital is released in tranches only after the previous one has proved its milestones. The model below shows what is committed if the programme stops at any gate.
Key takeaways
- 1
Capital committed rises from €5–10M at gate 1 to €185–440M by commissioning at month 54.
- 2
Manufacturing and testing (phase 4, €60–150M) is the largest single tranche; launch and commissioning (€80–200M) follows.
- 3
Technology readiness climbs one level per phase, from TRL 3 at concept to TRL 8–9 once the demonstration satellites are operating.
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