A new cooperation within SpaceResources.lu initiative

On 24 July 2017, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) participated in the press conference organized by the Luxembourg Government and announcing a new cooperation - within the SpaceResources.lu initiative - with Luxembourg-based Kleos Space S.à.rl.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in order to provide the framework for this collaboration with focus on space technology development. The newly created Kleos Space company is 100% owned by UK-based Magna Parva Limited. Kleos Space is active in geolocation services and develops a space infrastructure for geo-intelligence and signal intelligence applications with in-space manufacturing.

Within the framework of this MoU, the developments and research to take place in Luxembourg are related to the project for in-space manufacturing of composite beams equipped with antennas. Kleos Space will collaborate with EmTroniX, a Luxembourg-based company specialized in electronics development, as well as with LIST on this subject. The Government will support the development of the in-space manufacturing technology by providing funding through the Luxembourg space program (LuxIMPULSE).

LIST will bring its expertise in the field of materials in order to provide innovative resources to this cooperation. As Prof. Jens Kreisel, Director of LIST’s Department Materials Research and Technology (MRT), has stated: “Uniting space technology and composite materials, two key focus areas of MRT departement, the collaboration with Kleos is of great strategic interest for our Institute. We are working with the Ministry of the Economy on a growing number of space-related industrial partnerships and we are aiming to sustain this trend".

Dr. Damien Lenoble, MRT deputy director added that “The current partnership with Kleos will allow us to further enhance and test Kleos' composite materials, relying strongly on the new National Composite Center facilities at LIST. It is an honor for us to support Kleos in developing the ideal material solutions for the pultrusion, assembly and deployment of their antennas in orbit”.

> For any further information regarding LIST’s activities in the field, contact Prof. Kreisel or Dr. Lenoble.
> We invite you to read the full press release of the Ministry of the Economy online.


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