The European Space Technology Platform (ESTP) is a European Seventh Framework Programme initiative to improve the competitive situation of the European Union in the field of space technology. It continues to work during Horizon 2020 (2014-2020).
The programme is a joint initiative (Public-Private Partnership) of the European Commission, representing the European Communities, and the industry. The main objective of the ESTP was to produce a Strategic Research Agenda which European Space Agency wrote for the platform.
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