M-IND - Reduced Interfaces in mid-size LEO sats - Survey + Workshop

Tuesday 10 Mar 2026, 08:15 → 20:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Erasmus Bay (ESTEC + Online)

The M-IND Initiative – Mid-Size Satellites INDustrialisation for LEO constellations, has as main objective to scale-up production capacity volume for mid-size LEO satellites and as a result reduce cost and lead-time to develop game changing LEO constellation missions.

This upcoming Workshop on 10th March, in hybrid format (at ESTEC preferably, also online) addresses mainly Rec. #3 and #4 below.

• REGISTRATION is open until 27-Feb-2026. 
• 10th March - Preliminary Agenda / TimeTable (from 09:00 to 18:00 + Networking until 20:00)

Two complementary surveys (split in 5 parts) have been prepared, for two profiles of Stakeholders.  The outcome of the Survey(s), and comparison between profiles, will be discussed in the Workshop: 

23rd February 2026 at 10:00 AM CET:  DEADLINE TO FILL THE SURVEYS 

(branching is used to skip questions not relevant to you and optimise your time--> for completeness, it will help if you answer all 5 sub-surveys)

Survey Content	Suppliers	Integrators
Demographics + General	1 of 5 (Supp.)	1 of 5 (Int.)
Data Handling + Power	2 of 5 (Supp.)	2 of 5 (Int.)
AOCS + Platform	3 of 5 (Supp.)	3 of 5 (Int.)
Payload (EO, NAV, Telecom)	4 of 5 (Supp.)	4 of 5 (Int.)
Mini-Workshops, Datasheets, Final	5 of 5 (Supp.)	5 of 5 (Int.)

 

Please REQUEST / CLICK HERE  the "D1 - Potential reduced interfaces for mid-size satellite", which provides "architectural" trade-offs, graphs, context and rationale related to the Survey questions.

D1 will only be provided to stakeholders from ESA-Member or Associate States.

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Five M-IND strategic Recommendations were identified in 2025 after consultation from near 30 mid-size European satellite integrators: 

Rec.#1: Industrialisation: Adoption and raise Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRL). 

Rec.#2: Industrial Policy: Enable redundant European supply for LEO subsystems & support batch procurement and commercialisation. 

Rec.#3: Interface Reduction and Communalisation for mid-size satellite interfaces in order to facilitate interchangeability and interoperability of equipment and modules.  

Rec.#4: Subsystem Adaptation & Europeanisation: Foster competitive, modular, sovereign European supply-chain solutions. 

Rec.#5: Constellation Deployment and compliance with Space Debris Mitigation Policy. 

Introduction: 0 - Welcome / informal coffee

M-IND background
Survey objectives

Introduction to the day: M-IND & Why these surveys ?

Welcome - Coffee

Survey outcome: Suppliers & Integrators - Comparison

13:00 Lunch at Erasmus building

Round Tables & Discussion: per Topic (DH, AOCS, ...)

Conclusion - Next Steps: Announcement of M-IND RFI & Interaction with Delegations

Snacks + Networking at Erasmus Building