CONGRATS ON THE ESNC 2017 HAT-TRICK!

BMVI Special Prize and Bavaria Challenge winners Dr Jan Wendel and Alexander Rügamer took home the overall prize!

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THE LEADING INNOVATION NETWORK FOR SATELLITE NAVIGATION

The 14th European Satellite Navigation Competition culminated in the Joint Awards Ceremony  of the ESNC and Copernicus Masters on 07 November 2017. As highlight of the European Space Week in Tallinn, Estonia, all 26 path-breaking winning ideas  were awarded in front of more than 500 guests from all over Europe and beyond. The participants Dr Jan Wendel from Airbus Defence and Space and Alexander Rügamer from Fraunhofer IIS celebrated a triple success in Tallinn with SORUS – Spoofing-Resistant UAVs : The duo did not only win the BMVI Special Prize and the Bavaria Challenge, but also took home the ESNC 2017 overall prize!

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2017 RESULTS

This year’s ESNC winners were awarded at the Joint Awards Ceremony of the ESNC and the Copernicus Masters on 7 November 2017. In line with the Satellite Masters Conference & Horizon 2020 Space Info Day, the event was the festive highlight of the European Space Week in Tallinn, Estonia.

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IMPRESSIONS

Take a look at pictures taken at the recent 2017 Awards Ceremony, the International Kick-off in Brussels and previous ESNC events all across Europe.

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“[…] the ESNC and the Copernicus Masters are a proven platform for trendsetting technologies and business models based on Galileo and Copernicus to implement the new EU Space Strategy.”

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