The Flight Ticket Initiative is a programme run jointly by the European Space Agency and the European Union that offers subsidised flight opportunities to European companies and organisations that want to demonstrate new satellite technologies in orbit. It was announced in October 2023. In May 2024 ESA and the European Union selected Arianespace, Isar Aerospace, PLD Space, Orbex and Rocket Factory Augsburg as a pool of launch service providers for its missions, and each launch opportunity carries a maximum award of 5 million euros. On 27 August 2025 ESA awarded the first launch contracts under the initiative to Avio, for Vega C flights, and to Isar Aerospace, whose two contracts cover the ISISpace Cassini and Infinite Orbits Tom & Jerry missions on Spectrum rockets from Andoya Spaceport in Norway.
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Avio and Isar Aerospace Win ESA Flight Ticket Initiative Launch Contracts (European Spaceflight)
Operated By: European Space Agency, Paragraph 1
a programme run jointly by ESA and the European Union
Includes: Cassini (CubeSat mission), Paragraph 6
The two contracts awarded to Isar Aerospace will support the launches of the ISISpace Cassini and Infinite Orbits Tom & Jerry missions
In Group: In-Orbit Technology Demonstration Programs, article text
the Flight Ticket Initiative is a programme run jointly by ESA and the European Union that offers subsidised flight opportunities
View the SourceIsar Aerospace secures launch agreements with ESA (Isar Aerospace press release)
Includes: Tom & Jerry (space mission), Paragraph 1Quote, Includes: Tom & Jerry (space mission), Paragraph 1
Isar Aerospace has secured two launch service agreements with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission as part of the Flight Ticket Initiative.
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