ESA’s Agenda 2025 priorities emphasise the role played by a vibrant private sector in bringing the benefits of space technology to Europeans, and Boost! is proving to be an enabler of commercial innovation.

A key impact of the Boost! programme has been to make promising new space businesses even more attractive to private investors and talent, creating a virtuous cycle of rapid development, which reduces time scales and costs. For every euro invested by ESA, more than five euros have been attracted from private actors.

To build on these successes, ESA is proposing to the November 2022 CM22 ministerial meeting in Paris that Boost! be expanded to further strengthen space transport services in ESA Member States. ESA proposes continued support to technical and industrial developments reflecting the evolving maturity and needs of new space transportation services, and enlargement of the Boost! portfolio to include new ground-based and in-flight services required by commercial operators. Furthermore, a proposed EU-ESA European Flight Ticket Initiative would co-fund rides to space for selected ready-to-fly satellites in need of an in-orbit demonstration or validation mission to prove their capabilities.

ESA Director of Space Transportation Daniel Neuenschwander emphasized the value of creating constructive relationships between ESA and aspiring commercial partners. He said: "The Boost! Programme has shown that partnering with ESA brings significant benefits to industry in delivering new services. Decisions by ESA Member States at CM22 will allow ESA to step up along this path and further strengthen service developments across Europe."