As part of ESA Acceleration Days, Protect invites you to an immersive 3-day hackathon at the ESA ESOC site in Darmstadt, where multidisciplinary teams will collaborate to develop cutting-edge solutions using space weather data to support spacecraft operations.

🗓️ Date: 23 – 25 June 2025

📍 Location: ESOC Site, Robert-Bosch-Straße 5 Darmstadt, Germany

👩‍🚀 Eligibility: Master’s or Ph.D. students and early-career professionals (up to 3 years of work experience), aged 18+, from ESA Member States, Associate Members, or Canada.

⏱️ Application Deadline: 2 June 2025, 23:59 CEST

This fast-paced, collaborative event is your chance to turn real-time space weather data into innovative tools that enhance the safety of spacecraft and critical infrastructure.

Working in teams, participants will design, prototype, and pitch solutions on use case co-designed with ESA’s Space Weather Office, targeting issues that matter to the space community.

For detailed information about the selection process and logistical arrangements—including the agenda, costs, accommodation, and travel—please visit the ESA commercialisation gateway website.

Application Link