Each cycle begins with a Call for Proposals, followed by a condensed space project lifecycle, including typical design phases and reviews, culminating in the launch of the experiments and publication of the final reports.

The REXUS/BEXUS programme started in 2007 in its current form.

This diagram shows an example of overlapping cycles of the programme with the key milestones:

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The detailed schedule for the current cycles of activities is as follows:

Cycle 13: 

REXUS 29/30 schedule

  • 16-20 Jan 2023 – REXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at student team sites
  • 13-17 Feb 2023 – REXUS Bench Test Week 2, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
  • 21 Mar-02 Avr 2023 – REXUS Campaign (12 days) , SSC, Esrange Space Center
  • Jun 2023 – Delivery of final REXUS Experiment reports

Cycle 14: 

  • 15 Jun 2020 – Call for Experiment Proposals
  • 31 Aug 2020 – Letter of intent (DLR Only)
  • 10 Oct 2021, 23:59 CEST – Deadline for Experiment Proposals
  • Nov 2021 – Invitation to selection Workshops
  • Nov 2021 – DLR Selection Workshop, DLR, Bonn
  • 30 Nov-2 Dec 2021 – SNSA/ESA Selection Workshop, ESA/ESTEC, Online
  • Dec 2021 – Invitation to the Student Training Week
  • 7-11 Feb 2022 – Student Training Week & Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Online

BEXUS 32/33 schedule

  • 16-20 May 2022 – BEXUS Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), ESA/ESTEC
  • Sep 2022 – BEXUS Integration Progress Reviews 1 (1st IPRs) at student team sites
  • Feb-Avr 2023 – BEXUS Integration Progress Reviews 2 (2nd IPRs) at student team sites
  • May-Jul 2023 – BEXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at student team sites
  • 15-25 Sep 2023 – BEXUS Campaign (10 days), SSC, Esrange Space Center
  • Dec 2023 – Delivery of the final BEXUS Experiments reports

REXUS 31/32 schedule

  • 30 May-03 Jun 2022 – REXUS Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
  • Dec 2022 – REXUS Integration Progress Reviews 1 (1st IPRs) at student team sites
  • May-Aug 2023 – REXUS Integration Progress Reviews 2 (2nd IPRs) at student team sites
  • TBD Oct 2023 – REXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at student team sites
  • TBD Dec 2023 – REXUS Integration Week, ZARM-FAB Bremen
  • TBD Jan 2024 – REXUS Bench Test Week, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
  • TBD Mar 2024 – REXUS Campaign (12 days) , SSC, Esrange Space Center
  • TBD Jun 2024 – Delivery of final REXUS Experiment reports

REXUS

REXUS – Rocket EXperiments for University Students – is a sounding rocket programme.

BEXUS

BEXUS – Balloon EXperiments for University Students – is an annual stratospheric research balloon programme.