On 17th June 2019, the 13th cycle of REXUS/BEXUS activities began. 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 2007 in its current form.
This diagram shows an example of three 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 12:
REXUS 27/28 schedule
- TBD – REXUS Campaign, SSC, Esrange Space Center
- TBD – Delivery of final REXUS Experiment reports
Cycle 13:
- 17 Jun 2019 – Call for Experiment Proposals
- 31 Aug 2019 – Letter of intent (DLR Only)
- 14 Oct 2019 – Deadline for Experiment Proposals
- Nov 2019 – Invitation to selection Workshops
- 25-26 Nov 2019 – DLR Selection Workshop, DLR, Bonn
- 26-28 Nov 2019 – SNSA/ESA Selection Workshop, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk
- Dec 2019 – Invitation to the Student Training Week
- 10-14 Feb 2020 – Student Training Week & Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), SSC Esrange, Sweden
BEXUS 30/31 schedule
- 12-15 May 2020 – BEXUS Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), ESA/ESTEC
- Jul 2020 – BEXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at student team sites
- Aug 2021 – BEXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at student team sites
- 24 Sep-04 Oct 2021 – BEXUS Campaign, SSC, Esrange Space Center
- 31 Dec 2021 – Delivery of the final BEXUS Experiments reports
REXUS 29/30 schedule
- 15-18 Jun 2020 – REXUS Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
- Aug/Sep 2020 – REXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at student team sites
- Oct/Nov 2021 – REXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at student team sites
- 13-17 Dec 2021 – REXUS Integration Week, ZARM-FAB Bremen
- 17-21 Jan 2022 – REXUS Bench Test Week, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
- 07-18 Mar 2022 – REXUS Campaign (12 days) , SSC, Esrange Space Center
- Jun 2022 – 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
- Jul 2022 – BEXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at student team sites
- Aug/Sep 2022 – BEXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at student team sites
- 30 Sep-10 Oct 2022 – BEXUS Campaign (10 days), SSC, Esrange Space Center
- Jan 2023 – Delivery of the final BEXUS Experiments reports
REXUS 31/32 schedule
- 30 May-03 Jun 2022 – REXUS Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
- Aug/Sep 2022 – REXUS Integration Progress Reviews (IPRs) at student team sites
- Oct/Nov 2022 – REXUS Experiment Acceptance Reviews (EARs) at student team sites
- 12-16 Dec 2022 – REXUS Integration Week, ZARM-FAB Bremen
- Jan 2023 – REXUS Bench Test Week, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
- Mar 2023 – REXUS Campaign (12 days) , SSC, Esrange Space Center
- Jun 2023 – Delivery of final REXUS Experiment reports