Athens, 07th December 2016: EMTECH-SPACE P.C. consortium has been awarded by ESA/ESTEC for a new contract. The project to be executed and the deliverables required by ESA are in relation to the “Pre-Verification of THOR Electro-Magnetic Cleanliness Approach” activity.

Athens, 2nd December 2016: si-Cluster welcomes the Laboratory of Technology and Strength of Materials as its new academic member.

Athens, 29th November 2016: GET, a si-Cluster member, in cooperation with DOTSOFT, completed successfully project for the Ionian Islands Region Development Fund as part of the Action SAIMON: SAtellIte Near Real Time MOnitoring Network of the Eutrophication Risk for the marine waters over the GreekAlbanian crossborder area». SAIMON Action had as a goal to create an almost real time integrated system regarding satellite monitoring the risk of eutrophication in coastal waters of the Ionian Sea.

Athens, 10th October 2016: si-Cluster participated in the Copernicus Training and Information Session which held on Friday October 7th in Athens at the premises of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F). This session was the first of a series of national Copernicus events which the European Commission will be organising at the request of, and in collaboration with Member States.

Athens, 28th September 2016: Emtech, a si-Cluster member, announced the completion of a project allocated by Thales Alenia Space Italia (TASI), a major Large Scale Integrator for space systems and applications.

Athens, 13th September 2016: si-Cluster organised the Citizens' Debate on Space for Europe on 10th of September 2016 and asked the opinion of 100 citizens to build the future of space for Europe. The consultation took place at α2-innohub in Maroussi, Athens. The debate was organized simultaneously with a unique methodology in all 22 member states of European Space Agency (ESA).

Athens, 1st August 2016: si-Cluster in cooperation with The Bodossaki Foundation and the Embassy of France in Greece announces the sponsoring of 2 internship positions in France - The si-Cluster Business Development Ambassador Internship and the si-Cluster Research Ambassador Internship.

Athens, 22nd July 2016: Alma Technologies S.A., a si-Cluster member, introduced at the Toulouse Space Show 2016 a new encoder IP core which implements the CCSDS 122.0-B-1 lossless and lossy image data compression standard.