René Laufer

Interests

Small Satellites; Lunar Exploration, Lunar Development, Lunar Utilization & Lunar Bases; ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilization); Space Systems Engineering & Project Management; Planetary Exploration; Microgravity; Space Debris, Cosmic Dust, Plasma & Small Bodies Research; Spacecraft & Space Systems; Space Situational Awareness; Education and Public Outreach

Projects

• SUSTAIN - a collaborative SNSA-funded industry-led human spaceflight life support system-related project with HydroMars, KTH, and SLU
• SMART 6GSAT (Sustainable Mobile Autonomous and Resilient 6G SatCom) - a collaborative SSF-funded multidisciplinary research center with KTH, RISE, Ericsson, Saab, and several more partners
  • Space Sweden North - collaborative EU-funded ERDF project
  • AuroraSpace - an EU-funded space business boosting project in the Aurora Interreg region
  • UNIVERSEH 2.0 (European Space University for Earth and Humanity)
  • Space for Innovation and Growth (RIT) - collaborative EU-funded ERDF projects with the objective to create sustainable growth in the region of Norrbotten and enhancing its role as Sweden’s leading space region
  • FedLabs - a NATO-funded SPS (Science for Peace and Security) multi-national collaborative fundamental research project on small satellite constellations
  • KvarkenSpaceEco - an EU-funded space innovation hub project (including the KvarkenSat nano satellite development) in the Interreg Botnia-Atlantica region across the Kvarken
  • Beyond UNIVERSEH
  • PETRUS on GreenCube - University of Stuttgart electric propulsion system in-orbit demonstration launched in 2022 onboard of a Sapienza University 3U CubeSat
  • UNIVERSEH (European Space University for Earth and Humanity)