EUROPEAN Projects

Heron Engineering has been part of consortia, established by organizations from different European countries, on the frame of Horizon 2020 projects. The main objectives of the projects were to design and investigate the sustainability of Micro-Launchers. Heron Engineering involved mainly on the mechanical analyses of the Micro-Launchers.

RRTB

A consortium of eight experienced partners from six different European countries has been established and funded by European Commission’s H2020 program, to investigate the recovery of the“MESO” micro launcher in a project called RRTB (Recovery and Return To Base).

SMILE

Fourteen European companies and institutes are joining forces in a European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 project called “SMall Innovative Launcher for Europe” (SMILE). The project aims at designing a launcher for satellites up to 50 kg.