Firm recognized for their work by the European Space Agency and will join an ecosystem of space tech start-ups in Luxembourg
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/06
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A start up from Taiwan involved in developing technology and plans for deep space missions and small satellite operations has been internationally recognized, and has announced that it will be moving headquarters from Tainan to Europe.
The Odysseus firm, founded in southern Taiwan by an exceptional team of scholars and engineers, won the Space Resources Challenge hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA).
They were recognized for their achievement on Oct. 30 in Bilbao, Spain at the ESA Inspiration Conference.
As part of their prize, the Luxembourg Space Agency awarded Odysseus 500,000 euros (US$570,000) and invited the firm to join an ecosystem of over 50 firms developing space-related technologies in Luxembourg. [FULL STORY]
