Business Applications and Space Solutions
BASS accelerates the transformation of innovative ideas into market-ready space-based services and applications that deliver measurable socio-economic impacts.
BASS de-risks technical and commercial challenges and shortens the path from concept to market.
BASS creates optimal conditions for commercial success, and lasting value for society.
To deliver these outcomes, BASS offers:
• a unique support package combining zero-equity funding
• tailored business and technical expertise
• management guidance
• ESA branding
• powerful commercialisation networks
This ecosystem connects companies with customers, investors and partners, enabling them to overcome market barriers and secure sustainable growth.
The ACCESS programme
The new ACCESS programme, implemented from 27 November 2025, builds on the sound and trusted foundations of ESA’s existing ScaleUp, and BASS.
Under ACCESS, BASS continues to bring exciting new opportunities for business with new frameworks and streamlined application processes.
Watch this space for the new Calls for Proposals as they go live, with new details on how to apply published accordingly.
Any ongoing projects, started before 25 November 2025, are unaffected and will continue as normal.
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