Central Case Project
Central Case Project Introduction
The Central Case Project (CCP) provides a learning laboratory for participants to explore and use the competencies learned in the SpaceTech program - space-related markets, space systems engineering, inter-personal skills, business engineering and space applications. It is an activity aimed at the creation of a credible commercial space-related business, by working in a close-knit international team. During the CCP process, each participant is placed at least once into a position of leadership in the team, responsible for ensuring that the team meets certain pre-set goals for that phase of the process, so that all participants can exercise the leadership skills learned during the course.
During the CCP, participants perform an abbreviated market analysis to identify a commercially oriented, space-related product or service. They develop a business concept that is then translated into mission objectives and an appropriate technical system concept. From this point on the team completes the conceptual design of a business case and the associated space and ground assets to provide the necessary products or services for identified customers and users.
Participants exercise the space systems engineering fundamentals with the goal of creating a financially viable business opportunity that they present at the end of the process to a selected group of senior engineers, managers and executives from the space community.
During the CCP, participants learn the relations between mission and system design and investor expectations and to adjust its parameters in order to make their newly conceived business feasible and profitable.
The Central Case Project hence serves as a concrete and practical means to apply and test systems engineering and business engineering techniques in a real-life environment.
The Central Case Project is coached by Dr. Pete Swan (head coach), Edward Ashford, Dr. Jeff Austin and Joerg Kreisel.
Below, a graphical representation of the CCP progress throughout the SpaceTech program can be found.
CCP sponsorship
Every year, SpaceTech offers to agencies and industry the opportunity for a sponsorship of the Central Case Project. In this case, a sponsor is allowed to define the topic for that particular year in agreement with the SpaceTech mission. Sponsors are welcome and expected to be actively involved and support the team throughout the year. The Central Case Project results in a world-class research product in space systems and business engineering. For further questions please contact spacetechsupport@tudelft.nl.
CCP Executive Summaries
Year 01 (1998-1999): ST01 Automated Meter Reading
Year 02 (1999-2000): ST02 Media Globe Broadcasting
Year 03 (2000-2001): ST03 Worldwide Inter-Modal Navigation System
Year 04 (2001-2002): ST04 Ocean Motion Sea State Information
Year 05 (2002-2003): ST05 Easy Space Atmospheric Density Measurement
Year 06 (2003-2004): ST06 On-Orbit Servicing for GEO Comsats - Sponsored by DLR
Year 07 (2004-2005): ST07 Global Communication-Navigation System
Year 08 (2005-2006): ST08 Internet over North American highways - Sponsored by DLR
Year 09 (2006-2007): ST09 Clepsydra - Sponsored by Kayser-Threde GmbH
Year 10 (2007-2008): ST10 LOGOS - Sponsored by CNES
Year 11 (2008-2009): ST11 Rivoluzione - Sponsored by Boeing Satellite Systems
Year 12 (2009-2010): ST12 RetroSpace - Sponsored by DLR
Year 13 (2010-2011): ST13 MOBEO
