Partners

Here you can find information about all the partners involved in the Electric Solar Wind Sail Doctors (E-Sailors) project. The consortium includes eight European universities and four small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working together to advance electric solar wind sail technology. These partners bring a strong combination of academic expertise and industry experience. Together, they are training 15 doctoral candidates in key areas of space science and technology. This collaborative network forms the foundation of a new generation in sustainable space exploration.

Universities

University of Tartu
Department of Space Technology

PI: Dr Aditya Savio Paul

Prof Mihkel Pajusalu

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Finnish Meteorological Institute
Space Research and Observation Technologies

Dr Pekka Janhunen

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Dresden University of Technology
Institute of Aerospace Engineering

Prof Martin Tajmar

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Aalto University
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering

Prof Jaan Praks

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University of Pisa
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering

Prof Lorenzo Niccolai

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KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Division of Space and Plasma Physics

Prof Mykola Ivchenko

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Riga Technical University
Aeronautics, Space Engineering and Transport Institute

Prof Ali Arshad

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Ventspils University of Applied Sciences
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre

Prof Andris Vaivads

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Tallinn University of Technology
Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics

Dr Ivo Müürsepp

SMEs:

Aurora Propulsion Technologies

CEO Perttu Yli-Opas

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CrystalSpace

CEO Pätris Halapuu

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Spacecraft Anatomy

CEO, Dr Iaroslav Iakubivskyi

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Nanocraft

CEO Andris Slavinskis