We are thrilled to announce that the CARIOQA website and social media channels are now live!

The CARIOQA-PMP website is a great source of information about the project and its latest development. Get to know our project partners and their role within the project and meet the people behind this ambitious project.

Stay tuned throughout our social media channels to get the latest project news and if you want to get info on the space industry and developments!

Many updates to come: stay in touch!

On December 14^th, 2022, the CARIOQA-PMP project (Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Pathfinder Mission Preparation) under the European Commission’s Horizon Europe program was kicked off with the aim to develop such a quantum sensor for space application.

CARIOQA-PMP aims at developing a new technology to be used in space within the next decade: a quantum gravimeter/accelerometer. Such technology will be used for satellite-based Earth science in order to monitor climate change and thus support the development of mitigation and adaptation measures. The technology developed within the CARIOQA-PMP framework aims to be tested during a spatial mission: the Quantum Pathfinder Mission.

The project is coordinated by CNES and will run for the next 3 years. It brings together leading players from five EU countries.

Learn more: Press release #1: Towards climate studies using quantum technologies.