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class="ecl-banner__content"><div class="ecl-banner__title"><span class="ecl-banner__title-text">CASSINI Initiative</span></div><p class="ecl-banner__description"><span class="ecl-banner__description-text">Tailored to the needs of Europe’s New Space industry</span></p><div class="ecl-banner__cta"><a href="https://www.cassini.eu/cassini-initiative" class="ecl-link ecl-link--cta ecl-link--icon ecl-banner__link-cta" data-original-title-description="CASSINI Initiative" ><span class="ecl-link__label">Discover CASSINI</span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--xs ecl-link__icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" ><use xlink:href="/themes/contrib/oe_theme/dist/ec/images/icons/sprites/icons.svg#external"></use></svg></a></div></div></div></div></section> </div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_372"></a> <article class="ecl-featured-item" ><div class="ecl-featured-item__container ecl-featured-item__container--right"><div class="ecl-featured-item__item"><div class="ecl-featured-item__description"><div class="ecl"><p>CASSINI is the European Commission's initiative to support entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs in the space industry, including New Space, during 2021-2027. The initiative is open to all areas of the EU Space Programme, and covers both upstream (i.e. nanosats, launchers, etc. and downstream (i.e. products/services enabled by space data, etc.)</p><p>CASSINI includes a €1 billion EU seeds and growth fund, hackathons and mentoring, prizes, a business accelerator, partnering and matchmaking.</p></div></div></div></div></article> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_596"></a> <div id="block-cassininew" class="ecl-u-mt-l"> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2">CASSINI Key Features</h2> <div class="ecl-content-item-block"><div class="ecl-row"><div class="ecl-content-item-block__item contextual-region ecl-u-mb-l ecl-col-12 ecl-col-l-4 last-item-column"><article class="ecl-card" ><picture class="ecl-picture ecl-picture--zoom ecl-card__picture" data-ecl-picture-link ><img class="ecl-card__image" 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