ESA SPCD organizing committee is delighted to announce that the Registration for the 6th edition of the International Symposium: Space Passive Component Days (SPCD) 2026 is now open!
SPCD 2026 is the premier technical conference focused on EEE passive components for space, bringing together experts from industry, academia, and space agencies to discuss recent developments, trends, and in-flight experience across a wide range of component types.
The symposium covers capacitors, resistors, inductors and transformers, supercapacitors, crystals and resonators, RF passive devices, connectors and cable assemblies, fuses, thermal sensors, heaters, wires and cables, oscillators, piezo elements, and more.
The symposium will be held
October 13th to 16th, 2026
ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Conference scope covers (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Application, trends and needs in space missions
- Commercial Off‑The‑Shelf (COTS) components
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in design, selection, and evaluation
- Evaluation and qualification
- Lessons learned and in‑flight experience
- Materials and processes
- New developments and technology roadmaps
- Normative system and standards
- Procurement and distribution
- Test, reliability, and evaluation for space
Calendar of Events
| Preliminary Programme | 30 June 2026 |
| Early registration | up to 7 August 2026 |
| Final programme | 25 September 2026 |
| Pre-conference events | 13 October 2026 |
| Conference dates | 14-16 October 2026 |
Registration
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Further information available at the event website:
