The visit was an opportunity for EUSPA to highlight the many synergies between EGNSS and Copernicus, and how these synergies benefit EU businesses and citizens. On 23 February, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) welcomed representatives from the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) to its Prague headquarters. The…
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Speaking at last week’s Copernicus Horizon 2035 conference, EUSPA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa outlined how European businesses can benefit from Copernicus’ Earth observation services, data, and information. If you’ve ever watched a news story about a natural disaster, chances are, the satellite images shown in the story came from Copernicus, Europe’s Earth Observation programme. …
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OBSERVER: Copernicus Horizon 2035 knight@spacete… Thu, 17/02/2022 – 17:43 The consequences of climate change have emphasised the vital importance of the European Union taking action to develop innovative solutions for tackling current and future environmental challenges. As a contribution to these solutions, the Copernicus component of the European Union Space Programme is a world-class Earth…
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With a robust and secure ground and space segment, EUSPA ensures that Galileo’s 2.5 billion users benefit from the world’s most precise positioning system Not only is the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) charged with the development and provision of Galileo’s range of services, it also serves as the gatekeeper for the programme’s…
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The EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) publishes procurement on “GRC Infrastructure evolution, nominal operations support, and maintenance”. To encourage the widest participation possible, the Agency is organizing an industry day to present the details of the call on 10 March 2022 at 10.00 CET The EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) published…
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On the 3rd February 2022, NEREUS together with the European Commission and the European Space Agency organised the 5th and final Copernicus4regions webinar: “How Copernicus helps Europe’s regions to innovate public administrations and the delivery of public policies”. The objective of the webinar was to reflect upon what are the main factors that concretely support…
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When disaster strikes, communication, information and location are key. With the addition of GOVSATCOM, the EU Space Programme provides all three. Last summer, when Greece was ravaged by wildfires, public authorities relied on Copernicus’ Earth Observation services to detect and monitor the evolving situation. On the ground, firefighters and emergency first responders used EGNOS and…
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As of 17 March 2022, all smartphones placed in the European single market should be leveraging Galileo signals, in addition to other Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The addition of the EU positioning system to enhance the 112-calls location will result in faster response times and consequently, more lives saved. The European 112-emergency number is operational in…
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OBSERVER: Copernicus Sentinel satellites bring new insight to volcano monitoring knight@spacete… Thu, 10/02/2022 – 12:05 The six hundred currently known active volcanoes are one of the most fascinating natural manifestations on Earth. Their monitoring, which is essential for taking action to mitigate the risks and hazards stemming from a potential eruption, is facilitated by the…
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The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is launching a testing campaign for INAV improvements implementation and hereby invites external stakeholders to express their interest in participating in such testing campaign. The testing will cover any of the three I/NAV improvements (SSP, FEC-2, RedCED), that will be tested in laboratory using simulated realistic…
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