Category: EU News

OBSERVER: How the EU Space Programme supports Search and Rescue – Galileo SAR Meet 2025

OBSERVER: How the EU Space Programme supports Search and Rescue – Galileo SAR Meet 2025 sonia Thu, 14/08/2025 – 12:04 From Europe’s highest mountain ranges to the open sea, the EU Space Programme is helping rescuers save lives. Galileo’s Search and Rescue (SAR) service, the European Union’s contribution to the global Cospas-Sarsat network, provides rapid…
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EUSPA Training on EGNSS for Drones at UAV FTC

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Copernicus soars into new heights with the launch of Sentinel-5A

Copernicus soars into new heights with the launch of Sentinel-5A ldhoop Wed, 13/08/2025 – 15:30 Ariane62, carrying the Copernicus EU Sentinel-5A & MetOp-SG A1 to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit at an altitude of around 800 km. Following the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-4A last month, the European Union successfully launched the Copernicus Sentinel-5A to further monitor air…
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The Galileo SAR Takes Centre Stage at Europe’s Largest Search and Rescue Exercise

During the 2025 Galileo SAR Meet in Prague, the European Commission, EUSPA, and the Czech Army demonstrated how Galileo SAR contributes to a safer, faster, and more coordinated European search and rescue capability. EU Agency for the Space Programme – Linking space to user needsRead More

Safer Drone Operations Through Verified Use of Copernicus Population Data

Copernicus supports drone operations, particularly ground risk assessments, with free, regularly updated population density data across Europe. This was recently demonstrated in an EUSPA project with drone operators and Civil Aviation Authorities. EU Agency for the Space Programme – Linking space to user needsRead More

Happy geocaching day!

There’s a global treasure hunt happening right now, and all you need to play is a GNSS enabled smartphone. EU Agency for the Space Programme – Linking space to user needsRead More

Transforming respiratory health monitoring with space data

Via Copernicus healthcare demonstrator Resmonics is leveraging Copernicus data to enhance respiratory health monitoring and identify symptom triggers EU Agency for the Space Programme – Linking space to user needsRead More

Transforming respiratory health monitoring with space data

Via Copernicus healthcare demonstrator Resmonics is leveraging Copernicus data to enhance respiratory health monitoring and identify symptom triggers EU Agency for the Space Programme – Linking space to user needsRead More

The world’s most advanced EO system set to become even stronger

The addition of Sentinel-5A will significantly strengthen the capacity for Copernicus to track air quality, emissions and atmospheric composition on a global scale. EU Agency for the Space Programme – Linking space to user needsRead More

Horizon Europe’s ThinkingEarth Hackathon: innovate for Earth Observation

Join us for the ThinkingEarth Hackathon at Big Data from Space 2025 in Riga in September. EU Agency for the Space Programme – Linking space to user needsRead More