OBSERVER: How Copernicus Helps Monitor the Health of Europe’s Coastal Waters motta@spacetec… Thu, 28/07/2022 – 13:03 Europe’s coastal areas: vital but vulnerable The EU has around 68,000 km of coastline[1]. To put this into perspective, this represents over three times the coastline of the United States. Coastal areas are vital. For plants, animals, and other…
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This thematic session of “Space 4 Critical Infrastructures” revolves around banking and financial entities and how to manage operational risks and ensure business continuity. Space technology can support the digitalisation and greening of the financial sector. Satellite applications can contribute to credit, payment, and insurance processes, and in particular Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), to…
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On 28 June 2022, the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) held an online workshop about the ongoing testing of the Galileo Open Service – Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA). The event was an opportunity to both learn about the status of the testing phase and discuss preliminary results. As to the latter, highlights included:…
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OBSERVER: How Copernicus supports you with seasonal allergies motta@spacetec… Thu, 21/07/2022 – 08:00 Map of Europe showing the birch pollen for late March 2022. CAMS provides forecasts for both pollen and air quality that are updated daily in the Atmosphere Data Store. This data can be used by health professionals and allergy sufferers to make…
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It’s the middle of the summer holiday season and an earthquake strikes Greece, rendering all ground-based communication services worthless. At this exact moment, a leisure boat sailing several kilometres off the coast of Athens experiences an on-board fire. Luckily, they have a Galileo-enabled Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) to send a distress signal with,…
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OBSERVER: Sensing the currents – detecting marine plastic litter in the Mediterranean motta@spacetec… Thu, 14/07/2022 – 10:17 Preserving our waters Water is vital to life. With our marine resources increasingly at risk, the world’s attention is shifting to the protection of its assets from oceans, seas, rivers and lakes down to the smallest streams and…
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NSE, the New Space Economy Expoforum, is the yearly date on the economic impacts of the space sector, on what drives the rapid evolution of the institutional and private involvement in the New Space. In addition, NSE networks big industrial players, small and medium innovative companies, investors, venturers, startups, research centers, academia, space agencies, institutions…
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From theft to hacking and un-anchoring, boats of all shapes and sizes are becoming an increasingly popular target for attacks, including cyberattacks. Protecting these critical and often expensive assets requires new, outside-the-box solutions. One of those solutions, powered by Galileo, is ARGOS. Developed with the support of the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA),…
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Through the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (EAFIP) initiative, the European Commission supports public procurers (including contracting entities in the utilities and security sector) in developing and implementing more and better innovation procurements of ICT based solutions across the EU. The 2nd call of 2022 to apply for assistance under EAFIP is open now…
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In relation to the Podkarpackie Region’s (link) implementation of the project entitled “Preservation and Promotion of Natural and Cultural Heritage through Green Ways” (OUR WAY) co-funded by the Interreg Europe Program 2014-2020, on behalf of the organizers – the Region of Murcia from Spain organises the final conference of the project entitled “Green Ways –…
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