Category: EU News

Copernicus SEA celebrates its fifth anniversary since the starting of operations

Copernicus SEA celebrates its fifth anniversary since the starting of operations motta@spacetec… Thu, 19/05/2022 – 10:40 The Copernicus Security Service is an integral part of the Copernicus component of the EU Space Programme. This service provides the European Union with vital information to respond to the security challenges Europe faces and assists non-EU countries in…
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New chair-elect for the Security Accreditation Board (SAB) of EUSPA

During the 52nd meeting of EUSPA’s Security Accreditation Board, Mr Philippe Bertrand, European affairs DGA coordinator, was elected as its new chair by the Member States representatives. Philippe Bertrand has a vast experience in space-related activities and more specifically in satellite navigation. He has held several managerial positions in the public sector, namely in the…
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Copernicus Jupyter Notebook Competition: Help others to start their journeys with EO data

Copernicus Jupyter Notebook Competition: Help others to start their journeys with EO data motta@spacetec… Thu, 12/05/2022 – 11:20 The onset of the humanity’s spacefaring era irreversibly changed our perspective on our planet. With the deployment of the first Earth Observation (EO) satellites came a paradigm shift to studying and tackling issues of global importance. Technological…
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Happy Birthday EUSPA!

The EU Agency for the Space Programme celebrates its first anniversary with new services, a new satellite and even more end users. Time flies when you’re busy getting things done. And in the first year of its existence, the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has gotten a lot of things done. “EUSPA’s launch…
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Galileo High Accuracy Service Signal in Space Interface Control Document officially published

Galileo High Accuracy Service gets one step closer to the launch of initial services.  Galileo, Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), is now one step closer to declaring the start of initial services for its High Accuracy Service (HAS). The news follows the publication by the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), together with…
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Celebrating Europe’s biggest achievements – including the EU Space Programme

EUSPA celebrates Europe Day – a chance to highlight European integration and values and how the EU Space Programme is helping build an even better EU for tomorrow.  Today, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) joins citizens across the EU in celebrating Europe.  Known as Europe Day, the 9th of May marks…
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EUSPA is looking for Galileo Engineering Support

EUSPA published a procurement on “Engineering Services” for the Galileo Programme. To encourage the widest participation possible, the agency is organizing an industry day to present all the procurement details on 13 May 2022 at 16:00. The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is playing a key role in the Galileo Programme, the…
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OBSERVER: CLMS monitors the heartbeat of our vegetation

OBSERVER: CLMS monitors the heartbeat of our vegetation motta@spacetec… Thu, 05/05/2022 – 10:58 Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) data plays an important role in the monitoring and management of land and ecosystems. This makes it is an important component to contribute to the restoration goals of the European Green Deal and to the EU digital…
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Another step for EU’s positioning system: Nikolina joins the Galileo family!

After a challenging Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) and Testing campaign during the pandemic times, Galileo satellite “Nikolina” (GSAT0223) is entering service provision as of today. The satellite will reinforce the performance and robustness of the EU’s satellite-based positioning system. GSAT0223 was brought into space on 05/12/2021 with Galileo launch L11 after the usual…
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Deutscher Umweltsatellit EnMAP sendet erste Bilder

Seit ihrem Start am 1. April 2022 ist die deutsche Umweltsatellitenmission EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program), die von der Deutschen Raumfahrtagentur im Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Bonn im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) geführt wird, gut einen Monat im All und hat jetzt die ersten hochaufgelösten Satellitenbilder…
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