The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is Europe’s regional satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS). Used to improve the accuracy and reliability of GNSS positioning information, EGNOS is designed to provide safety of life navigation services to aviation, maritime and land-based users across the EU. While the exploitation of EGNOS is the responsibility of the EU…
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Today, the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) headquarters celebrates 10 years of calling Prague, Czech Republic home. The Agency, then called the European GNSS Agency (GSA), moved to the ‘Golden City’ in 2012, following an open call held by the European Commission in which the Czech Republic won. “Prague offers a high quality…
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The ‘NewSpace Economy Congress 2022’ is organised by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency, Digital Policies and Territory, and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, and aims to showcase the capabilities of the NewSpace sector to companies willing and able to apply them. Under the concept ‘Let’s turn Barcelona into the centre of the new space…
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Just as EU Space Week is back, so too is the annual User Consultation Platform. A highlight on the EU Space Week agenda, the User Consultation Platform (UCP) invites users from a range of market segments to present their needs and requirements. “The UCP is an exciting opportunity for business and industry leaders, entrepreneurs, service…
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OBSERVER: Copernicus-powered polar monitoring helps deliver on the EU’s Arctic Agenda nee@spacetec.p… Thu, 01/09/2022 – 12:18 What a warming climate means for the Earth’s ecosystem and our way of life From shaping the ocean currents, which regulate global temperatures, to providing shipping routes and diverse natural resources, the poles play a central role in the…
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The Galileo satellite GSAT0224 entered into service on 29 August. The satellite is named ‘Shriya’, after a Norwegian grade school student who won the Galileo drawing competition organised by the European Commission and the Norwegian Space Agency. The news comes after extended In-Orbit Testing that took place in January-March, followed by participation in the In-Orbit…
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Over half of the world’s 8 billion people live in cities, a number that is expected to increase by over 70% in the coming decades. This is concerning because, just as the world’s urban population continues to increase, so too does the world’s average temperature – setting the stage for a potential catastrophe. That’s because…
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This webinar introduces participants with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge to map agro-ecological systems at region to country levels (benchmark mapping) for subsequent monitoring using ‘future’ EO-derived imagery. ‘Past’ hyper-temporal (HT) time-space NDVI-based data-cubes will be studied to create an agro-environmental stratification that relates to land features like terrain, climate, land cover (green vegetation)…
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OBSERVER: Copernicus as a tool to empower and promote inclusivity: Women in GMES & Africa nee@spacetec.p… Thu, 25/08/2022 – 09:36 The African space ecosystem is rapidly expanding, yet there remains challenges and opportunities to increase participation and integration of people into its progress. For example, women in STEM are generally underrepresented in Western countries, but…
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OBSERVER: GMES & Africa: Unlocking the power of EO data in Africa with Copernicus nee@spacetec.p… Thu, 18/08/2022 – 10:21 The Earth Observation landscape in Africa Africa, the second largest continent on Earth with rapidly growing populations and economies, is “the new El Dorado for Space Business “, as defined by Dr Tidiane Ouattara, the GMES…
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