This week the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) published an important position paper on the future of Copernicus from the European Earth Observation Services industry. This paper describes the position of the European Read More
In a speech at the World Space Business Week (WSBW), held in Paris from 12 to 16 September 2022, the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Aschbacher showed full support for further commercialisation of the Read More
It was in 1783 that Joseph Jones (a U.S. Virginia delegate to the Second Continental Congress) coined the phrase, “oil and water do not mix.” While he was not speaking about crude oil, the fact Read More
This summer, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) celebrated a decade of operation as a world leader in emergency mapping, early warning tools and open-access disaster information. For the past ten years, Copernicus CEMS has Read More
In June this year the SKIES project team organised an in-depth training workshop for the use of the ONDA platform, one of the official Copernicus DIAS (Data and Information Access Systems) platforms. This workshop has Read More
In our ‘callout’ series we highlight specific open funding calls that are part of our Open Calls Network initiative, in collaboration with the Netherlands Space Office. In this edition we look back on our recent Read More
He’s been to space with John Glenn. Now he’s headed to Poland. Pedro Duque will attend the European Rover Challenge ERC 2022! The Spanish engineer’s journey to the International Space Station and back Read More
CASSINI is the European Commission new initiative to support innovative entrepreneurs, start-ups and SME’s in the space industry, including New Space, during 2021-2027. The initiative is open to all areas of the EU Space Read More
On 23 December 2021, Copernicus Sentinel-1B experienced an anomaly related to the instrument electronics power supply provided by the satellite platform, leaving it unable to deliver radar data. Since then spacecraft operators and engineers have been Read More
Earth Observation (EO) data supports research by scientists all around the world. For this research, access to historic EO data is particularly valuable. It provides better knowledge and understanding of the processes affecting our planet, Read More