Under the auspices of the Czech Ministry of Transport, great strides have been made in pushing the space industry of the country. The Czech Republic’s tradition in the utilization of space for scientific purposes has undergone an evolution in its six decades of existence, representative of the great political, economic, and social changes the country […]Read More
The Water-ForCE consortium is defining the future of inland water services for Copernicus. We are a scientific partnership, collecting the needs of the public and private sectors of the core Copernicus Program. We would love to know your needs. Hence a new survey! To research these needs we have created the Water-ForCE survey. We kindly invite […]Read More
A few weeks ago Amsterdam-based consultancy firm PHI Factory published a map of 200 Dutch startups that contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Space as a contributor to SDGs Just two years earlier, the director of the United Nations for Outer Space Affairs Simonetta di Pippo claimed that ’65 of the 169 SDG […]Read More
Together with the Dutch AI Coalition, Dutch Public Procurement Expertise Centre PIANOo is starting a new buyer group: “AI image recognition and drones”. In this buyer group, public organisations will investigate how they can purchase smart digital drone solutions. You can still register for participation. The buyer group focuses specifically on applications of image recognition technology via drones . The buyer group concerns: using AI technology in drone projects (for example for inspection or maintenance of objects, or […]Read More
Space Science for Societal Challenges Several representatives of Groundstation.Space took part in the online “Space Science for Societal Challenges Workshop” organised by the Lorentz Center on 22 and 23 October 2020. Space sciences, industry, government policy and economics, education, environmental and technological sciences were among the many fields represented, as over ninety participants fleshed out […]Read More
HiSea is an EU-funded project that develops services to provide high resolution Earth Observation-based data of water quality at sea, to provide solutions for ports and aquaculture industries. The HiSea services incorporate Copernicus Marine, Land and Climate Services Products, local monitoring data and advanced modelling to improve operation, planning and management of different marine activities. […]Read More
As part of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC), the Geospatial Cities initiative started a consultation to find out which satellite-based services are (most) useful for cities – for those who manage the city’s infrastructure and functions and those who live, play and work there. The initiative and consultation are run […]Read More



















