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PROJECT SHOWCASES

Reducing the risk of bird strikes using satellite images and Ascend’s Normalised Difference Water index software (NDWI)

British start-up Rezatec has developed a landscape monitoring service based on Earth Observation data

A new forestry monitoring service, which is currently being used by three regional forestry departments in Poland, combines space and terrestrial data with a web-based interface.

With the support of ESA, Belgian SME Ovinto has developed a service that offers satellite-based monitoring of rail cars and intermodal tank containers.

A new satellite-enabled information management system for commercial fishermen, developed the support of ESA, is currently being used by some seventy Irish fishing vessels.

Managing seasonal navigational hazards, such as winter ice, on Romania's section of the Danube river is the goal of an ongoing ARTES IAP Demonstration Project.

With the support of ESA's ARTES Applications programme, 21Net has built a system that seemlessly integrates satcoms to improve the user experience of WiFi on high-speed trains.

The GeoSHM structural health monitoring system, developed with the support of ESA, is now being further deployed in Scotland and China.

The Basilicata Region in southern Italy has announced the allocation of a nearly one million euros to support an ongoing ARTES Applications project, ONE Class! Open network for Education.

An integrated rescue management tool being developed with the support of ESA is improving the speed and accuracy of search and rescue missions in the mountains of the Czech Republic.

With the support of ESA, HydroLogic (NL) is developing an application called the HydroNET Flood and Rain Report generator to map rainfall and flooding quickly and easily. It has been successfully deployed in flood-prone Australia, and other countries are taking interest in the system.

An enterprising Dutch startup is developing a viable business using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery to monitor oil and gas pipelines from space.

Thanks to a new portal video encoder device developed with the support of ESA, high definition video can now be cost-effectively streamed from mobile satellite terminals. This breakthrough facilitates the transmission of broadcast-quality video content from regions with limited terrestrial infrastructure.  

 

With the support of ESA through the ARTES IAP programme, Vista GmbH has developed a successful business supplying precision agriculture services to farmers. At this year's Agritechnica trade fair in Hannover, the Munich-based company was awarded a gold medal for innovation in recognition of its achievements.

A recent ARTES IAP demonstration project shows how satellites give the deployment of RPAS a huge boost. The project leader, an enterprising British SME, is capitalising on this experience to develop a viable business in remote surveying services.

Long-term monitoring using historical Earth Observation data and short-term GNSS positioning is a potent combination for studying the health and well-being of complex structures such as bridges.

Demonstration and pilot implementation of a satellite-based operations control system for managing teams in alpine rescue missions.

How satellite services give landowners an easier and cheaper way of calculating the potential economic value of conserving or restoring environmentally important peatlands.

In an activity supported by ESA, a software package called VECMAP was developed that uses Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation data to populate an online database, allowing researchers to map high-risk areas. 

With the support of ESA, Irish company Treemetrics has developed an innovative system that uses space and ground assets to map forests and monitor tree-harvesting machinery.

Thanks to European telecoms satellites, affordable broadband Internet access via satellite is becoming reality. 

Two recent ARTES-funded feasibility studies looked into ways of understanding and mitigating the risks associated with unstable terrain.

The incorporation of satellite communication services in railway signalling systems is now one step closer.

A robust portable device for monitoring vital signs and providing communications for medics developed with the support of ESA offers a lifeline even in the remotest areas on Earth via satcoms.

ASSIST allows project managers to analyse the positive and negative impacts of their Telemedicine services way before they go live.

European Defence Agency (EDA) and European Space Agency (ESA), have agreed to pursue their cooperation in the domain of Remotely Piloted Aircrafts.

The Dutch company Robin Radar has recently taken the FlySafe technology down a new and unexpected path.

BROWSE PROJECTS

Based on user needs and industry skills, the evolution of customized solutions and the establishment of innovative services is accomplished through project activities. Focusing on various thematic areas, relevant information on the project activities is provided below.

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AURORA

Status date: 30 July 2026

A feasibility study led by Yuri GmbH into the commercial viability of bioengineering in microgravity. Working with ATMOS Space Cargo and industrial partners across pharmaceuticals, healthcare and food, the study assesses where space-based production of tissue models, organoids and biomaterials outperforms terrestrial methods, and defines a recurring, fully European end-to-end laboratory-and-return service.

SFC-Online

Status date: 29 July 2026

eoapp BENTHIQ is an easy-to-use web application empowering stakeholders to map and monitor benthic habitats. The web application is developed within the SFC-Online project and can digest satellite data as well as on-site data such as video transects. BENTHIQ saves time and costs in environmental and coastal institutions, national research centers, planners of offshore infrastructure, and NGOs.

GAINS - Galileo-based Autonomous INfrastructure Surveillance

Status date: 29 July 2026

GAINS develops an autonomous drone service for monitoring critical infrastructure, using Galileo High Accuracy Service for precise positioning. Combining high-accuracy satellite-based navigation, tethered power and safety, and visual and thermal payloads, the project supports persistent aerial surveillance of infrastructure sites such as railways, airports, utilities, telecom assets, and emergency response areas.

PerPlant Catch Crop Grading

Status date: 29 July 2026

A satellite-based grading service that helps the Danish authority SGAV prioritise which parcels merit a manual catch-crop inspection — fusing Copernicus Sentinel-1/2 imagery with PerPlant’s tractor-mounted sensor network.

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CEROC

Status date: 28 July 2026

B2B Bike Navigation

Status date: 04 October 2024

This project developed an end-to-end navigation service which can be fully integrated into business customers’ own 2-wheeled vehicle products/services, including best-in-class routing optimisation (tailored to user needs) and navigation for 2-wheeler use-cases.
This makes it easier, safer and more convenient for people and goods to travel by light, 2 wheeled transport rather than by cars, vans and trucks.

MWFS

Status date: 24 July 2026

MilkyWay is developing a satellite-based sustainability reporting service for the dairy sector. Using Earth Observation data, the service aims to detect field management activities across farm parcels and translate these into verified, audit-ready reporting templates. This reduces administrative burden for farmers while giving dairy companies the independently verified data they need to meet their sustainability reporting obligations.

Forest HD

Status date: 24 July 2026

ForestHD, a geospatial tool developed by NGIS in partnership with the European Space Agency. It helps timber operators comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by using satellite data and AI to distinguish legal harvesting from illegal deforestation and degradation, reducing false positives and improving supply chain traceability.

RELECT

Status date: 23 July 2026

Rheticus® Electric Towers (RELECT) is a demonstration project aimed at developing an Earth Observation service using very-high-resolution SAR imagery and AI to rapidly detect damage to power lines after extreme events. It enables Transmission System Operators to assess affected infrastructure within 24 hours, improving response times, reducing costs, and enhancing the resilience and sustainability of energy networks.

TruPaG

Status date: 22 July 2026

TruPaG improves truck parking by combining historical and real-time truck movement data to predict availability across a wide network of locations. The project builds on Aparkado’s existing solution and expands coverage beyond highways to deliver more reliable parking insights.

HALO Dashboard

Status date: 17 July 2026

Wildfire risk inspections and their effect on insurance premiums are currently carried out on ZIP-code level. The HALO dashboard allows a hypergranular inspection with dynamic risk factor analysis ensuring portfolios remain profitable and best practices are enforced.

MagWatch3D

Status date: 17 July 2026

Geomagnetic storms can disrupt electric power grids and other critical infrastructure. MagWatch3D delivers high-resolution – better than 10 km spatial resolution and 1 second cadence – near real-time physics-based space weather intelligence on geomagnetic disturbance, geoelectric fields and geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) for power grid operation, insurance, and other activities affected by Earth’s magnetic field such as magnetic surveys and navigation.

CoCoNARC

Status date: 17 July 2026

Pheno-AI

Status date: 17 July 2026

Pheno-AI turns free satellite Earth Observation and climate data into clear, field-level phenology and yield forecasts — emergence, flowering and harvest windows plus a yield range — helping growers and their advisors decide when to plant, fertilise and harvest. The service is validated with growers in Kenya and calibration sites in Portugal and Germany.

AOE

Status date: 14 July 2026

The "Agronomy on the Edge" project delivers a retrofittable, edge-AI precision farming system that integrates real-time tractor sensor data with satellite inputs. Designed specifically for small to medium-sized arable operations, the system optimizes variable-rate spraying and input management, enabling significant chemical reductions and enhanced crop yields even in areas with limited connectivity.

AMSynchro

Status date: 10 July 2026

AMSynchro is a space-enabled assurance platform for hazardous metal powders used in additive manufacturing. It links monitoring, custody, genealogy, warning logic and audit-ready evidence to help operators understand whether materials remained safe, compliant and fit for use throughout storage, handling and movement.

QualityTime

Status date: 10 July 2026

Farmers need reliable, timely insight into crop development to plan harvest, labour and sales with confidence. QualityTime helps them make these decisions by providing trusted monitoring of crop maturity using satellite and drone observations over time. By ensuring consistent data quality, the service supports growers and advisors with dependable information exactly when it matters most.

SIA4AGRI

Status date: 24 June 2025

SIA4Agri modernizes the use of irrigation to minimize farmers’ environmental impact and increase the plasticity of adaptation of this agro-industry to environmental climate changes, higher temperature and water shortage.

STELLAGRI

Status date: 07 July 2026

STELLAGRI delivers independent, AI-powered crop intelligence from satellite data.

Corporates gain seamless ERP integration and reliable supply insights — without farmer input.

Small farms access precise analytics for any field size.

From vegetation indexes to crop recognition and alerts, STELLAGRI turns raw imagery into actionable decisions across the entire agricultural value chain.

SWAS

Status date: 07 July 2026

The Space Weather Alert System feasibility study investigates the industrial desirability of space weather services in the domain of electricity networks, aviation and GNSS dependent systems in Austria. 

CottonWISE

Status date: 26 January 2026

CottonWISE applies Earth Observation to quantify water use and water productivity in cotton cultivation. The project addresses the lack of objective, scalable water metrics in sustainability certification by providing independent monitoring to support irrigation management, benchmarking and verification across the cotton value chain.

PowerEdge

Status date: 07 July 2026

The project is developing a new standard for physical snowpack measurements for the hydropower industry by use of L-band radar measurements in combination with InSAR processing techniques. The added values are higher resolution of snow estimations in time and space as well as less need for physical presence (equipment & humans) in the mountains to do snow estimations. 

All-Weather COVER

Status date: 06 July 2026

All-Weather COVER demonstrates an Earth-observation service for parcel-level catch-crop monitoring. By combining satellite data, the service delivers frequent, auditable coverage indicators and early-warning signals that help reduce inconclusive cases, target inspections, and document compliance decisions. 

CarbonTrace

Status date: 06 July 2026

CarbonTrace makes voluntary carbon markets accessible to small and medium-scale tropical agroforestry producers by replacing costly manual field surveys with satellite-derived carbon monitoring. Using ESA Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data, the service produces investor-grade carbon accounts at a fraction of the cost of current methods, unlocking carbon revenue for farmers previously excluded by measurement costs.