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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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OCTAVE

Status date: 07 April 2026

OCTAVE is a space-enabled platform that uses Earth Observation, AI, blockchain, and isotopic science to verify organic cotton from farm to fibre. It provides tamper-proof traceability, fraud detection, and compliance for sustainable textile supply chains. 

FarmBull

Status date: 29 May 2026

The FarmBull robot is designed for autonomous agricultural work across a wide range of applications. Its modular design can be tailored to specific customer requirements and configured with a variety of attachments for different tasks.  

Robust, reliable and high-performing, it embodies engineering excellence and German quality. 

ADBISOV

Status date: 09 September 2026

ADBISOV develops a vessel-based autonomous drone system for wind turbine blade inspection from offshore Service Operation Vessels, with a pilot or responsible person supervising today and hands-off autonomy planned for the commercial phase. Using LEO satellite connectivity, RTK-enhanced GNSS positioning and AI-assisted analytics, the system operates during routine technician transfer windows, targeting a substantial reduction in inspection cost. 

SAT2LEAF

Status date: 09 September 2026

SAT2LEAF turns a standard smartphone into a digital agronomist for urban and peri-urban farms. The phone's Galileo/GPS receiver geotags every canopy scan and leaf image, and on-device AI returns 3D canopy metrics, disease diagnosis and forecasts, and agronomic prescriptions — with Copernicus Sentinel-2 adding vigour context on the larger plots. No drones, no field sensors, no technical expertise required. Note on the project title: the contractual title names plant-level data fusion; that hypothesis was tested during the activity and found not usable at micro-plot scale, and the service is delivered on smartphone GNSS with Sentinel-2 as a contextual layer (see Current status). 

Eyes on Plastic

Status date: 08 September 2026

Eyes on Plastic provides a service solution that combines multiple sensor components into a joint mapping and monitoring solution for plastic in the aquatic environment. The CCN for EoP extends the original scope of the project by integrating water quality analysis into the plastic litter monitoring, and applies it to a new market segment: sports events. 

ISABHEL

Status date: 08 September 2026

ISABHEL is a continuous monitoring service that leverages 5G technologies and provides qualitative and quantitative information for the management of specific assets, identifies areas for predictive maintenance, supports asset financial resilience and disaster prevention. The proposal is based on the synergistic integration of different technologies enabling advanced monitoring of the structural health of bridges. The service is specifically aimed at monitoring the structural health of bridges located on the Po River, which are recognized as assets of interest for the City of Turin.

PORTEX

Status date: 07 September 2026

PORTEX is an AI-powered, space-enabled platform that combines GNSS, Satellite AIS, and Earth Observation data to help ports benchmark operational performance, forecast demand, and support infrastructure planning. The service enables ports to improve efficiency, competitiveness, and sustainability without requiring access to proprietary competitor data. 

Nova-sight

Status date: 07 September 2026

Nova-sight turns satellite imagery into money. Every 2.5 minutes, Europe's newest geostationary satellite captures cloud movements at 0.5 km resolution. We translate that into ultra-precise solar energy forecasts; delivered in real time via API. For energy traders, grid operators, and industrial sites: know what your solar panels will produce before the clouds arrive. 

USE

Status date: 07 September 2026

Satellite Earth observation data is under-used because industry professionals lack the skills to work with it. Upskill with SatEO (USE) is an online  training platform delivering role-specific, practical training for technical and non-technical professionals working with SatEO data. Piloted with BASF Digital Farming, CNES and the Australian Ocean Data Network, USE combines online modules, live workshops and a JupyterLab coding environment. 

SpaceSurf

Status date: 07 September 2026

Active surfers commonly use surf forecasts for planning sessions and trips. Existing tools depend on deep‑ocean models, which perform well offshore but lose accuracy in shallow water. SpaceSurf improves forecast precision for the surfing sector by integrating local SDB data with a nested modelling framework that accurately captures nearshore wave dynamics at a local scale. 

Bumble Bee

Status date: 07 May 2026

Bling Automated is ​offering ​an automated on-demand delivery solution for urgent B2B use cases, where parts or items are needed fast for a job. The company provides faster, safer, and more cost-efficient deliveries, at a time when demand for speed, automation, regulatory readiness, and improving unit economics are aligning. 

ZikaSeal

Status date: 20 August 2026

ZikaSeal's drain barrier blocks Asian tiger mosquitoes from breeding in road drains. This ESA Kick-Start built a satellite-based hotspot model using Sentinel-1/2 Earth Observation data and machine learning to show municipalities exactly which drains are affected by the mosquito.
 

CoolStorAge

Status date: 14 August 2026

CoolStorAge is a B2B Software-as-a-Service that uses Earth Observation data, weather forecasts and electricity-market prices to dynamically schedule ice-thermal-storage cooling systems in commercial and industrial buildings. The service replaces the static, pre-set operating schedules that dominate the installed base today with a continuously re-optimised 24-hour plan, delivering a verifiable 20–30 % reduction in cooling-related electricity cost without requiring any on-site hardware change. 

 

MFT-ESACA01

Status date: 17 August 2026

The project applies MinFarm Tech’s optimized LoRaWAN over SatCom software stack and network architecture for a demo project where an end-to-end remote livestock and wildlife tracking service is provided using IoT technology and Satellite Communications. 

Conservation Integrity

Status date: 22 June 2026

belian.earth builds Carbon Market Certainty through independent, automatically-selected counterfactual baselines for nature-based solutions. The ramet5 platform uses geospatial foundation models on satellite Earth observation data to generate reference areas that are reproducible, dynamic, and free from potential project developer bias. Users include carbon project developers, conservation organisations, and sustainable timber companies. 

JP-VISION

Status date: 11 August 2026

JP-VISION is an advanced inspection solution for photovoltaic plants, integrating drones, AI, and thermal analysis to enhance efficiency and maintenance. It provides real-time reports, detects anomalies, and reduces operational costs. Designed for scalability, JP-VISION ensures precise, automated, and cost-effective monitoring for sustainable energy management. 

SmartSolar-H2

Status date: 07 August 2026

SmartSolar-H2 is a feasibility study exploring how satellite Earth Observation and weather forecasting can guide green-hydrogen production from solar energy, estimating expected hydrogen output, electricity-import needs and production cost over the coming hours to days to support operational and investment decisions. 

SOCBIO-MAP

Status date: 07 August 2026

SOCBIO-MAP delivers scientifically rigorous, satellite-enhanced mapping of soil organic carbon stocks and biodiversity in forest ecosystems. By integrating Earth observation with optimised field sampling and laboratory analysis, the project makes high-quality soil health MRV feasible, scalable, and cost-effective for carbon project developers, conservation organisations, and corporate sustainability programmes worldwide. 

Netcarbon Intelligence

Status date: 09 June 2026

Netcarbon Intelligence enables land and infrastructure stakeholders to diagnose, simulate and certify the environmental impact of their projects, combining Earth Observation data and artificial intelligence across indicators such as carbon sequestration, land use, urban heat islands and biodiversity. 

CottonConscience

Status date: 06 August 2026

Water wise cotton tracing from field to mill. 

PREDIFAN

Status date: 04 August 2026

PREDIFAN is an ESA-supported project aiming to develop an operational early-warning service for harmful algal blooms (HABs) affecting salmon farming in Chile. 
By combining satellite Earth observation data, in-situ measurements, and advanced modelling, the service delivers predictive insights and real-time alerts to help aquaculture operators anticipate risks, reduce fish mortality, and optimize farm management decisions.