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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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EO MA Track

Status date: 20 February 2026

EO-MA Track is a web-based monitoring service that delivers independent, satellite-derived evidence to strengthen ESG verification. It transforms Earth Observation data into structured, assurance-ready indicators (i.e., maps, KPIs, and trends) that support risk-based assessment of asset-level sustainability claims. Designed for verification bodies, it adds a transparent, traceable spatial layer to ESG disclosures. 

SUMMIT

Status date: 20 February 2026

The Consortium offer services that integrate GNSS, satellite, and snow/weather data to monitor avalanches, snow parameters and ground movement risks. Solutions include:  

  • SAD: Automatic avalanche detection from satellite imagery 

  • SNOW: Monitoring and mapping of key snow parameters (SWE, snow depth, wet snow conditions) through multi-sensor integration (GNSS technology, satellite data, automatic weather stations, weather forecast data)

  • SNOW&MOVE: Compact and cost-effective systems combining snow monitoring with ground displacement detection through GNSS technology and satellite remote sensing

Tunnll

Status date: 18 February 2026

Tunnll provides an innovative, efficient, and user-friendly local transit solution for small towns. Tunnll is a next-generation public bus service that achieves higher efficiency with advanced technologies. 

AutoTrust

Status date: 13 February 2026

A cloud-based solution for the transport and logistics industry that provides 5G/4G and Satellite  Communication integrated connectivity enabling continuous vehicle telemetry monitoring with data  assurance and analytics.

SEM

Status date: 13 February 2026

SEM develops BathyScope, a satellite-AI SaaS service for bathymetry and sedimentation monitoring, specifically designed for rivers and inland reservoirs. The platform combines remote sensing with physics-informed models to deliver mapped depth, sediment accumulation, uncertainty layers, and time-series analytics, supporting hydropower operators, water authorities, and NGOs with faster, lower-cost evidence for maintenance planning and reporting. 

Scope 3

Status date: 12 February 2026

Measuring and controlling GHG scope 3 emissions is crucial for the chemical industry goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Reliable monitoring mechanisms built from precise, trusted data, allow to calculate their precise product carbon footprints, and conduct truthful life cycle assessments. Scope 3 services fully cover the evolving needs from the industry with a user-friendly monitoring and simulation platform specialized on multi-modal transport emissions.

Dark Vision

Status date: 11 February 2026

Using innovative space-based nighttime imagery, Dark Vision will provide an understanding of how artificial light at night (ALAN) impacts our planet ranging from the effects on human health, ecology, the environment, biodiversity and the global economy.

Lunar-TARS

Status date: 11 February 2026

Lunar-TARS is a modular, autonomous robotic arm built for extreme environments. Its versatile design supports a wide range of missions, from lunar infrastructure assembly to regolith collection, driving the growth of a sustainable lunar economy.

GreenClaims

Status date: 10 February 2026

GreenClaims is an ESG verification platform integrating Earth Observation data with AI-driven analytics to independently verify corporate environmental claims in land-intensive sectors including mining, oil & gas, agriculture, and renewable energy. By combining satellite imagery analysis with natural language processing of corporate disclosures, the service provides scalable, evidence-based verification to support regulatory compliance and combat greenwashing. 

RTIS

Status date: 10 February 2026

DataCosmos is Open Cosmos’ proprietary platform for storing and analysing satellite imagery. 
RTIS is a near-real-time information system. By leveraging DataCosmos to detect and monitor oil spills and water turbidity in the middle east with rapid delivery time, RTIS will enable the rapid response to critical situations.

SATV2X

Status date: 04 February 2026

Today there are many roads, especially in rural areas, where cellular network coverage is inadequate to sustain reliable Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The SATV2X pilot aims to address this issue by integrating satellite and 5G terrestrial networks. This integration provides ubiquitous V2X (vehicle-to-everything) radio coverage, enhancing road safety use cases through a C-ITS Platform.

SnowPower

Status date: 03 February 2026

Water resources in snow, defined by the snow water equivalent (SWE), are of key importance to supply renewable energy production through hydropower. Information of the spatial distribution and temporal evolution in SWE are essential to forecast and manage reservoir water levels and electricity production. SnowPower provides this information based on recent advances in snow remote sensing techniques.

WILDFIRE ALARM

Status date: 02 February 2026

Wildfire Alarm delivers real-time alerts from ground-based optical detectors in both remote and populated areas. By combining multiple communications technologies, it achieves affordable, low-power operation with strong signal penetration through dense forests and highly reliable, instant transmission. This approach provides an accessible, cost-effective early warning system to protect lives, property, and infrastructure from wildfires.

Project Eclipse

Status date: 29 January 2026

Following a successful feasibility study for a multipurpose shared electric fleet solution for NHS Hospitals, Project Eclipse covered the development and pilot of a new and highly innovative transport technology for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The project was set out to reduce transport related challenges for employees and patients by providing a sustainable, optimised, fully electric fleet solution that improves access, reduces cost and helps the NHS meet ambitious Net Zero targets.

RESIST 2

Status date: 28 January 2026

RESIST provides worldwide coverage for detecting GNSS Spoofers and Jammers anywhere over the Earth’s surface. The system relies on the CMCU, Central Machine learning Computation Unit and ground and space recorded data.  RESIST 2 is the demonstration project, including pilots demonstrations in the maritime port of Marin in Spain and the DLR airfield of Cochstedt in Germany.

DTM Tool

Status date: 26 January 2026

The DTM Tool service is a solution developed to address the challenges of the drone market. The service allows, through modern aviation surveillance technologies and geospatial data processing, to support safer and more efficient drone operations.

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.

SITH

Status date: 26 January 2026

CORAC “SITH” service  is a cloud-based software solution, designed to authenticate and trace Earth Observation (EO) data. It ensures data integrity and trustworthiness across the EO value chain, using keyless digital signing & verification, traceable data provenance, and trustworthiness evaluations. SITH aims to protect EO data from tampering, helping providers comply with complex EU cybersecurity and AI regulations while safeguarding critical decision-making processes.

DECOM

Status date: 26 January 2026

KSAT DECOM aims to help operators and regulators to monitor offshore decommissioning activities by combining oil spill detection, vessel monitoring, multi-mission SAR and EO data, weather condition and greenhouse emissions to reduce costs, increase efficiency of operations, develop safer methods for execution and reduce environmental impacts during decommissioning activities.

EO x Grid

Status date: 26 January 2026

Service description: We're building an EO- and AI-driven forecasting service for optimizing operations of electricity distribution grids and informed decision-making related to local flexibility markets.