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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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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.

GEO4EN

Status date: 04 August 2026

GEO4EN delivers satellite-enabled monitoring for energy infrastructures such as gas pipelines and power grids. By integrating Earth Observation and multisource data, the service helps operators detect anomalies early, prioritise inspections, and support safer, more continuous operations across wide territories. 

Friilink Mobile

Status date: 04 August 2026

Friilink mobile offers a comprehensive technological solution for buses and trains that allows operating companies to offer entertainment services to passengers with high-speed internet always available on board, generate new revenue through digital advertising tools optimized with AI, save in expenses through its telematics integration solution, route optimization and vehicle status monitoring, and increase on-board safety. 

AURAN

Status date: 04 August 2026

AURAN is an AI-powered navigation assistance system for ocean-going ships that integrates onboard sensor data, weather forecasts, and satellite communication to enhance navigational safety, fuel efficiency, and decision-making. The project focuses on developing a semi-autonomous decision-support tool for navigation team to reduce human error and support compliance with international maritime regulations. 

SWEEP

Status date: 03 August 2026

The SWEEP project uses EO and Machine Learning to provide high-resolution monitoring of reservoir GHG emissions. By linking emissions data to water quality drivers, the nine-month project builds the data framework to eventually identify and verify which targeted interventions, such as nutrient reduction, catchment management, and nature-based solutions, deliver the maximum impact on water quality and carbon to inform decision-making. 

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.