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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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ATLASCast

Status date: 08 May 2026

ATLASCast, by Enable My Team (EMT), is a proposed project with the European Space Agency (ESA) delivering hyper-local climate forecasting for renewable energy infrastructure. It integrates nano-satellite data, AI, and ground systems to optimise site selection, improve safety, enable predictive maintenance, and support scalable, cost-effective, sustainable energy solutions.

STREAMO

Status date: 07 May 2026

STREAMO is a commercial downstream application seamlessly merging satellite and stratospheric Earth Observation data. Focusing on urban/mountain environments, the platform provides very-high-resolution, near real-time updated maps and insights like vegetation and thermal gradients. It offers a centralized marketplace for accessing archived products and requesting on-demand stratospheric tasking to bridge the gap between satellites and drones. 

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. 

CropCloud

Status date: 07 May 2026

CropCloud delivers automated field boundary delineation and agricultural event marker detection from Copernicus Sentinel imagery using deep learning and proprietary super-resolution. The service supports Paying Agencies and enterprise platforms with scalable APIs, achieving 95%+ accuracy across 8 event markers in a pilot with the Lithuanian National Paying Agency.

SNA

Status date: 07 May 2026

Yuman is a Danish deep-tech startup addressing one of the major challenge in the European healthcare systems, the shortage of nurses. We are developing healthcare-centred Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) solutions, unique in the global market, specifically designed to assist nurses by automating the transport of small items in hospital wards, like food, laundry, medical equipment, blood and other test samples.

Belmap4EU

Status date: 07 May 2026

They project expands Belmap, GIM’s geospatial digital twin platform, across Europe to deliver harmonised, property-level intelligence on buildings, parcels and addresses. By integrating national open datasets with Earth Observation–derived features and scalable full-country processing, the platform enables consistent property insights across multiple European countries.

AIPASS

Status date: 06 May 2026

This project is an ESA-supported feasibility study exploring the use of advanced analytics to improve operational decision-making for bus, coach and shuttle service operators. By analysing real-time and historical operational data, the study assesses whether delays, underused capacity and operational risk can be identified early enough to support more proactive service management. 

SURGEON

Status date: 06 May 2026

SURGEON develops an autonomous drone delivery system for time-critical medical goods in healthcare logistics. By combining onboard AI, visual inertial odometry, and semantic satellite Earth Observation data, the system enables reliable GNSS-independent navigation. One operator can supervise up to 30 drones simultaneously, delivering lab samples and pharmaceuticals directly to hospital windows in under 10 minutes. 

ADMONS-TI

Status date: 23 April 2026

The project develops an automated monitoring system for transport infrastructure (road, rail, waterways). It combines UHD Model of TI, vehicle sensor data, and satellite imagery to detect risks, changes, and maintenance needs. Available as on-premises or SaaS, the solution enhances inspections, lowers costs, and extends infrastructure lifespan.

EO-INSURE

Status date: 23 April 2026

EO INSURE is a service for the insurance world that combine Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 optical imagery with weather and fielddata to detect abiotic damages in orchards, tailored to insurance workflows. This new feature opens the doors toward continuous monitoring, rapid event verification, fraud mitigation, and portfolio-level risk monitoring for insurers, brokers, and reinsurers. 

Origin Aura

Status date: 20 April 2026

Origin is developing Origin Aura to enable autonomous data collection and global data transmission via Satcom, supporting the expansion of its trenchless pipeline repair and satellite leak detection technologies. Equipped with advanced sensors, the tool will capture precise location and operational data, ensuring accurate real-time reporting and allowing Origin maintain the high standards associated with its technology. 

RegenAg – MRV

Status date: 15 April 2026

The RegenAg – MRV service provides monitoring, reporting and verification of regenerative agricultural practices, such as cover cropping, no residue burn, crop rotation and improved irrigation. Through innovate use of satellite earth observation and geospatial analytics, cropping systems, irrigation techniques, soil treatment and residue management are monitored and evaluated. The service facilitates high-integrity farm carbon and sustainable farming projects. 

SKYS.O.S.

Status date: 14 April 2026

SKYS.O.S. is a satellite-assisted safety service supporting the creation, transmission and handling of emergency cases towards the 112 / PSAP chain in complex outdoor and urban environments. 

The service integrates connected devices, terrestrial communication networks and space-enabled assets with a central Relay Center platform, ensuring end-to-end delivery of structured emergency information, including position and event data, even when terrestrial connectivity is unavailable, insufficient or degraded through the use of an alternative NTN bearer. 

CottonConscience

Status date: 14 April 2026

Water wise cotton tracing from field to mill. 

GTMS

Status date: 14 April 2026

The Global Tailings Monitoring Service provides tailings storage facilities with comprehensive and consistent monitoring using a combination of remote sensing technologies and environmental datasets. Built for worldwide scalability, GTMS is designed to be suitable for all sites within a global portfolio.  

UVFDR

Status date: 14 April 2026

The universal virtual flight data recorder (UVFDR) is a vendor-agnostic, non-exclusive data repository, providing flight data including Global Aeronautic Distress and Safety System (GADSS) functions from day-to-day aviation operations to users in near real time.

SAIA DP

Status date: 14 April 2026

To support agricultural insurers in claim management and risk management, satellite data is used to support the assessment of current damage caused by weather events and to estimate the risk of future damage to a field. 

DecubiMat

Status date: 07 April 2026

The proposed solution is an electronic sensor bedmat—with sensors derived from space technology for monitoring decubitus ulcers. It supports medical professionals in treatment and prevention by providing action recommendations based on AI-driven analysis of the data. The main benefit is to optimize patient comfort and reduce the negative effects of prolonged periods spent lying in the same position. 

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.

SpaceAware Resilience (SWiiFT)

Status date: 08 January 2026

Feasibility study to investigate commercial uses of Space Weather Data in various industries, understanding the impacts of Space Weather on critical nation infrastructure and how leveraging and utilising space weather data can address these problems and gaps.

PURLIEU

Status date: 07 April 2026

The Purlieu project utilises a combination of remote-sensing and low-cost ground survey technologies to determine on-farm carbon sinks (hedgerows, vegetation, tree cover) and biodiversity indicators