Reducing the risk of bird strikes using satellite images and Ascend’s Normalised Difference Water index software (NDWI)
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.
SmartCane
Status date: 28 July 2021
Every year, there is more to do and there are more demands. We aim to help farmers make the best use of their time, money, and energy by focusing on what's most important. We help improve sugarcane productivity by prioritising on the job.
SmartCane supports sugarcane estates and farmers by providing crop and management advice through SMS messages and phone-friendly PDF maps, based on remote sensing data. These messages offer practical advice and support for decision-making and resource management, promoting sustainable practices and problem-solving. Our approach allows farmers to quickly determine their next steps. With real-time data, estates and farmers can now make informed decisions for maximum impact.
AgroMAP Quality Control
Status date: 15 July 2024
The AgroMAP Quality Control service revolutionizes agriculture with a cutting-edge Farm Management System (FMS). Leveraging satellite imagery and advanced analytics, it automates data management, enhances operational efficiency, and ensures regulatory compliance. This innovative solution empowers farmers and advisors with quality control functions for optimized productivity and sustainable farming practices. The AgroMAP Quality Control study was supported by ESA Space Solutions.
WARM
Status date: 12 July 2024
WARM uses Machine Learning to identify water stress based on satellite and remote sensing data. The result is a water resilience map that covers entire basins and shows water quantity, water quality, and climate factors in detailed areas.
ICUTrain
Status date: 26 July 2024
ICUTRAIN is an innovative hospital-train equipped with ambulatory and intensive care units and using space technologies to enable remote medical analyses and consultations that require data exchange and high communication security standards. ICUTRAIN can offer some advantages compared to other solutions because it travels ready for operation, thus requiring limited set-up time once the target destination has been reached. Continuous connectivity allows for both remote medical advice and precise train location on the railways.
SAFERIDE
Status date: 04 July 2024
Introducing SafeRide, the cutting-edge safety solution for cyclists. Utilizing advanced smartphone sensors, SafeRide detects accidents in real-time and instantly alerts emergency services, ensuring rapid response. Designed for all cyclists, from casual riders to professionals, SafeRide offers seamless integration and scalable pricing, making safer cycling accessible to everyone. confidence—choose SafeRide.
RAMar
Status date: 04 July 2024
RAMar has been assessing the introduction of space-based RF-data into the existing KSAT vessel detection service. The existing service based on SAR and AIS has been expanded to utilise RF-data as an additional source of information with the aim to enhance the detection and characterisation of dark vessels.
MFT-ESACA01
Status date: 28 June 2024
The activity applies MinFarm Tech’s optimized LoRaWAN over SatCom software stack and network architecture to develop a technically and commercially viable solution for remote livestock management anywhere in the world using IoT technology and Satellite Communications.
Remote Planet
Status date: 27 June 2024
Remote Planet from Secure Innovation offers real access without physical presence, allowing you to have control over your critical assets from anywhere in the world. Harnessing the power of satellite technology featuring Wi-Fi, GNSS, GSM and LEO functionality, this convenient solution provides 24/7 monitoring, management, protection and control to safeguard your assets and operations.
STREAMO
Status date: 21 June 2024
STREAMO provides advanced Earth Observation services from the Stratosphere, by using swarms of small and reusable High-Altitude-Pseudo-Satellite called CubeHAPS®, developed by Stratobotic. The solution improves regionally the Earth Observation services. The products offered are super-resolution, 3D models in real-time and SAR imagery at higher temporal and spatial resolution and lower costs, as almost no infrastructures are needed to use CubeHAPS®.
AIDA
Status date: 21 June 2024
The AIDA Feasibility study proposes two new services based on EO data and integrated with AI technologies, able to provide tools and value-added information helping damage assessment and monitoring in support to recovery efforts focused on agriculture and strategic infrastructures, specifically for areas prone to natural and man-made disasters and conflicts.
DIBAS
Status date: 19 June 2024
DDK Positioning Ltd. (DDK) provide GNSS hardware and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) services that improve GNSS positions from 10m to an accuracy of <5cm. DDK delivers its positioning service exclusively via the Iridium satellite communications constellation using Iridium’s 66 military grade LEO satellites to market sectors globally, from pole-to-pole.
WaaS
Status date: 19 June 2024
The project aims for a future where managing the micro-mobility system, makes walking a convenient, accessible, and attractive option for short urban journeys, complementing other transportation modes seamlessly.
ILDAP
Status date: 14 June 2024
Uncovering illegal logging in the past, present and future.
Rapid response. Anticipate to mitigate.
DECOM
Status date: 14 June 2024
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.
Biomass Watch
Status date: 14 June 2024
Biomass Watch is a global forest monitoring system that tracks changes in biomass carbon stock at the scale of a nature-based solutions project.
RebuildCost
Status date: 14 June 2024
The Commercial Property Insurance project is developing a management platform for the insurance industry, providing Digital Twins of several datasets including crime, fire and rateable value, as well as Earth Observation and sensor-based data on natural catastrophe aspects (river flow, flooding, landslip, earthquake). The two main goals of the platform are to support parametric loss adjustment and improve rebuild cost validation.
SEEDS
Status date: 14 June 2024
Streamlining tree vegetation management with accurate insights using geospatial analytics.
GeoNewsChain
Status date: 04 June 2024
The GeoNewsChain relies on the use of modern technologies, such as GNSS and blockchain, to create a platform that allows citizens to post photos and short descriptions of local events. Each photo can be automatically geotagged and located on a map. Professional journalists can have the option to purchase subscriptions to access the platform, allowing them to receive quick updates on current news.
SMARTFISHING
Status date: 03 June 2024
SMARTFISHING is a digital twin solution, consisting in a hardware-software platform enabling the remote monitoring of the status (and position of fishing vessels, the optimisation of fishing activities, the reduction of fuel consumption and the predictive maintenance of critical vessels components).