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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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Eyes on Plastic

Status date: 31 October 2024

Eyes on Plastic provides a service solution, which combines multiple sensor components into a joint mapping and monitoring solution for plastic in the aquatic environment. By flying high and diving deep, plastic litter can be monitored at all angles and scales. On top, the service invites everybody to actively keep the eyes open on plastic spanning local info to a global reach.

safeBACK

Status date: 31 October 2024

With safeBACK, our integrated Safety Alert and Flood Forecasting Engine, we empower local authorities and civil protection agencies to act proactively in case of flooding. By combining real-time water levels, precipitation forecasts, and Earth observation data, safeBACK provides accurate alerts and probabilistic flood forecasts for brooks and creeks. This enables authorized users to anticipate and understand flooding situations, enhancing response readiness and protecting communities before disaster strikes.

ProvGRASS_DP

Status date: 29 October 2024

ProvGrass generates multi-temporal maps of the grass platform or area of interest including sward quantity and quality to enable customers in the dairy and beef industry to provide products  that positively influence sustainably productive farming through end-user (e.g., farmers or advisers) grass management This results in higher quality milk production at better margins, while adhering to increasingly stringent requirements to demonstrate improved sustainability.  

EO4CarbonFarming

Status date: 29 October 2024

The project aims to develop a service for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of agricultural measures to bind CO2 in the soil as a part of “Carbon Farming”. The tool will be able to monitor catch crops, report on farming practices for higher carbon sequestration and verify organic carbon build-up in the soil.

DITCH

Status date: 28 October 2024

The newly developed DITCH - Digital Twin Catchment service consists of an online accessible digital representation of basins providing static and dynamic variables like topography, land use and cover, hydrological and ecological conditions (water level, discharge, sediment concentrations, algal blooms) of water bodies, and soil characteristics provided through earth observation (EO) including potential dynamics next to past and present situations.

This physical twin is then also combined with socio-economic information to provide relevant decision support tools for resilient basin management of water-related stakeholders.

FB Eye

Status date: 23 October 2024

FB Eye – acronym of Fire-Bombing Eye – is a commercial initiative to improve the firefighting operations using innovative space-based and ground-based technologies.

FB Eye is an innovative platform-as-a-service commercial provision of integrated satellite/airborne Comms/Nav support to the precision water bombing of large wildfires. 

FB Eye provides water bomber pilots with a near real time information map with precise geographical location of most radiating fire hotspots, being the most effective release target to extinguish rapidly the fire.

Rheticus® Forest Carbon Offset

Status date: 23 October 2024

Rheticus® Forest Carbon Offset is a service providing a reliability assessment for emissions offsetting investments for companies' sustainability strategies. The study aims to verify the feasibility of a service capable of automatically providing concise reports containing key information from the analysis of EO-derived data, integrated within the Rheticus® platform developed by Planetek Italia, evaluating forest carbon offsets of REDD+ projects.

Pemberton Biodiversity monitoring tool

Status date: 23 October 2024

The Pemberton Biodiversity Portal leverages a time series of UAV, aerial, and satellite data, alongside derived data which is ground-truthed and then compiled into a federated biodiversity metrics dataset to provide data consumers with accredited automated remote measurement and tracking of biodiversity.
 

HSR

Status date: 18 October 2024

HeatScape Resolve project is developed jointly by Paulinyi&Partners cPlc. and Envirosense Hungary Ltd. to provide a solution for mapping and mitigating the urban heat island effect using satellite earth observation imagery, aiming to improve the effectiveness of existing predictive simulations. It makes use of Earth Observation data as input parameters for microclimate simulations for large scale urban real estate developments.

Space2CLIMB

Status date: 18 October 2024

Space2CLIMB is looking to create a biodiversity service to support the financial service sector by combining GlobalTrust’s expertise in Earth Observation (EO) data analytics with Ecogain’s knowledge of biodiversity.
 

MUPO

Status date: 18 October 2024

MUPO enables the digitalization of agriculture with smart livestock and stable management by supporting robotics to:

  •  Minimize physical labour for farmers and mitigate workforce shortages.

  • Provide appropriate housing for animals and support their welfare.

  • Contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in livestock farming.

Insiders

Status date: 04 June 2024

Get Ready to Elevate Your Sports Experience with Infinity: The Ultimate GPS Accuracy Solution! Our innovative RTK based device doesn't just capture data, it enriches the entire sports experience by share real-time insights seamlessly across TV broadcasts, second-screen apps, live tracking platforms, ensuring that fans are immersed in the excitement from start to finish.

MTrader

Status date: 16 August 2023

Awake.AI’s marine Marketplace with the power of AI for trading port services and products.

PLESS DEMO

Status date: 10 October 2024

Agrotechs

Status date: 10 October 2024

The Kick-Start activity aimed at developing driveability, site-specific application maps for herbicides, disease risk, harvest sequence and irrigation advise maps. These innovative Satellite Earth Observation (SatEO)-based products support precision farming technology. By leveraging advanced technology, these tools enhance agricultural efficiency, promote sustainability, and reduce input costs, enabling optimal farm management.

SCAF

Status date: 10 October 2024

Mitigrate, an InsureTech startup, pioneers flood risk management with its SaaS platform. Utilizing advanced technologies and earth observation data, it offers nature-based solutions reducing flood risks. Targeting insurance companies, Mitigrate's tool fills a crucial gap, providing pre- and post-flood disaster guidance. Beyond risk reduction, it aligns with global sustainability goals, positively impacting insurance performance metrics. An investment in Mitigrate is an investment in resilience, sustainability, and the future of flood risk management.

B2B Bike Navigation

Status date: 04 October 2024

This project develops 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 will make it easier, safer and more convenient for people and goods to travel by light, 2 wheeled transport rather than by cars, vans and trucks.
 

NbS Monitoring

Status date: 30 September 2024

The NbS Monitoring service delivers a streamlined Earth Observation-based approach to provide accurate, timely, and comprehensive assessments of medium to large-scale NbS peatland projects, increasing the confidence and transparency of project outcomes, and saving costs and time for customers.

WHIS

Status date: 25 September 2024

The Water Health Indicator Service (WHIS) provides a continuous data stream of environmental health indicators for inland water bodies. This service is an API with monitoring and reporting capabilities that allows you to track a set of specialised and highly descriptive Water Health Indicators.

SVI

Status date: 25 September 2024

SuperVision Infrastructure - Critical infrastructure monitoring system that utilizes satellite data and Earth Observation (EO) methods to develop an automated software solution for detecting and assessing damages and risks in close proximity to critical infrastructure. Exploring a fusion of optical and radar data with varying resolutions, the system serves as a rapid-response tool specifically designed for occupied and inaccessible territories.

EPOS

Status date: 25 September 2024

Europe requires clean, independent energy sources now more than ever. EPOS is a software-as-a-service solution that provides energy planning in buildings and cities. It combines state-of-the-art energy modelling with Earth Observation data, enabling engineers and decision makers to ideate, analyse the current situation and create diverse supply concepts. EPOS centralises essential data and includes AI algorithms for more efficient energy transformation.