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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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miBeez

Status date: 21 January 2021

Development and demonstration of a Integrated Precision Apiculture System including management, monitoring and decision support modules. Development of monitoring devices for installation in beehives and development of management software platform (desktop and mobile app) for use by beekeepers.

SatPDT

Status date: 15 January 2021

The pioneering daylight Photodynamic Therapy digital solution for Actinic Keratosis, using satellites for saving lives from skin cancer.

Floodly AI

Status date: 15 January 2021

Detection of subsurface water using satellites and AI, for the purpose locating new sources of drinking water and pipe leaks.

COLD-ML

Status date: 15 January 2021

The COLD-ML project has implemented one of the first approaches for the development of a fully automated, AI-based application for detecting the retreat of outlet glaciers on a global scale using EO. The project is an important step forward for timely and near-real time data provision on Greenland cryosphere changes, one of the most visible global indicators of climate change.

Cityfier

Status date: 14 January 2021

Cityfier is a digital service to analyse and forecast the value of a city district or a single property. Cityfier combines GIS data, earth observation data and Urban Master Plans in order to evaluate and forecast the value of residential real estates.

ARCAmarine

Status date: 11 January 2021

The goal of the study is to develop an end-to-end solution mitigating cyber risks related to maritime communications via satellites. In particular navigation data are critical to improve the safety of maritime traffic and the reliability of downstream services. 

MoSCI-ECOSPACE

Status date: 08 January 2021

The MoSCI - ECOSPACE product is a service for storage, processing, visualisation and analysis of Earth and airborne observation datasets. It aims at delivering meaningful information for overseeing and managing risks to critical infrastructure (CI) in coastal and riverine settlements. The service targets in priority the public water authorities responsible for managing coastal and riverine areas and resources; the utilities, contractors and engineering consultants; and the international financial institutions and insurance brokers.

MoSCI

Status date: 20 January 2020

MoSCI - ECOSPACE is a suite of web-based subscription services for storage, processing, visualisation and analysis of earth and airborne observation datasets - spanning over a range of spatial and temporal resolutions, with capacity to deliver meaningful information for overseeing and managing risks to critical infrastructure (CI) in coastal and riverine settlements and be an early-warning decision support system.

Village Data Analytics

Status date: 02 December 2019

Village Data Analytics (VIDA) is a software-enabled service that automatically identifies remote villages and determines their suitability for a micro-grid installation using earth observation data and machine learning algorithms.

VIDA can be scaled across large user-defined areas to find a portfolio of viable micro-grid sites. This data-driven knowledge de-risks projects, reduces time and planning costs and enables investment at scale.

GREy (former BFPaaS)

Status date: 07 January 2021

The terrain profiles play increasingly critical role in the risk assessment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) operations planning and related risk assessment.

The BFPaaS project is a continuation of the feasibility study on the same topic and will end up in a creation of an automated system providing terrain profile (derived from the Sentinel-1 radar imagery and other data sources) along the pre-defined route.

 

Space for Sanitation - Woodco

Status date: 18 December 2020

This Feasibility Study explores business opportunities for the utilisation of satellite earth observation data, satellite communication and terrestrial communications to link toilets and sewage treatment facilities to wider sensor networks, to significantly augment sanitation management and the monitoring of public health.

MonICATO

Status date: 18 December 2020

MoniCATO proposes a backward compatible solution to secure the use of satellite-derived time in devices used by power grids (like Phasor Measurement Units and Intelligent Electronic Devices), combining authenticated Galileo signals, digital identity and Distributed Public Key Infrastructure (DPKI). Overall, the project proposes a new concept for the secure transmission of timing data among the nodes of the network and offers enhanced services for the monitoring of intentional interfering and cyber-attacks against GNSS signals and network devices.

Car-lileo

Status date: 18 December 2020

Car-lileo is a trustful, European platform solution giving car dealerships, detailers, service providers and the mobility sector an overview of their stock and insights at the Point of Sale. Cars, assets and persons interacting with them are located indoor/outdoor seamless, processes are optimized and customer experience enhanced.

RiPolMin

Status date: 18 December 2020

RiPolMin is a smart remote monitoring tool aimed at detecting pollution of rivers by mines. It is being developed and tested on abandoned mines in Cornwall, UK, and is designed for land, environmental and liability management. The tool applies novel processing to Sentinel-2 and drone-borne spectral signatures, to identify problem sites and track pollution at a local level. 

heatwAIve

Status date: 17 December 2020

Extreme heat has a negative effect on human health. Due to climate change more intense and frequent heatwaves are expected to occur. The aim of the heatwAIve project was to develop an AI-based voice assistant to inform people about the risk of heatwaves and to provide them with behavioural recommendations. The related information is derived from Copernicus Earth observation (EO) and weather data.

VinoSAT

Status date: 17 December 2020

VinoSAT transforms EO Sentinel-2 imagery into readily available information that will change decision making in vineyards.

VinoSAT services are tailored to address the main vineyard monitoring needs and become a powerful tool in the hands of grape growers and winemakers.

AIDOPS

Status date: 16 December 2020

AIDOPS provides monitoring services based on artificial intelligence for automatic detection of objects and patterns in satellite images. AIDOPS concentrates on the fields of agriculture and forestry. The long-term goal is to provide new automated ways of assessment for inventories and monitoring to detect damage caused by bugs or climate in crops and forests at an early stage.

CarbonSpace

Status date: 15 December 2020

CarbonSpace is an AI and satellite-powered B2B SaaS platform for remote carbon footprint tracking that provides organizations with actionable insights to tackle climate change.

OAPM

Status date: 14 December 2020

Developed by CGG’s Satellite Mapping business unit, with support from ESA, OAPM provides regular, cost effective, satellite-derived information over offshore assets to establish a baseline, and a programme of routine pollution monitoring. The emphasis of the OAPM service is regular delivery of high-quality slick interpretation to enhance situational awareness.

GrassSignal

Status date: 14 December 2020

GrassSignal provides an accurate, scalable and reliable decision support tool for sustainable rangeland, grassland and pasture monitoring. Using Earth Observation data and Machine Learning/AI, GrassSignal, powered by Deep Planet’s AI platform, predicts grassland properties at 90% accuracy.