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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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FAMOS

Status date: 10 September 2020

The principal objective of the FAMOS project is to develop a comprehensive forest status monitoring system tailored to the requirements of commercial clients from the commodity sector, especially within the context of cocoa, palm oil, and rubber. Combining earth observation, IT technology and GNSS, the service supports target users by improving the efficiency of existing business processes.

P4D

Status date: 04 September 2020

Diabetes Management is a 24/7 job without any day off. Patients have to make countless decisions every day on nutrition, activity, and medication. Mistakes are heavily punished and can result in events of hypoglycemia and secondary diseases. Our app helps patients to make the right decisions for their diabetes management and to increase their time in healthy blood sugar target range.

B-LiFE - TEN

Status date: 24 August 2020

The B-LiFE Telecommunication Emergency Node is a new field communication and control system, integrating space assets and new tools for crisis and logistics management.

SENECA

Status date: 24 August 2020

SENECA (Space Enabling blockchaiN for Emobility appliCAtions) aims to provide blockchain-enabled services to manage the energy flow between e-vehicles and the grid using space-assets. The goal of the services derived from this kick-start, is to allow in the future users to perform energy-transactions in a secure and agile blockchain environment, where smart contracts will enable the utilization of e-vehicles battery in relationship with renewable energy availability, facilitate e-vehicles fleet management needs, and finally support the electrical grid necessities.

SPARK ME

Status date: 23 July 2018

SPARK ME develops an acceleration programme to attract, support and validate new application and service ideas using Satcom in association with additional space technologies. The ultimate goal is stimulating the creation and growth of new markets of space/satellite-based services, addressing the real users’ need and triggering cross-fertilization processes by "contaminating" other areas of activity with the use of space technologies.

Map2Fish

Status date: 21 August 2020

Map2Fish is a service that consists of a WMS service and a web mobile application that provides to the corresponding customers and end-users near real time and forecast of pelagic fish concentration probabilities and parameters like sea surface temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a concentration, water transparency, currents and waves.

IBISA

Status date: 24 June 2020

IBISA enables agriculture index-based insurance for agricultural entrepreneurs, everywhere and in an easy manner, by leveraging Earth Observation data and blockchain technology 

Landmrk Context Expansion

Status date: 14 July 2020

The Landmrk Context Expansion project sees Landmrk’s location based experiences platform supercharged with hyper-local weather data, space data and earth observation data. The resulting platform enables the creation of a variety of compelling experiences for mobile phone users based on their context.

Buildspot

Status date: 13 July 2020

Thanks to Copernicus data, The Buildspot service

  • Optimize the construction sites surveillance
  • Be aware of all existing construction sites
  • Quantify the urbanization status of specific area
  • Watch for the geographic development of the construction market  

Satlab

Status date: 07 July 2020

Floating-Lab: AI-powered field deployable bio-sensor technology for remote bio-imaging of water samples at microscopic scale for the automatic real-time detection of pathogens.

Kinetikos4DBS

Status date: 07 July 2020

Kinetikos is transforming the standard of care for movement disorders by eradicating the subjective observational analysis and the discontinuity in delivered healthcare, allowing healthcare providers to reach more patients, more often and support their decision-making on objective measurements to improve patients' outcomes. 

ConnieAI

Status date: 15 December 2017

ConnieAI is an AI based platform to guide tourists in cities and touristic venues. Through a common smartphone app and a web-based backend, the solution allows to easily create digital guides and provide visitors with touristic content and services.

AquaEye

Status date: 26 June 2020

The AquaEYE system verifies the physical location of certified aquaculture facilities and water quality data.

Ibisa-ks

Status date: 31 August 2018

Crop protection for smallholder farmers with low fees and fast payments

PaaS

Status date: 15 June 2020

The SatADSL value proposition is to offer to Teleports a unique Platform As A Service (PaaS) service that they can use for improving service offering to their own customers while at the same time monetizing their unused satellite capacity with a new customer, SatADSL, and its network of ISPs and Teleport’s partners.

Soft-Alpha

Status date: 08 June 2020

Soft commodities, such as soy and sugar, and their related financial derivatives, are widely traded on exchanges worldwide. At present, production data is only made available at fixed points through the year (usually after the growing season). The Soft Alpha project, co-funded by the European Space Agency under its Business Applications programme, provides predictive analysis on soft commodity crop performance based on EO derived data, in a sector that is currently dependent on historical data. 

Saturnalia

Status date: 28 June 2018

Saturnalia leverages on Earth Observation Data to predict wine quality before bottling. Copernicus data and tailored in-situ sensors keep vineyards constantly monitored from both space and ground. Saturnalia unlocks best practices of vine management and supplies early information on next season’s fine wine. Tech-savvy wine investors and distributors rely on Saturnalia to access the most promising sales before their competitors.

MERSAI

Status date: 26 May 2020

Satellite Earth observation data and artificial intelligence tools are used to monitor effluence and untreated sewage flow into rivers, lakes and reservoirs. As water becomes increasingly scarce, it has become important to manage this resource. The problem of accessing safe drinking water is a major concern, there is a need to reuse treated wastewater and prevent pollution of water sources.