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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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MIRORES

Status date: 30 April 2024

MIRORES consortium launches a geological prospecting-consulting company focusing on space resources. The expertise is built around a proprietary far-IR spectroscope for remote detection of sulfide and oxide ores containing key resources for planetary ISRU (titanium, iron, oxygen, sulfur, PGMs and energy resources - pyrite and helium-3). Proper supply of these resources is also essential for Earth’s transition into zero-carbon economy.

SatADAPT

Status date: 30 April 2024

SatADAPT is a Predictive Maintenance system based on vibration monitoring and AI. The system consists of wireless vibration sensors which send data to an AI engine in the cloud which is also replicated onto Edge devices. The AI looks for anomalies in the frequency spectrum and warns of potential failures, classifies the expected defects, and estimates the time to failure. 

Scope 3

Status date: 22 April 2024

Measuring and controlling GHG scope 3 emissions is crucial for the chemical industry goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Reliable monitoring mechanisms built from precise, trusted data, allow to calculate their precise product carbon footprints, and conduct truthful life cycle assessments. Scope 3 services fully cover the evolving needs from the industry with a user-friendly monitoring and simulation platform specialized on multi-modal transport emissions.

EXTENSION

Status date: 26 April 2024

The project aims at the creation of services for the safeguard, conservation, promotion and enjoyment of the cultural heritage by using Space assets, AR and 5G network. The initiative has as its principal user the Municipality of L’Aquila, whose heritage is willing to be prevented and enhanced thanks to the development of the app, major outcome of the project Extension.

GeoInsure

Status date: 26 April 2024

GeoInsure is a fully operational, custom designed, state-of-the-art Earth Observation based geospatial tool, specifically build to be seamlessly integrated into the operational workflow of a company active in the (re)insurance market, with an emphasis on natural catastrophes (Nat Cat) and extreme weather events insurance and reinsurance activities.

TSMF_10CM DP: WaldCursor

Status date: 19 April 2024

TSMF_10CM DP is Tama Group’s core project to develop, test and test market the WaldCursor product. The project covers development, test and field test of a cloud & app based remote sensing analytics information platform for forestry and environmental applications.

TEMIS

Status date: 19 April 2024

Massive end-to-end IoT satellite services, fully operational in GNSS denied environment and very robust to jamming & interferences for highly scalable applications in numerous verticals such as logistics, transport, agriculture/smart farming, maritime, environmental, mining/oil/gas, smart cities, smart building, e-health, utilities, industry…

ABLE ACTIVE

Status date: 17 April 2024

ABLE ACTIVE promotes accessible trails and amenities to people with disabilities, uniquely by disability. Feedback captured from users helps to inform and inspire, making it easier for others to find opportunities suitable for their specific needs, and helping amenity operators to better understand and support their user community.

SA4D

Status date: 16 April 2024

What short and long-term actions can be implemented to foster opportunities for the space sector in aiding the green transition and decarbonisation of the economy, with a particular focus on the Buildings and Energy & Utilities sectors?

PASTA

Status date: 08 April 2024

The world health organization has reported that 7.6% of patients in high-income countries acquire a healthcare-associated infection (HCAI). Recent studies show that more than 650,000 patients a year in England acquire HCAIs, which cost the NHS over £1 billion annually. Airborne transport is responsible for up to 10% of all HCAIs. The PASTA solution aims to improve indoor air quality and to minimise the risk of airborne pathogen infection in future hospital environments using low-temperature plasma technology that is oriented from in-situ resource unitisation in long-duration space missions and space propulsion (Pulsed plasma thruster). This new technology is designed to provide better infection control for airborne pathogens. It can also reduce the carbon footprint of hospitals by improving the energy efficiency of a traditional HVAC system.

Colibri

Status date: 04 April 2024

Colibri is an operational telemedicine solution relying on satellite broadband communication to efficiently support healthcare services in white areas, combining fix telemedicine stations installed in villages, a vehicle equipped with medical devices called “Consultobus” and home appliances for isolated people.

Orbio Earth Platform

Status date: 25 March 2024

The OE Platform uses satellites to track methane emissions from the oil & gas industry. This enables management of methane and associated energy transition risks using global, asset-level, highly frequent emissions data embedded into a deep regulatory, supply chain, portfolio exposure and operations analytics.

Remote Ecological Surveys

Status date: 02 April 2024

To restore and protect biodiversity, we need detailed data.  A breakthrough is needed in the current labour intensive methods to carry an ecological survey to provide data for biodiversity monitoring and reporting. Gentian provides a solution which harnesses innovative AI technology and highest resolution Remote Sensing imagery to provide a fully remote, cost efficient ecological survey without compromising on accuracy. 

GIP 4 Smart Airports

Status date: 05 December 2022

The GIP 4 Smart Airports solution provides all actors of airport ground operations (e.g. airlines, airport, handlers) with better, accurate, real-time information about ongoing turnaround operations. GIP 4 Smart Airports offers a non-intrusive, bird-eye view of airport activities, without intruding and disrupting current working practices of airport teams, while making real-time information available to everyone.

VunaNexus

Status date: 27 November 2023

VunaNexus uses a patented technology to transform human and livestock urine into two valuable products: a fertiliser free of all dangerous pollutants and water that can be reused, this while drastically reducing ammonia emissions and water pollution.

DECISIONX:NETZERO

Status date: 13 March 2024

SATAVIA is reducing the climate impact of flying by mitigating the warming effect from the clouds aircraft make and enabling airlines to claim carbon credits as an incentive. Globally, aircraft contrails trap heat in the atmosphere and increase aviation’s climate impact by over 30%, contributing to global warming. From 2025 the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) will require airlines to report this impact. 

SATAVIA’s technology provides atmospheric intelligence to change flight plans to avoid  contrail-forming conditions. The mitigated climate impact is verified by SATAVIA and converted into tradable units by a patented method with the backing of Gold Standard, a major carbon accreditation platform.