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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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Soil health space-based evaluation

Status date: 12 December 2023

The Soil health space-based evaluation project leverages SatEO to generate time series capturing historical land use and farming practices on plots. These time series are then correlated to soil measurements in order to explain the impact of farming practices on the health of cultivated soils and identify improvement levers. 

Blue Belt

Status date: 01 November 2012

Embedded into the SAT-AIS context, this IAP Demonstration Project aims to support the EMSA Blue Belt project. Providing space-based AIS data, it seeks to complement the terrestrial AIS data and provide an added-value source of information for Customs Authorities interested in maritime situational awarenees for vessels and geographical focus areas.

AGRO-BIOMES

Status date: 11 December 2023

The AGRO-BIOMES Kickstart activity aims at understanding the biodiversity market level readiness in four major agricultural markets segments, proposing a few architectures scenario based on the <geosys/> platform capabilities, testing biodiversity-related analytics with ground truth and Copernicus data and finally evaluating economical, technical, and scientific risks and mitigations plan to be considered prior to a go-to-market decision.

VADUS

Status date: 11 December 2023

The project VADUS provides to tourists the opportunity to enjoy cultural heritage that is not easily accessible to improve the enhancement of archaeological and museum sites. VADUS,realizes a metaphorical safe “way” of a virtual nature that overcomes physical and cultural barriers related to difficult access, reduced comprehensibility for the lack of some significant parts, presence of hidden or difficult to interpret cultural aspects.

HARVIC Essential

Status date: 05 December 2023

The potato industry has been continuously increasing through the introduction of improved varieties, extensive mechanization and improved cultivation techniques and farm management. In order for the sector to maintain a sustainable growth and act in the dynamic market, the sector is actively looking to become more data driven, making decisions based on technological information and relying less on human expertise.

KARL Scheduler

Status date: 05 December 2023

KARL Scheduler provides farmers with satellite-based irrigation recommendations, ensuring they have a clear view of the irrigation needs of their entire farm. Calibrated with soil sensor data, KARL Scheduler ensures the highest quality satellite-based soil moisture estimates, creating a virtual soil moisture sensor for every 20m of a field, ensuring water resources can be used optimally.

The Digital Worksite

Status date: 04 December 2023

The Digital Worksite project develops a satellite-enabled solution to improve safety and efficiency for railway maintenance teams by tracking people, vehicles and equipment in real-time during worksites.

Origin Orbit™

Status date: 04 December 2023

Origin Orbit™ is an advanced cloud based B2B software platform, revolutionizing gas and water pipeline management through satellite remote sensing, machine learning, and our integrity management expertise. The platform aims to offer faster, more cost-efficient, and environmentally conscious solutions in line with relevant regulatory and legislative requirements, vastly surpassing traditional survey and assessment methods.

C.O.R.E.

Status date: 02 December 2023

The CORE “Carbon Organic Resilient Ethereal” project aims to create an index (SCENARIO Index - Soil Carbon ProtEctioN And RestoratIOn) to map and classify soils according to their capacity to store ethereal and resilient carbon to facilitate carbon farming initiatives and investments.

Visu8

Status date: 28 November 2023

Satellite enabled smart autonomous micro-particulate analysis for real-time and remote water quality monitoring.

SiriusInsight®

Status date: 27 November 2023

90% of world trade goes by sea making it of great importance economically, strategically and environmentally but the maritime domain is vast and remote making persistent surveillance challenging. SiriusInsight® uses cutting edge artificial intelligence to analyse maritime data from multiple remote and autonomous sources in order to create actionable information for users about otherwise unobserved marine activity.

STARS

Status date: 27 November 2023

The STARS project aims to deliver a product consisting of the automation of real-time workout parameter registration during swimming workouts. Currently, there is no system available in open water swimming that allows for the real-time registration of both biomechanical and physiological parameters in a wearable and comfortable way.

SES5G

Status date: 27 November 2023

SES5G prevents, detects and manages wildfires and illegal actions in forestall areas.

The solution relies on satellite observation, autonomous drones, advanced firefighting sensors, security gates with plate readers, mobile control rooms that, with Artificial intelligent algorithms that feed with geolocalized data stakeholders control rooms (Civil protections, Environment department, Public protection, … ).

Ecosystems – CPV

Status date: 27 November 2023

Ecosystems – CPV provides data and modelling capabilities for utilizing coastal ecosystems as vital green infrastructure for protecting critical assets, business activities and people along coastal zones. The solution provides quantitative data and flexible modelling approaches to the insurance and infrastructure sectors, facilitating the effective and sustainable use of coastal ecosystems for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation.