The report reflects how global space downstream sector has expanded beyond Earth Observation and Global Navigation Satellite System to include emerging areas like Secure Satellite Communication and Space Situational Awareness.
EUSPA, in cooperation with ESSP, releases high-level material to support the use of Global Digital Elevation Model DEM GLO-30 produced by the Copernicus Programme, as a terrain/surface input, to be used for Flight Procedure Design purposes.
Copernicus supports drone operations, particularly ground risk assessments, with free, regularly updated population density data across Europe. This was recently demonstrated in an EUSPA project with drone operators and Civil Aviation Authorities.
European GNSS and Copernicus Earth Observation data not only play a key role in individual modes of mobility, they are also essential to creating a truly intermodal transport system.
Integrating the Copernicus Global Human Settlement Layer dataset into its ground risk computation tool means better risk assessment and mitigation these risks in U-space airspace design.
