Polar regions are faced with emerging challenges. Climate change is affecting the entire globe, but it is especially pronounced at the poles. With an integrated EU Space Programme in place, Europe has the capacity to better understand the challenges the Arctic Circle is confronted with, shape new mitigating policies and develop the necessary tools to fight climate change.
Beacon Awareness Day (#406Day) is an opportunity to celebrate the amazing work carried out by Search and Rescue teams across the globe that risk their lives daily to save people in distress. It also aims to remind the owners of Search and Rescue beacons of the need to register their beacons and test them regularly.
Having received 50 proposals, the first Horizon Europe call is set to turn space technologies like Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus into innovative applications and solutions.
The EU Agency for the Space Programme organised a workshop to familiarise applicants with the mission of the Galileo Reference Centre (GRC), the procurement documentation and the submission process. The workshop met with success and generated a series of questions that we have answered for you!
It’s World Water Day – the perfect occasion to take look at how Earth Observation and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are being used to help manage the world’s water crisis.
EUSPA is organizing, in cooperation with EC, ESA and EIF a series of events aimed at providing venture capital and private equity fund managers with market intelligence they need to successfully invest in space. The first workshop takes place 28 March from 14:00 – 17:00 CET and will focus on how European space technology can be used for construction and infrastructure projects.
BroadGNSS, the Pre-Commercial Procurement action funded by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), moves into the Request for Tender phase.
Through investment opportunities, market intelligence and business support, EUSPA plays an important role in ensuring Europe keeps its competitive position in the fast-growing, global GNSS downstream market.
As of 17 March 2022, all smartphones placed in the European single market should be leveraging Galileo signals, in addition to other Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The addition of the EU positioning system to enhance the 112-calls location will result in faster response times and consequently, more lives saved.
The CASSINI Hackathons and Mentoring, initiated by the European Union is a series of six hackathons aimed to tackle global challenges using services and data from the EU Space Programme. In its third edition, this hackathon provides access to European space data and services from Copernicus, Galileo, and EGNOS to help participants take on various challenges and uplift Europe’s tourism industry.
