Lectures, workshops and mentoring are now available!
The EU Space Academy Learning Platform offers enthusiastic entrepreneurs a free and customisable online development programme tailored to their unique goals.
Motivated to shake up your industry by employing the latest knowledge in space data? You’ve come to the right place.
Our academy brings you:
curriculum
Space Economy
Explore the following modules:
- The Space Economy
- Access to Space for Founders
- EU Space Market Insights
- New Space & Start-up Insights
Applications
Explore the following modules:
- Secure Satellite Communication
- Space Situational Awareness
- Earth Observation
- GNSS
- Enabling Technologies
Hardware
This course is coming soon!
with EO Data
Explore the following modules:
- Copernicus Programme
- Copernicus for Developers
- Deep Dive on Remote Sensing Data Use Cases
with GNSS Data
Explore the following modules:
- Galileo Programme & EGNOS
- Galileo for Developers
- Deep Dive on GNSS Use Cases
Space Business
Explore the following modules:
- Business Strategy
- Business Model
- Building a Team
- Minimum Viable Product
- Concept and Design
- Marketing
- Sales
Capital
Explore the following modules:
- Opportunities under CASSINI
- Public & Private Funding
- Investor Pitching (Coming Soon)
Europe
Explore the following modules:
- EU Space Policy
- European Government Procurement (Coming Soon)
- Regulatory Guidelines
Global Markets
This course is coming soon!
Space for Security
Explore the following modules:
- Foundational Context
- Governance and Institutional Cooperation in Space Security
- Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience in Space Security
Space for Security
Explore the following modules:
- Strategic and Industrial Dimensions of Space Security
- Operational Applications of EU Space for Security
- Frontier Technologies in Space Security
Our partners offer further learning opportunities across key areas of the space sector, from entrepreneurship and technology to policy and regulation. Explore their resources to continue your learning journey.
ESA Academy helps university students build space expertise through hands-on projects, technical training, and learning opportunities across space science, engineering, mission design, and business.
Philip Lüghausen is an expert in data and data protection law. Dr Lüghausen places particular emphasis on scientific and commercial research and development, in particular, clinical and non-clinical research projects on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. His other areas of practice include IT law, e-commerce law, competition law and intellectual and industrial property law. He works for both, SMEs and multinational companies
César Carmona is Principal at Novaspace and Founder of C3 Space, specialising in secure satellite communications, cybersecurity and resilient aerospace systems. His experience spans secure-by-design architecture, programme leadership and complex communication infrastructure, including senior roles at Airbus Defence and Space, OHB and EUMETSAT.
Fiammetta Diani is Head of Market, Downstream and Innovation at EUSPA, leading a 30-person team that connects EU space services with industry, entrepreneurs and public institutions. With over two decades of experience in space systems, market development and business development, she advances user-driven GNSS and Earth observation applications across Europe.
Isabella Poldrugo is Deputy Head of Unit for Space Policy at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space. She helps shape coherent EU space policy, regulatory frameworks and a globally competitive space ecosystem. Her earlier career includes a decade advising Members of the European Parliament on energy, industry and trade.
Nicolas Peter has more than 20 years of international experience in space policy on 4 continents and 8 countries. Nicolas has published over 100 reports and co-edited three books on space affairs and is a regular peer-reviewer for the Journals Space Policy and Acta Astronautica. He is also a Board of Director of the Women in Aerospace Europe and an Honorary Board Member of the Space Generation Advisory Council.
Having worked at Verhaert for more than 25 years, Dany Robberecht focuses on strategic innovation: this includes value and business model engineering and value proposition design, as well as strategic product, design and (open) innovation management in a B2B, B2C and the public context.
Thea Flem Dethlefsen is a Space Policy Officer at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space. Her work spans secure connectivity, space surveillance and EU space-policy development. Trained in air and space law, she brings legal and policy expertise to advancing safe, sustainable and equitable access to space.
Norbert Frischauf is a Chief Technologist at SpaceTec Partners with more than 13 years of management consulting experience. Norbert is a science journalist at the Austrian National television and technology strategist in EC, EUSPA, GJU, and ESA. He has a scientific and technological background ranging from high energy physics, IT, aviation, and aerospace to space systems engineering.
Guerric de Crombrugghe is an enthusiastic and self-driven expert in aerospace, including aeroplanes, drones, rockets, satellites, and their applications, with an emphasis on company growth and innovation. He launched ScanWorld, a hyperspectral images and analytics company, in 2020. He now works as Chief Product Officer at ConstellR with the goal of creating a European champion in satellite photography for agriculture.
Morgane Jouisse is a Space Traffic Management Engineer at CNES, working on the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking conjunction-assessment service. Her expertise includes orbital propagation, collision-risk analysis and uncertainty modelling. Previously at GMV, she developed software supporting launch, early-orbit and station-keeping safety assessments.
Senior Process and Quality Consultant @ ISDEFE
Defence and technology professional with over 15 years of experience in quality management, regulatory compliance and operational improvement. She leads quality systems for multinational defence programmes and previously advised the Ministry of Defence on process, quality and cost management. She also coaches EUDIS participants and mentors EUSPA start-ups and SMEs.
CEO @ The Adjacent Possible
Venture builder and technology leader specialising in AI, intellectual property commercialisation, frontier infrastructure and dual-use innovation. He co-founded AI-driven IP-risk platform Evalify and supports space ventures on product strategy, market validation and go-to-market. His background includes technology and innovation leadership roles at IBM, alongside experience across regulated industries.
Co-founder @ Arribes Enlightenment
Innovation and internationalisation consultant with over 20 years of experience supporting start-ups and technology companies. She specialises in investment readiness, public procurement, market-entry strategy and international scaling. Her work also covers aerospace, geospatial-data applications and dual-use innovation, supported by a partner network spanning 51 countries.
Associate @ Corallia Ventures
Entrepreneurship and space-ecosystem adviser with experience supporting more than 300 startups and teams. He coordinates programmes at ESA BIC Greece, supports investment due diligence at Corallia Ventures, and advises founders through incubation and acceleration. His background also includes research engineering, systems architecture and European innovation-project coordination.
Managing Director @ Helix Space
Space and defence technology professional with 30 years of experience in product development, business development, sales, marketing and customer-facing operations. An ISU alumnus, serial entrepreneur and angel investor, he has worked across start-ups and public companies, including HighLift Systems, Hewlett-Packard and SES, with expertise in innovation and customer experience.
Founder and CEO @ GlobeEye
She has held senior positions in leading global financial institutions across the private and public sectors, including JPMorgan and the Bank of England. Author of the book 'Sovereign Risk and Financial Crisis, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Principal @ Novaspace
Space and satellite expert with 20 years of experience across Europe. He started as a systems engineer on Earth Observation programmes and later worked in project and technical management for secure SATCOM missions at OHB and Airbus Defence and Space. At Airbus, he led Aerospace Security, delivering secure-by-design solutions for major programmes. He holds a Master’s in Telecommunications Engineering and an Executive MBA.
Embedded Lab Coordinator @ Verhaert
Electronics engineer with extensive experience in the space sector, specialising in hardware and embedded systems. Currently coordinating electronics and IoT projects, overseeing development from concept to deployment. Previously led the hardware and software engineering team at QinetiQ Space, managing multidisciplinary teams and complex system integrations for space applications. Skilled in project coordination, system design, and bridging the gap between electronics, software, and mission-critical requirements.
Founder & CEO @ Startup Manufactory
Independent consultant with a portfolio career of 15 years including: Executive board-level experience, Venture Capital, Horizon Europe Grants, Academia, Higher Education, Conference speaking, Start-ups, Accelerators, Technology Transfer, Innovation Management.
Cofounder @ Prométhée Earth Intelligence
Ex Safran Aircraft Engines Operations & Supply Chain management, later moved to Airbus Defense & Space in similar role. In 2013, he became Space and Situational Awareness Program Director and later Microlauncher Program Director at Ariane Group. Ex VP Operations & Institutional Sales at Open Cosmos.
Any individual of legal age established in the Member States of European Economic Area, EU candidate countries and Horizon Europe associated countries.
Register anytime during the academy by clicking at the courses on our website.
No, not at all. We encourage anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship and EU space data and signals to participate in the academy. You can learn about the opportunities of the downstream sector and business practices to create a successful start-up.
Yes, there is no requirement as such for participation in the EU Space Academy Learning Platform. Although the course is aimed at entrepreneurs within the space sector, the lessons are designed so any interested person regardless of their background can find modules of interest.
No, you can register to the online programme anytime! Once you registered, you will gain access to all the available courses that you can watch at your own convenience.
Each member of your team can individually join and benefit from the academy.
No, you can watch the lessons in your preferred order.
Yes, you will get a certificate after completing the academy. Additionally, after the completion of each course, you can download a completion badge and share it with your network.
Yes, feel free to join all the courses you like.
You can book up to 4 mentoring sessions in any 365-day period, either with the same mentor or different ones. Note that places are limited and mentor availability cannot be guaranteed