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:

An introduction
Course
curriculum

Explore the following modules:

  • The Space Economy
  • Access to Space for Founders
  • EU Space Market Insights
  • New Space & Start-up Insights

Explore the following modules:

  • Secure Satellite Communication
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Earth Observation
  • GNSS
  • Enabling Technologies

This course is coming soon!

Explore the following modules:

  • Copernicus Programme
  • Copernicus for Developers
  • Deep Dive on Remote Sensing Data Use Cases

Explore the following modules:

  • Galileo Programme & EGNOS
  • Galileo for Developers
  • Deep Dive on GNSS Use Cases

Explore the following modules:

  • Business Strategy
  • Business Model
  • Building a Team
  • Minimum Viable Product
  • Concept and Design
  • Marketing
  • Sales

Explore the following modules:

  • Opportunities under CASSINI
  • Public & Private Funding
  • Investor Pitching (Coming Soon)

Explore the following modules:

  • EU Space Policy
  • European Government Procurement (Coming Soon)
  • Regulatory Guidelines

This course is coming soon!

Explore the following modules:

  • Foundational Context
  • Governance and Institutional Cooperation in Space Security
  • Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience in Space Security

Explore the following modules:

  • Strategic and Industrial Dimensions of Space Security
  • Operational Applications of EU Space for Security
  • Frontier Technologies in Space Security
Deepen your knowledge

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.

Lecturers
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Claus Nehmzou

Claus Nehmzou has more than 30 years of experience in business development for multinational companies across diverse industries. Claus specialises in emerging technology, and he is the founder and CEO of a gamified online education start-up in Hong Kong. He is renowned for his innovative approaches and valued for his business and technology insights.

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Martin Giese
Martin Giese

Martin Giese is a startup coach and active business angel in leading incubators. He regularly lectures on fundraising negotiations, entrepreneurial leadership and business model incubation in leading academic programs.He is author of two guidebooks for startups on startup fundraising and B2B sales.

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Usue Donezar Hoyos

Usue Donezar Hoyos leads the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service at the European Environment Agency. An agricultural engineer with over 15 years’ expertise in satellite-based land-cover and land-use mapping, she supports environmental monitoring and European policy through Earth observation data, products and services.

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Elena Vellutini

Elena Vellutini is a Project Engineer at the Italian Space Agency, specialising in mission design, trajectory optimisation and space-debris environments. Her work supports Italy’s contribution to international debris coordination and European space-surveillance initiatives, following earlier experience in guidance, navigation and control for Vega launcher missions.

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Fiammetta Diani

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.

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Kristina Nikolaus

Kristina Nikolaus is Co-Founder and CEO of OKAPI:Orbits, which develops software for collision avoidance and space traffic management. Since co-founding the company in 2018, she has led its growth in orbital analytics and sustainable space operations, combining industrial engineering and business administration expertise with startup-scaling experience.

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Sven
Sven Przywarra

Sven Przywarra is a co-founder of LiveEO. Sven is leading a team of more than 90 people working on bringing the insights of earth observation to utility enterprises. He is convinced that earth observation will have a positive impact on every major industry within the next 10 years.

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Franck Perrin

Franck Perrin leads space-development activities at Thales, with longstanding expertise in cybersecurity for satellite systems. He has shaped strategic cybersecurity roadmaps and security offerings for space programmes, drawing on earlier leadership roles in managed security services, critical infrastructure and high-availability systems.

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Steve Lee
Steve Lee

Steve Lee is the Chief Executive Officer of Astrosat, an Astronautics and Earth observation company. A proven innovator and entrepreneur, Steve is also an award-winning Astrophysicist and Astronautical Engineer. Through his leadership Astrosat is paving the way for Space solutions using innovation to solve global challenges.

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Steve Spittle
Steve Spittle

Steve Spittle is CTO and Co-Founder of GlobalTrust, an innovative space and sustainability start-up focused on using the power of satellites to develop and deliver sustainability strategies. Steve leads and implements the companies' technology strategy, products, and services. He has been a technical and business mentor for satellite start-up companies across Europe.

Mentors
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Simon Chambers
Simon Chambers

Managing Director @ AXSYSNAV
Space and defence consultant with over 25 years of experience in strategy, business acceleration and funding. He has helped European space companies raise more than €45 million and supported over 75 firms through EU programmes. His background includes senior engineering at ESA, business development and telecommunications leadership.

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Anilkumar Dave
Anilkumar Dave

Strategy & Alliances @ Space Cargo Unlimited
Space economy and innovation professional with experience in IT, EU-funded R&D and technology transfer. He founded and led ASI’s Innovation and Technology Transfer Unit, covering start-ups, risk finance and intellectual property, before advising its President on open innovation. He now supports space entrepreneurship, strategy and commercialisation across European innovation ecosystems.

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Noelia Hernández Sánchez
Noelia Hernández Sánchez

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.

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Emmanuel Mondon
Emmanuel Mondon

Mentor of multiple CASSINI initiatives & Co-Lead of the Gaia-X Location Ecosystem
Geospatial and Earth Observation expert with 25+ years of experience in space and EO services. He has worked in leading geospatial organisations, co-founded Space Cooperative Europe SCE and AdviceGEO, and previously coordinated the Copernicus World Alliance. He now supports digital transformation in the space and geospatial sector across Europe.

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Claudia Morelli
Claudia van den Berg Morelli

Founder @ Mint Labs
Startup mentor and independent consultant with a background in economics and public policy. She helps early-stage teams build sustainable foundations across strategy, business models, operations and go-to-market. Her experience includes scaling operations at bunq and Reflow, leading EU-funded projects, and supporting founders through CASSINI EU and her own venture.

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Giao-Minh Nguyen

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.

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Christos Bolakis
Dr. Christos Bolakis

Assistant Professor @ Hellenic Naval Academy
Defence-systems expert specialising in electro-optical, radar and infrared sensing. His work covers sensor design, integration and performance optimisation for situational-awareness applications. He teaches telecommunications and sensor technologies, and has contributed to EDF and Horizon Europe projects as an evaluator and EUDIS coach.

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Xavier Banque
Xavier Banqué

CEO @ Rokubun
Former Rokubun co-founder and CEO, he is a Space R&D Engineer and Product Manager with 20+ years’ experience in downstream Earth Observation and Satellite Navigation. Educated in Telecommunications Engineering and ICT research, with a Master in Project Management, his career spans academia, ESA-ESTEC, and leading European space companies. He now serves as Strategic Marketing Manager at Trimble Inc.

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Vittorio Bava
Vittorio Bava

Venture ecosystem builder @ Verhaert
Venture ecosystem builder supporting space, fusion and deep-tech start-ups through mentoring, incubation and technology transfer. He leads CASSINI Hackathons and works as a technology broker for ESA and fusion initiatives. A four-time founder, he co-founded Mindesk, a VR software company acquired by an ASX-listed group in 2020.

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Julia Gottfriedsen

Data Science Team Lead @ OroraTech 
Data science and AI leader specialising in Earth observation, machine learning and climate technology. She develops satellite-derived data products for environmental monitoring, including wildfire and land-surface temperature models. Her experience spans research and innovation roles at Siemens, DLR and ESA, with a focus on translating advanced research into operational products.

FAQ

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