• African Space and Satellite Industry Now Valued at USD 19.49 Billion
• China launches Beijing-3B Earth observation satellite into orbit
• CODES: The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) is a global platform that advances action by governments, companies, and civil society as part of the implementation process for the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. It brings together a multi-stakeholder community to co-design and deliver collaborative action towards achieving a digital planet for global sustainability. Join here. 
• Copernicus as a tool to empower and promote inclusivity: Women in GMES & Africa
• New Zealand is promising more funding for its space industry as part of a policy update. 
• Policy Development Tracker 
• Singapore's Journey towards a Nationwide Digital Twin
• U.S. government should develop a "national strategy for space" that makes greater use of commercial capabilities, according to a new report. 

• Acoustic soundscapes and satellite data to assess rainforest health
• Copernicus in Social Media
• Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Risk and Recovery Mapping component celebrates its 10th anniversary
• Current and future opportunities for EU-Africa cooperation in the space domain 
• Danish project BIFROST
• Europe faces devastating drought that may be worst in 500 years, reveals satellite imagery
• Earth Observation Market Sees Growth in 3D Mapping and Multi-Sensor Solutions
• Earth Observant Inc. (EOI Space) Inks Deal with SpaceX
• Earth Observation User Case: Speaking a New Language of Landsat
• Earth Observation Market Sees Growth in 3D Mapping and Multi-Sensor Solutions
• EarthDaily constellation built for change-detection analysis
• GEO Week 2022 
• Google Cloud inks cooperation deal for Saudi Earth observation climate action programme
•  How Geospatial Helps in Monitoring and Eradicating Plastic Waste?
• How Earth Observation Can Mitigate Global Agro Crisis?
• How do satellites monitor the ozone layer?
• NASA transfers Landsat 9 satellite to USGS to monitor Earth’s changes
• New Synergies to Strengthen European Space
• Machine learning for earth observation from drones and satellites
• Meteorologists in Africa prepare now for deployment of the Meteosat Third Generation system
• MDA to build Ka-band steerable antennas for Airbus OneWeb Satellites

• Mission ends for Copernicus Sentinel-1B. Read more...

• Monitoring the Health of Our Planet using Earth Observations
•  NorthStar and Telespazio Partner on Space Domain Awareness
• Oder River disaster reveals other problems in satellite data
• Orbital Insight and Asterra join forces to monitor infrastructure
•  Planet’s Hyperspectral Satellites will be Called Tanager
• Researchers use AI to define priority areas for action to combat deforestation in the Amazon

• Satel­lites keep an eye on burnt ar­eas. Read more...

• Satellite Remote Sensing Image market share from APAC
• Smart City Planning For Resilience: Earth Observation Data And Critical Infrastructure
• Tracking marine plastic drift from space
• “The Eye in the Space”: ICEYE's SAR Satellites and the Law of War
• Telespazio has signed a deal to distribute Canadian startup NorthStar Earth & Space's planned space domain awareness services. 
• The Pentagon's Space Development Agency (SDA) will miss its goal of launching its first satellites this month.
• World Satellite Business Week Wrap-Up

• BAE Systems Announces Multi-Sensor Azalea Satellite Cluster
• BlackSky awarded $1.7m NASA contract to advance earth science

• Exotrail + Airbus partner together on the implementation of propulsion for EO smallsats

• Inovor Technologies and partners to deliver 10-year, multi-satellite mission for Australian Defence Force
• Earth Observation Market Sees Growth in 3D Mapping and Multi-Sensor Solutions
• Major satellite operators are bracing for disruption as consolidation and new entrants shake up the industry. 
• NGA Renews Maxar’s G-EGD Imagery Contract for Third Option Year
• Microsoft Azure Exec Confirms Slew of New Partnerships with SES, SpaceX, and Others
• Microsoft is expanding its Azure Space cloud services. 
• Open Cosmos announces a shared satellite infrastructure — OpenConstellation
• Regional satellite operators are searching for faster ways to add more capacity to their networks to meet the soaring demand for broadband. 
• Satellite startup Exobotics expands as revenues reach £4m
• Space firms have stepped up competition

• SSC signs 10-year partnership agreement with CNES – continues as prime provider of polar ground support

• A Blue Ocean Market for Commercial Space Data Relay Services
• Armed with $19.5M, LiveEO plots a big data course between satellite geospatial information
• ICEYE signs contract to provide the Government of Ukraine with access to its SAR satellite constellation
• GeoBuiz 22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook report. GeoBuiz Report: 22 - Global Geospatial Industry Outlook Report
• Spire’s contract extension with NASA for Earth Observation data 

• EO and Data Cooperation: The EU-Pacific Partnership
• Earth Observation Big Data Service Market Research Report
• Earth Observation Market Forecast 2022 - 2029
• The Space Report 2022 released by The Space Foundation.
• Top Five Trends in Earth Observation

• Access Space Alliance (ASA) conference is taking place on 6-7 September 2022 as a hybrid event: see link.
• Advancing Earth Observation Forum 2022 (AEO22)
• Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Extreme Events with Earth Blox.Register Now >
• Copernicus Masters 2022: All Partner Evaluation Meetings, 18 July - 16 September 2022
• ESA’s Industry Space Days 2022. Read more
• Euroconsult's WSBW 2022. The 25th edition of the World Satellite Business Week is coming to Paris 12 -16 September. EUSPA will be there to discuss how the Agency supports companies integrating European space into their business solutions.
• EU Space Week is set to happen 3 – 6 October in Prague. More information and registration will be coming soon!. EU Space Week 2022, the go-to event for Europe’s space community, is happening 3 – 6 October in Prague, Czech Republic. EU Space Week – Europe’s premiere space event – is back. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from leading EU Space voices and connect with colleagues from across the industry! The full agenda will be available soon. In the meantime, you can already register for the 3 – 6 October
• Eurisy events page
• EUSPA Space Academy
• EU Space Week 2022 
• Industry Space Days  →
  
•  International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022. 18-22 September →
  
• INTERGEO 2022, 18 – 22 October 2022
• Industry Space Days 2022
• GEOBIM  2023
• Geospatial World Forum
• GeoBuiz Europe Summit: Geospatial World Forum 2022. Happening 10 – 12 May in Amsterdam
• GEOINT 2022, Descartes Labs Government Will Present Tradecraft Competition + Two Workshops
• The Netherlands Space Office, together with dotSPACE are organising information and network sessions about European funding calls in a series of webinars.
• OGC: Registration is open for the OGC Member Meeting
• Open knowledge: new resources and learning opportunities
• Paris Space Week 2022 →
• Pléiades Neo provides users with 30cm native resolution satellite imagery with reactive tasking capabilities and intraday revisit over any point on Earth. 
• SME4SPACE Anniversary networking event - 27/09/2022
• Silicon Valley Space Week (SVSW) Satellite Innovation (Oct. 11-12)focuses on analyzing next-generation satellite technology and the current business environment. MilSat Symposium (Oct. 13-14) explores the most effective and rapid solutions in development for defending and expanding critical space assets.
• Small Satellites & Space Sustainability: Why You Should Care at SmallSat Conference. click here for more information.
• SAR Analytics Symposium
• Space Tech Expo Europe 2022 Conferences 
• Space Tech Expo Europe 
• Webinar on partnerships for Earth Observation
• The 25th edition of the World Satellite Business Week is coming to Paris 12 -16 September. EUSPA will be there to discuss how the Agency supports companies integrating European space into their business solutions.
• TechNet Europe 2022,
• World Satellite Business Week 
• 6th AfriGEO Symposium shall be taking place as side events of the 18th GEO Week. Please register for the event using this link,
• 5th New Space Atlantic Summit
• 29th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits 
• 2nd European Defence and Security Conference- 11 October 2022

• Global Earth Observation Satellite Market Insight | Explained Pre & Post COVID-19 Impact

• European Space Imaging, in partnership with Maxar Technologies, collected imagery over the weekend. Link to Imagery
• ICEYE to Provide Access of its SAR Constellation to Ukraine. 
• Ukraine gains enhanced access to Iceye imagery and data

• EUSPA is hiring! Current vacancies include Ground System Service Provision Engineer, Galileo System Evolution Manager, Operator at the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (GSMC) and Secured Communications Engineer.  Checked out EUSPA’s latest job vacancies and procurement opportunities?
• Interested in a traineeship? Watch our short video on the EUSPA traineeship experience and learn more about the current openings.
• Internships at Planet
• PhD position for interpretable Deep Learning for image-based species identification at INRIA, France
• PhD and Postdoc positions for AI for Complex Systems at Universitat de València, Spain
• PhD or Postdoc position for causal inference to understand food security at Universitat de València, Spain
• Early Career Fellow on use of altimeters in a coupled data assimilation system at ECMWF, Germany
• Early Career Fellow on meteorological effects of atmospheric composition at ECMWF, Germany
• Early Career Fellow on water cycle in km-scale simulations at ECMWF, Germany
• Early Career Fellow on visualisation scalability of high resolution, high volume meteorological data at ECMWF, Germany
• Postdoc for interpretable Deep Learning for image-based species identification at INRIA, France
• Postdoc for detection of burned areas and active fires at the University of Idaho, USA
• Research Scientist at RIKEN, Japan
• Senior Scientist for Space Weather at NOAA, USA
• Senior Advisor for Geodesy at NOAA, USA
• Meteorologist at NOAA, USA
• Scientist position on informing decisions on agriculture and human health via remote sensing at NASA, USA
• Climate Product Expert at EUMETSAT, Germany
• Project Controller at ESA, Netherlands
• Earth Observation Services Coordinator at ESA, Italy
• Sentinel-1 Mission Manager at ESA, Italy
• FLEX Mission verification and Operations Engineer at ESA, Netherlands
• EU Programme Coordinator at ESA, Belgium

• SAR satellites for Agriculture
• Space and Defence: Protecting Europe and Strengthening our Capacity to Act A History of Copernicus
• A History of Copernicus 
• Old but gold – Use of historic Copernicus EO data
• EO-Lab is Launched – New Access to Earth Observation Data
• LDE NL Space Campus Summer School – Day 6
• EDA Defence Innovation Prize 2022 Open for Submissions
• IMPRS/SKIES workshop on Entrepreneurship
• Opportunities in Space with Satuccino
• The EUSPA Space Academy – Free Online Training for Space Entrepreneurs

• African space + satellite industry is now valued @ Billion$$

• African Space and Satellite Industry Now Valued at USD 19.49 Billion

• China launches carbon and ecosystem monitoring satellite
• Copernicus-powered polar monitoring helps deliver on the EU’s Arctic Agenda

• Earth Observation & Data Cooperation: The EU-Pacific Partnership - Geospatial World

• ESA has given up on efforts to restore the Sentinel-1B radar imaging satellite. ESA Confirms Loss of Sentinel-1B, Will Now Fast-Track Sentinel-1C Launch
• ESA provides free and accessible ground motion data
• European Commission Unveils Action Areas for Twinning Green and Digital Transitions
• European Innovation Council Board joins call on the Commission to resolve EU start-up fund delaysE
• Geospatial data and API delivery - European Data Portal
• Geoscience Australia launches new Space Division. State of the Environment 2021 report.
• Geospatial World and ISRS Sign MoU for Conference in Nov
• ITU Datahub: The World’s Richest Source of ICT Statistics and Regulatory Information

• Indian state is overhauling its agriculture strategy

• New 2022 Strategic Foresight Report by the European Commission
• New ESA archive collections open for PlanetScope and SkySat
• New European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSECO) Established

• New Synergies to Strengthen European Space

• Russia will launch an Iranian imaging satellite next week. 
• UK boosts space tech funding to cut carbon emissions
• US-European satellite will make world’s first global freshwater survey
• UAE announces plans for radar satellite constellation and space fund

• According to the European wine market report by Statista, the European wine market is currently valued at around EUR 160 billion and it is expected to increase by 35% within the next five years. Read more.
• AerialSphere Offers 360-Degree Aerial Panoramic Imagery at Higher Elevation
• ANAS-Italian government-owned company to monitor the stability of Italian roads
• AI, Digital Twin for Water Recycling,Circular Economy Transition
• After 50 years pioneering satellite imagery, NASA's Landsat is ready for 50 more  
• Bring your climate analysis capabilities in-house with Earth Blox. Register Now >
• Building cloud-native geospatial standards. Learn more....
• Blue Canyon Technologies won its largest constellation order to date, a contract with weather technology company Tomorrow.io. 
• Capella Space intends to offer improved image resolution and quality . Capella Space announced Wednesday a new generation of radar imaging satellites with improved image resolution and quality.
• @CERTO_project (Copernicus Evolaiution - Research for harmonized and transitional water Observation)
• Copernicus supports the art of making fine wine
• Copernicus reports record summer wildfire activity in southwestern Europe amid heatwaves
• Chinese company ventures into autonomous drone system inspection
• CGG Licenses Geothermal Multi-Client Studies Supporting Energy Transition to US Energy Company
• Data Privacy Under Spotlight Again in US and Europe
• Detecting plastic marine litter from space
• DEA Mangrove Canopy Cover (Landsat) product
• Earth Blox you get access to Google Earth Engine’s entire catalogue of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets, and you don’t need to be an expert in Python or JavaScript to use it.
• Earth Observation in Re/Insurance Business

• Earth Observation & Data Cooperation

• EarthCube Affiliate Project Creates Geographical Mapping Software. Read more about GMTSAR here.
• Free Online Course on Earth Observation
• ForestRe gains competitive advantage with satellite data
• GeoBuiz 22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook Report
• GEO Week 2022 
• GEE commercial access
• GW Knowledge Hub and access these reports and discover the benefits of using geospatial and BIM solutions in sustainable AEC industry practices by GW Consulting
• GMES & Africa: Unlocking the power of EO data in Africa with Copernicus
• Green Building Mandates and the Case for Geospatial Technologies
• Google Under Lens Over Promise to Protect User Location Data
• Hydrosat has secured a commercial remote sensing license for its upcoming thermal imaging system. 
• How Copernicus Helps Monitor the Health of Europe’s Coastal Waters
•  How is Military Metaverse Different from Commercial Metaverse
• Landsat program turns 50. Read more...
• LandCoverNet, the First Global Multi-Satellite Training Dataset for Land Cover Classification. Read more »
• Lockheed Martin and Maxar to Develop Concepts for NOAA GeoXO Satellites 
•  Mapping Heat Islands to Boost Climate Resilience
• Maximising land use and minimising its impact. Learn more....
• Maxar’s high-resolution vivid basemaps enhances Esri ArcGIS Living Atlas of the world

• Methane satellites will be watching California’s dairies. Methane satellites will be watching California’s dairies…but mostly its oil fields and landfills

• Migration and the 2030 Agenda
• Monitoring Marine Environment for the ESA Global Development Programme
• Monitoring and protecting posidonia oceanica
• New AI model detects and categorises marine plastic
• NVIDIA Unveils Powerful AI, Simulation for Virtual Worlds
• PlanetScope and Planet Basemaps Utilized for Carbon Credits Monitoring
•   Planet Certifies Three Key Partners in New Planet Orbit Certification Program  
• Proactive maintenance of bridges and viaducts
• Producing Global Training Dataset Labels. Read more »
• Pléiades Neo: Delivering 30cm Imagery for A New Era of Geospatial Applications

• Radiant Earth Foundation names Jed Sundwall as the new Executive Director

•  Radar Sensing for Mobility, Wellness, and Holistic Smart City
• Risk assessment analysis of the sewage network in Chile
• Satellites are Tracking Rivers of Garbage Flowing Across the Oceans
• Satellite Market Trends, Business Strategies and Opportunities With Key Players Analysis 2029
• Sentinel 1-B update
• Space technology enables trust in carbon credit markets. Learn more....
• Supporting carbon-neutral plans in Ireland. Learn more…  Supporting Europe on path to climate neutrality
• Synspective releases first image from its small SAR satellite “StriX-β”
• Strata: UNEP’s Earth Stress Monitor

• The impact of the Sentinel-1B failure and looking forward to Sentinel-1C

• Terran Orbital said it is prioritizing work for the SDA over its own radar constellation. 
• The CSU Synthetic Attribution Benchmark Dataset can be used by users that are interested in benchmarking methods of explainable artificial intelligence for geoscientific applications.
• Telespazio unveils product line for NewSpace market
• UK Space Startups Say Government Support and Investment is Critical to Sector’s Success 
• Urban-rural land linkages and territorial justice as states of mind. Learn more....
• GeoXperience Magazine
• 10 Smallsat Startups to Watch
• ii2030 Challenge: AI for Earth Observation. Read more »
• 9 applications to improve business and everyday life with Copernicus
• UP42 Teams Up with Trimble for Faster Information Extraction from Geospatial Data

• What extra questions to ask when choosing a SAR imagery provider? here.

•  AI-based Map for Sustainable Urban Planning in Zambia
• Is the Eutelsat-OneWeb Merger the “Right” Move?
• Rent This Space: The Business Model of Space as a Service
• Sidus Space Selects Amazon Web Services for LizzieSat Constellation Cloud Storage
• Space technology enables trust in carbon credit markets
• SES completed its $450 million acquisition of DRS Global Enterprise Solutions, which doubles its U.S. government business. 
• Stay up to date with machine learning on Earth observation news. Explore the latest methodologies, applications, data, and other resources in April, May & June 2022.
• Strengthening Digital Infrastructure of UAS
• Space Norway to Build Radar Satellite for Maritime Surveillance
• USA: A bill to boost domestic production of semiconductors could alleviate supply chain issues for the space industry over time. 
• Xona Space Systems Announces Funding Round- Raising $25M to date. Funds will be used to accelerate the development of the first independent precision navigation service from low Earth orbit.
• Viasat has been selected to study multi-orbit satellite networks for the European Space Agency.

• BlackSky Awarded USD 1.7m NASA Contract
• ICEYE signs contract to provide Government of Ukraine with access to its SAR satellite constellation
• Lockheed Martin and Maxar win weather satellite contracts
• GeoOptics, PlanetIQ and Spire to supply NOAA with space weather data
•  MariaDB acquires Canadian Geospatial Company CubeWerx
•  Planet to Provide Real-Time Data for NASA’s CSP
• Telit and Thales announce the creation of the leading western IoT solutions provider

• Active Sensor Market Expected to Reach $50.7 Billion By 2031: Allied Market Research
• Commercialization of Space Driving nearly 570 Exabytes of Information
• Earth Observation Satellite Market Recent Developments & Emerging Trends To 2028
• EUSPA’s Earth Observation and GNSS Market Report.  download your free copy today.
• ESPI report
•  GeoBuiz-22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook Report

• Ground segment cumulated market value to reach $78bn by 2031:

• Why the Space Industry Should Be Your Next Investment
• 10 Smallsat Startups to Watch
• New Trends in Value-Added Resellers (VARs) software Professional Market Size 2022
• Space Traffic Study, 2^nd Edition 
• Q2 satellite emissions report from GHGSat. 

• Access Space Alliance (ASA) conference is taking place on 6-7 September 2022 as a hybrid event: see link.
• Advancing Earth Observation Forum 2022 (AEO22)
• Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Extreme Events with Earth Blox.Register Now >
• Agri-TechE REAP Start-Up Showcase
• Armed with $19.5M, LiveEO plots a big data course between satellite geospatial information
• Capella Space Announces Higher-Performance Next-Gen Satellites With Optical Links 
• Copernicus Masters
• Copernicus Frontier Tech Challenge for Europe’s Digital Future
• Copernicus Masters 2022: All Partner Evaluation Meetings, 18 July - 16 September 2022
• Computing Conference 2023 to be held from 22-23 June 2023 in London, UK. 
• Discover how EU Space Programme technologies benefit the shipping industry at the 1st Pytheas Maritime Space Forum. Happening 15 July, this event is jointly organised by isalos.net and EUSPA. Registration is now open.
• National Conference on "Development of Space Start-ups Ecosystem in India" (DeSSEI)
• Digital Twins, Climate, and Smart Cities are Converging at the OGC Member Meeting. Register for the OGC Member Meeting and learn more.
• Discover the impact of EU Space Programme technologies on the shipping industry at the 1^st Pytheas Maritime Space Forum happening 15 July, organised by isalos.net and EUSPA. Registration is now open.
• Earth Observation for Climate Smart Innovation in South East Asia initiative,
• ESA’s Industry Space Days 2022. Read more
• ESA not to restore operations of the Sentinel-1B
• Euroconsult's WSBW 2022. The 25th edition of the World Satellite Business Week is coming to Paris 12 -16 September. EUSPA will be there to discuss how the Agency supports companies integrating European space into their business solutions.
• EU Space Week is set to happen 3 – 6 October in Prague. More information and registration will be coming soon!. EU Space Week 2022, the go-to event for Europe’s space community, is happening 3 – 6 October in Prague, Czech Republic. EU Space Week – Europe’s premiere space event – is back. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from leading EU Space voices and connect with colleagues from across the industry! The full agenda will be available soon. In the meantime, you can already register for the 3 – 6 October
• Eurisy events page
• European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Check out the interview here. 
• Future of Artificial Intelligence in the context of Industrial Ecology
• Get Support for Your EO Solution in the ESA SpaceLeap Challenge!
• Get Local Support and Double Your Chances of Winning Copernicus Masters 2022!
• Geospatial Caravan: Embracing One & All, GWF 2023 
• How can clusters better build international missions for SMEs?
• how to access Pléiades Neo data in the Living Library
• Industry Space Days  →
  
•  International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022. 18-22 September →
  
• INTERGEO 2022, 18 – 22 October 2022
• INNOspace Masters Conference and Awards Ceremony on 5 July 2022.
• Introduction to Geospatial Technologies for Achieving SDGs 2022 – Food Security
• Introduction to the Trimble Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Data Collection Solution
• Industry Space Days 2022
• Geospatial World Forum
• GeoBuiz Europe Summit: Geospatial World Forum 2022. Happening 10 – 12 May in Amsterdam
• GEOINT 2022, Descartes Labs Government Will Present Tradecraft Competition + Two Workshops
• GIS4Schools E-Learning Platform webinar. Register here: https://bit.ly/3RA23dg
• The Netherlands Space Office, together with dotSPACE are organising information and network sessions about European funding calls in a series of webinars.
• NASA ARSET Advanced Training to be held in August 2022 (Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Urban Heat Islands and Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices), as a follow up from the NASA ARSET Introductory Training held in November 2020 (Satellite Remote Sensing for Urban Heat Islands)! 
• Near-real-time MODIS-derived vegetation index data products and online services
• OGC for a Special Session at the Member Meeting: The Metaverse is Geospatial
• Optimise Transport and Mobility Systems with Copernicus Data
• Paris Space Week 2022 →
• Silicon Valley Space Week (SVSW) Satellite Innovation (Oct. 11-12)focuses on analyzing next-generation satellite technology and the current business environment. MilSat Symposium (Oct. 13-14) explores the most effective and rapid solutions in development for defending and expanding critical space assets.
• Small Satellites & Space Sustainability: Why You Should Care at SmallSat Conference. click here for more information.
• SAR Analytics Symposium
• Save our Oceans and Coastal Areas with the Help of Copernicus Data!
• Space.com EXPO
• Space Tech Expo Europe,
• Space Tech Expo Europe 2022 Conferences 
• Space start-ups and SMEs won’t want to miss our 27 April workshop on funding opportunities with the European Innovation Council. The online event will look at the EIC’s added-value funding instruments, with a particular focus on the EIC Accelerator. 
• SWF Provides Scholarships for Young Professionals to Attend IAC
• Space-based Innovation and Digitalisation for the School of Tomorrow: Social Inclusion. →
• Sustainable Solutions for Urban Planning
• Webinar on partnerships for Earth Observation
• CODES: The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) is a global platform that advances action by governments, companies, and civil society as part of the implementation process for the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. It brings together a multi-stakeholder community to co-design and deliver collaborative action towards achieving a digital planet for global sustainability. Join here. 
• Taking Datacenters to Space
• The Future of REDD+ Financing
• The 25th edition of the World Satellite Business Week is coming to Paris 12 -16 September. EUSPA will be there to discuss how the Agency supports companies integrating European space into their business solutions.
• The U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space holds its 65th session.
• Unlocking UP42's Potential for Sustainable Urban Planning
• Ursa Space, Spire Partner on Maritime Domain Awareness Services for Government
• 5th New Space Atlantic Summit
• 29th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits 
• 2nd European Defence and Security Conference- 11 October 2022

• Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Innovative tools and business models (Deadline 07/04/22) [Read here]
• Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy (Deadline 20/04/22) [Read here]
• Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation (Deadline 21/04/22) [Read here]
• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]
• Federated European infrastructure for cancer images data (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Call for proposals - Data for Cultural Heritage (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• Security (law enforcement): AI-based pilot (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! GovTech Incubator (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Advanced Dgital Skills (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Cloud Data and Testing and Experimentation Facilities (Several calls) (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]

• A Roadmap for the Next-Generation IoT in Europe (Read here)
• The 4th Call for Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Sites is now open (Read here)
• Connecting Europe Facility - Digital: calls for proposals' deadline extended until 20 April 2022 (Read here)
• New Transitions Performance Index 2021: EU shows strong performance in its transition towards sustainability (Read here)
• EU ministers reinforce the need for common values and principles in international research and innovation (Read here)
• Open Calls network

• European Digital Identity: Online consultation platform on European Digital Identity Wallets (Deadline n/a) [More info here]
• Cyber resilience act – new cybersecurity rules for digital products and ancillary services (Deadline 25/05/22) [More info here]

• Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence (Read here)
• Announcing the 2022 AI Index Report (Read here)
• DMA: EU lawmakers ready to trade digital governance for tighter obligations (Read here)
• What will Europe’s digital economy look like after the Digital Services Act? (Read here)
• Education key to closing digital skills and gender gaps, say stakeholders (Read here)
• EU negotiators prepare to close in on Digital Markets Act (Read here)
• Commission invites citizens and organisations to share their views on the European Cyber Resilience Act (Read here)
• EIC Tech to Market Innovation Talks: Webinar Series (Read here)

• Global Earth Observation Satellite Market Insight | Explained Pre & Post COVID-19 Impact

•  ICEYE to Provide Access of its SAR Constellation to Ukraine. 
• Ukraine gains enhanced access to Iceye imagery and data
• The huge markets of defence and climate change mitigation, that Seraphim’s portfolio addresses, have become even more relevant in 2022, according to Edison Investment Research, with floods, prolonged heatwaves and the war in Ukraine.
• #Space4Ukraine

• EUSPA is hiring! Current vacancies include Ground System Service Provision Engineer, Galileo System Evolution Manager, Operator at the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (GSMC) and Secured Communications Engineer.  Checked out EUSPA’s latest job vacancies and procurement opportunities?
• Interested in a traineeship? Watch our short video on the EUSPA traineeship experience and learn more about the current openings.
• Internships at Planet
• PhD position for advanced solutions for managing of crowd-based street-level surveys at University of Trento, Italy
• PhD position for multi-source spatial inference in support to sustainable development at University of Trento, Italy
• PhD position for computer vision approaches targeting urban dynamical features under time-varying conditions at University of Trento, Italy
• PhD position on digital twins for sustainable and smart cities at University of Trento, Italy
• Postdoc in satellite observations, machine learning and coastal forecasting at CSIRO, Australia
• Software Engineer with experience in big data at EPFL, Switzerland
• Engineer for weather remote sensing at The Aerospace Corporation, United States
• Assistant Professor in environmental geosciences and climate change at Santa Clara University, United States
• Assistant Professor in Earth sciences and climate sciences at Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Assistant Professor in ocean solutions and carbon at Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Assistant Professor in adaptation strategies in deltas at Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Assistant Professor in past environmental change in mountain regions at Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Assistant Professor on model-based analysis of system transitions for climate mitigation and adaptation at Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Assistant Professor on nature-based solutions on climate adaptation and water at Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Director of Applied Biodiversity Science at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• PhD and job opportunities with Planetek.
• Postdoc for forest planning at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Postdoc in remote sensing for agricultural soil salinity at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
• Postdoc in forest ecosystem responses to climate change at KIT, Germany
• Research assistant in spatial analyses and social-ecological systems modeling for landscape planning at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Director of Science and Director of TEC at ESA, Netherlands

• SAR satellites for Agriculture
• Space and Defence: Protecting Europe and Strengthening our Capacity to Act A History of Copernicus
• A History of Copernicus 
• Old but gold – Use of historic Copernicus EO data
• EO-Lab is Launched – New Access to Earth Observation Data
• LDE NL Space Campus Summer School – Day 6
• EDA Defence Innovation Prize 2022 Open for Submissions
• IMPRS/SKIES workshop on Entrepreneurship
• Opportunities in Space with Satuccino
• The EUSPA Space Academy – Free Online Training for Space Entrepreneurs

• Airbus + Australian Space + partners all sign a strategic agreement with the Australian Department of Defence

•  AI, Drones to Rapidly Transform Indian Economy: WEF C4IR
• China launches new satellite for Earth observation
• Commission adopts new European Innovation Agenda
• EUSPA looks forward to working with the new Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
• EUSPA’s mission and responsibilities and how the EU Space Programme supports EU policies like the Green Deal and the Digital Agenda. You can read the full interview here 
• Fit for 55 package: Council reaches general approaches relating to emissions reductions and their social impacts
• India will now allow private ownership of imaging satellites.
• Indian Space Industry Will Expand Five Times in Next Few Years
• Indian Space Vision for Next 10 Years
• Modernisation Fund invests €2.4 billion to accelerate the green transition in 7 beneficiary countries
• Oman - Four agreements signed for modernising defence sector
• Paving the way to COP 27: the Bonn Climate Change Conference
• Planet Signs Contract To Provide German Federal Agencies With Daily Satellite Imagery
• Remote sensing as an effective solution for the development of the rice sector in Uruguay

• Rwanda joins African Development Bank-supported remote data collection initiative

• Synspective released the first images from the Japanese startup's second synthetic aperture radar satellite, StriX-β, launched in March. Synspective's first commercial satellite, StriX-1, is scheduled to launch later this year. By around 2026, the company plans to operate a constellation of 30 SAR satellites. 
• The USA Department of Homeland Security's new space policy focuses on cybersecurity and resilience. 
• Unpacking the African Landscape for Satellite Services
• UAE Steps Up Space Ambitions With a New Fund and SAR Constellation Plans

• According to an article published in Horizon, the EU’s research and innovation magazine, European Space isn’t just good for business, it’s also good for the environment. EUSPA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa explains how the EU Space Programme is contributing to the EU Green Deal. 
• Announcing Planet University & Community
• CAMS, the Copernicus service that helps protect your skin from the summer sun
• Copernicus for the preservation of global cultural heritage sites
• Continuation of ICESat-2 approved after 3+ years of big results. Read more...
• Climate Change Prompts Caribbean Island to Create its Digital Twin
• Do you want to download all the GIS4Schools' materials produced? Have a look at the open-access archive on Zenodo: https://bit.ly/3tsPVQL/ https://github.com/GIS4Schools
• Ger­man radar satel­lite Ter­raSAR-X 15 years in space and still in per­fect shape. Read more...

• GEO Individual Excellence Awards 2022

• GIS4Schools Thinkific and its community register here. Download the GIS4Schools Handbook here: https://forms.gle/JsP2Lc7kR1Hdyw1C9

• Earth imagery companies reimagine satellite tasking 

• Earth Cube:  Annual Meeting with presentation slides and proceedings is found HERE.
• European Commissioners Thierry Breton and Mariya Gabriel invite students from the EU and African Union to propose a name for the new space-based secure connectivity system. 
• Enabling Crop Analytics at Scale (ECAAS). Learn more about the ECAAS project here.

• ESA - EarthCARE takes a big stretch

• ESA science missions
• FEMA and NASA release  comprehensive climate action guide
• Gabriel reveals five pillars of the European Innovation Agenda
• Geospatial Knowledge for National Development: The India Story
• Geospatial Intelligence to Mitigate Global Geopolitical Risks
• How Copernicus supports you with seasonal allergies

• Is your current way of assessing and evaluating your climate-related projects taking up too much time and budget? Do you have an increasing backlog of simple or repetitive tasks, and not enough GIS specialists to do them?

• Innovative data satellite enters commercial service

• Kleos Space invests in future growth in the UK

• Landsat: A guide to the Earth observation satellite fleet.  Celebrate 50 years of Landsat with these stunning images

• NOAA selects GeoOptics, PlanetiQ, Spire for commercial space weather contracts

• Mapping Common Ground: Jack Dangermond Kicks Off ESRI UC 2022 
• MDA provides Global Fishing Watch access to help combat illegal fishing
• Methane levels surged in 2020 despite lockdowns
• Metaspectral and HySpeed Computing to Develop Earth

• NOAA Announces Commercial Space Weather Data Pilot Awards

• Unpacking the African Landscape for Satellite Services
• Pandemic, Climate, Geopolitical Crises Jeopardizing 2030 Agenda

• Planet and Leaf Partner To Provide Agricultural Insights For Developers

• Public Sector Expands Earth Observation Applications

• Precision Farming Dealer's Best of the Web

• Radiant Earth Foundation Releases LandCoverNet

• Satellite Data Saves Lives On Earth. Read

• Satellite Vu smallsat clone to be built by SSTL

• Secure space-based connectivity
• Systematic Observations Financing Facility
• Space For Inspiration: Business Edition. →
• Spottitt Metrics Factory platform!
• Spire plans to add microwave sounders to its satellites to improve weather forecasts. 
• The United Kingdom is working to become a leader in space sustainability.
• Thales and QinetiQ to Study VLEO Skimsats Under ESA Contract 

• Using Earth Observation To Measure ESG Impact

• What makes imagery from Pléiades Neo different? How easy the Living Library is to use. Access 30cm, 50cm and 1.5m resolution imagery all in one place

• World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) is looking for inspiring people who are making a difference in the geospatial ecosystem. Do you know any such championing diversity, equity, and inclusion? They should be nominated so they can win this Award!

• AI, Digital Twin for Water Recycling,Circular Economy Transition
• Agri-TechE REAP Start-Up Showcase 
• Airbus Launches Business to Commercialize HAPS, Led by Samer Halawi
• Balancing bureaucracy and accountability with speed and flexibility in Horizon Europe partnerships
• Earth Observation in Re/Insurance Business
•  Entrepreneurship Day 
• ESA has awarded funds to develop a demonstrator for Skimsat, a small satellite platform designed to operate in very low Earth orbit. 
• Kleos Space Invests for Future Growth in the UK
• GomSpace finalizes their contract for the delivery of two smallsats to the German Space Agency (DLR)
• Gilat Wins New Asia Defense Contract
• Launchers as Strategic Edge to Independence in Space

• Metaspectral and HySpeed Computing to Develop Earth

• Metaspectral and HySpeed Computing to Develop Earth Observation Payload for the International

• Measat 3D Enters Commercial Service
• Microsoft, Xplore, NOAA demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations
• NanoAvionics CCO Explains How Kongsberg Acquisition Will Help Company Scale
• Norway’s Kongsberg to Acquire Smallsat Manufacturer NanoAvionics 
• Oxford Space Systems and SSTL have completed development of a deployable antenna for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. 
• Paper or plastic bag at checkout? NanoAvionics sells their first cubesat already operating in LEO

• PlanetScape Ai and Planet’s Professional Services Team Scale the Fight for Human Rights

• Rendered AI makes sense of complex synthetic data

• Satellite Vu Orders Second Thermal Imaging Satellite from SSTL 

• SpaceX Launch Included Satellites from 5 Seraphim Portfolio Companies 
• Sony establishes subsidiary company dedicated to space

• Space Alliance brings new firepower to the UK's national space strategy with Leonardo

• Space Development Agency Awards L3Harris and Northrop Grumman $1.3B for Tracking Layer Satellites
• Quantum Technologies In Space – A Rapidly Growing Niche Field . Quantum ideas are born in Europe
• Xplore completes satellite testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital
• The impact on advanced computing on AI
• The Space service Hub, powered by ESA, is a new platform on the Eurisy website to showcase a diverse set of downstream satellite-based applications.

• Vaya Space to launch satellite constellation for All2Space

• ESA awards Airbus a €160M contract for the FORUM Earth monitoring satellite
• ESA signs a deployment deal with ASECNA that brings EGNOS tech to Africa
• European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator selects start-ups for funding 
• Planet reveals $146 million NRO award and quarterly revenues
• Planet to provide German Federal Agencies with daily satellite imagery
• Sercel Selected as the Successful Bidder for the Acquisition of ION Software Business
• Spire Global awarded $6 Million NASA contract extension for EO data
• Space Service Hub Launch Event

• Thales Alenia Space and QinetiQ to pave the way for small multimission satellites

• 1Spatial awarded 1integrate call-off contract with Defra

• Earth Observation Big Data Service Market Analysis Outlooks 2022
• Europe Satellite Transponder Market Latest Trends, In-depth Analysis and Opportunities till 2028
• European Geospatial Industry: Today and Tomorrow
• Euroconsult: Space Business Monthly News June 2022
• Euroconsult: Asia Satellite Business Week (ASBW) Report
• ESPI JUne 2022
• FT Investing in Space Conference 2022
• GeoBuiz 22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook Report
• Gis Market Size Research Reports & Industry Analysis
• Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Markets, 12th Edition
• Maritime SATCOM Markets, 10^th Edition report.
• Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)
• Satellite Based Earth Observation Market Economy Challenges 2022-2028
• Satellite Based Earth Observation

• Space Service Market Applications & Forecast 2030

• SIA: State of the Satellite Industry report from the Satellite Industry Association. SIA Reports the Global Space Industry Grew 4% in 2021 
• Synspective’s first images from SAR satellite revealing three cities around the world
• Statistical Report on Remote Sensing Satellite Market
• Quantum technologies in space
• What was the value of the Satellite Remote Sensing market in Europe in 2022?

• Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Extreme Events with Earth Blox.Register Now >
• Agri-TechE REAP Start-Up Showcase
• Copernicus Masters

• Copernicus Frontier Tech Challenge for Europe’s Digital Future

• Copernicus Masters 2022: All Partner Evaluation Meetings, 18 July - 16 September 2022
• Discover how EU Space Programme technologies benefit the shipping industry at the 1st Pytheas Maritime Space Forum. Happening 15 July, this event is jointly organised by isalos.net and EUSPA. Registration is now open.
• National Conference on "Development of Space Start-ups Ecosystem in India" (DeSSEI)
• Digital Twins, Climate, and Smart Cities are Converging at the OGC Member Meeting. Register for the OGC Member Meeting and learn more.
• Discover the impact of EU Space Programme technologies on the shipping industry at the 1^st Pytheas Maritime Space Forum happening 15 July, organised by isalos.net and EUSPA. Registration is now open.
• ESA’s Industry Space Days 2022. Read more
• Euroconsult's WSBW 2022. The 25th edition of the World Satellite Business Week is coming to Paris 12 -16 September. EUSPA will be there to discuss how the Agency supports companies integrating European space into their business solutions.
• EU Space Week is set to happen 3 – 6 October in Prague. More information and registration will be coming soon!. EU Space Week 2022, the go-to event for Europe’s space community, is happening 3 – 6 October in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Eurisy events page
• European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Check out the interview here. 

• Get Support for Your EO Solution in the ESA SpaceLeap Challenge!

• Get Local Support and Double Your Chances of Winning Copernicus Masters 2022!

• Geospatial Caravan: Embracing One & All, GWF 2023 

• How can clusters better build international missions for SMEs?

• how to access Pléiades Neo data in the Living Library
• INTERGEO 2022, 18 – 22 October 2022
• INNOspace Masters Conference and Awards Ceremony on 5 July 2022.
• Introduction to Geospatial Technologies for Achieving SDGs 2022 – Food Security
• Industry Space Days 2022
• Geospatial World Forum
• GeoBuiz Europe Summit: Geospatial World Forum 2022. Happening 10 – 12 May in Amsterdam
• GEOINT 2022, Descartes Labs Government Will Present Tradecraft Competition + Two Workshops

• GIS4Schools E-Learning Platform webinar. Register here: https://bit.ly/3RA23dg

• The Netherlands Space Office, together with dotSPACE are organising information and network sessions about European funding calls in a series of webinars.
• NASA ARSET Advanced Training to be held in August 2022 (Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Urban Heat Islands and Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices), as a follow up from the NASA ARSET Introductory Training held in November 2020 (Satellite Remote Sensing for Urban Heat Islands)! 
• OGC for a Special Session at the Member Meeting: The Metaverse is Geospatial

• Optimise Transport and Mobility Systems with Copernicus Data

• Paris Space Week 2022 →

• SAR Analytics Symposium

• Save our Oceans and Coastal Areas with the Help of Copernicus Data!

• Space Tech Expo Europe,
• Space start-ups and SMEs won’t want to miss our 27 April workshop on funding opportunities with the European Innovation Council. The online event will look at the EIC’s added-value funding instruments, with a particular focus on the EIC Accelerator. 
• SWF Provides Scholarships for Young Professionals to Attend IAC
• Space-based Innovation and Digitalisation for the School of Tomorrow: Social Inclusion. →

• Sustainable Solutions for Urban Planning

• Webinar on partnerships for Earth Observation
• CODES: The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) is a global platform that advances action by governments, companies, and civil society as part of the implementation process for the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. It brings together a multi-stakeholder community to co-design and deliver collaborative action towards achieving a digital planet for global sustainability. Join here. 
• Taking Datacenters to Space
• The Future of REDD+ Financing
• The 25th edition of the World Satellite Business Week is coming to Paris 12 -16 September. EUSPA will be there to discuss how the Agency supports companies integrating European space into their business solutions.
• The U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space holds its 65th session.
• Unlocking UP42's Potential for Sustainable Urban Planning
• 5th New Space Atlantic Summit
• 29th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits 
• 2nd European Defence and Security Conference- 11 October 2022

• Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Innovative tools and business models (Deadline 07/04/22) [Read here]
• Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy (Deadline 20/04/22) [Read here]
• Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation (Deadline 21/04/22) [Read here]
• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]
• Federated European infrastructure for cancer images data (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Call for proposals - Data for Cultural Heritage (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• Security (law enforcement): AI-based pilot (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! GovTech Incubator (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Advanced Dgital Skills (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Cloud Data and Testing and Experimentation Facilities (Several calls) (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]

• A Roadmap for the Next-Generation IoT in Europe (Read here)
• The 4th Call for Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Sites is now open (Read here)
• Connecting Europe Facility - Digital: calls for proposals' deadline extended until 20 April 2022 (Read here)
• New Transitions Performance Index 2021: EU shows strong performance in its transition towards sustainability (Read here)
• EU ministers reinforce the need for common values and principles in international research and innovation (Read here)

• European Digital Identity: Online consultation platform on European Digital Identity Wallets (Deadline n/a) [More info here]
• Cyber resilience act – new cybersecurity rules for digital products and ancillary services (Deadline 25/05/22) [More info here]

• Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence (Read here)
• Announcing the 2022 AI Index Report (Read here)
• DMA: EU lawmakers ready to trade digital governance for tighter obligations (Read here)
• What will Europe’s digital economy look like after the Digital Services Act? (Read here)
• Education key to closing digital skills and gender gaps, say stakeholders (Read here)
• EU negotiators prepare to close in on Digital Markets Act (Read here)
• Commission invites citizens and organisations to share their views on the European Cyber Resilience Act (Read here)
• EIC Tech to Market Innovation Talks: Webinar Series (Read here)

• Global Earth Observation Satellite Market Insight | Explained Pre & Post COVID-19 Impact

• Planet’s SkySat views of a now abandoned Snake Island, Ukraine

• EUSPA is hiring! Current vacancies include Ground System Service Provision Engineer, Galileo System Evolution Manager, Operator at the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (GSMC) and Secured Communications Engineer.  Checked out EUSPA’s latest job vacancies and procurement opportunities?
• Interested in a traineeship? Watch our short video on the EUSPA traineeship experience and learn more about the current openings.
• Internships at Planet
• Postdoc for forest planning at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Postdoc in remote sensing for agricultural soil salinity at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
• Postdoc in forest ecosystem responses to climate change at KIT, Germany
• Research assistant in spatial analyses and social-ecological systems modeling for landscape planning at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Director of Science and Director of TEC at ESA, Netherlands

• A United Arab Emirates official is the new chair of the U.N.'s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
• British small satellite startup Open Cosmos said Friday it secured ESA funding to develop plans for a space weather monitoring constellation. 
• Building the Space Talent Pipeline
• BRICS Cooperation: World's major emerging economies agree to build data sharing satellite system
• China launches satellite-based Earth observation initiative with BRICS nations. BRICS to Have 'Virtual Constellation' of EO Satellites. China announced plans to work with several other countries on a Earth science network that appears to counter a U.S.-led initiative. China launched last week the BRICS Joint Committee on Space Cooperation with the goal of cooperation in remote sensing satellite observation and data sharing among China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. 
• EU Space Programme is comprised of five components: Copernicus, Galileo, EGNOS, GOVSATCOM and the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) service.  
• European parliamentarian seeks to build up ties between US and EU in space
• European Commission allocated €150M from the 2022 EDF work programme to space
• EUPSA is committed to helping the EU, its citizens and its businesses maximise the many social and economic benefits offered by the EU Space Programme. EUSPA is looking to demonstrate the utilisation of Copernicus data and services in the user operational environment via six innovative Proof of Concepts.
• EUMETSAT signs agreement with African Union Commission on climate monitoring
• ESA using GNSS to monitor environmental features  
• The European Commission wants to better understand how topics like equality, diversity and inclusion impact the EU’s defence, civil aeronautics and space workforce. Anyone working in these sectors is encouraged to take part in a 15-to-20-minute online survey. The deadline for submission is 30 June.  
• ICEYE Announces Agreement with European Space Agency to Support Copernicus
• NRO Announces Billion-Dollar Commercial Imagery Contracts. NRO Awards Imagery Contracts to Maxar, BlackSky, and Planet Worth Billions
• PhilSA launches SIKAP+, eyes expansion of space research and cooperation in Asia
• radar access through OneAtlas, click here.
• Satellite megafactory unveiled by Aerospacelab — 500 satellites capacity per year
• SatRev to Build Poland’s First Nanosatellite Factory
• Satellogic boosts Australian office to serve APAC
• Strategic Plan For The Israeli Civilian Space Agency Forwarded By The Israel Space Agency
• S. Korea's 1st Commercial Earth Observation Satellite Enters Orbit . 
• South Korea becomes the 7th nation to develop a launch vehicle capable of lifting 1 ton+ payloads
• SSTL’s THEOS-2 SmallSAT Ships to GISTDA in Thailand
• US National Reconnaissance Office contracts awarded to BlackSky, Maxar Technologies and Planet for commercial satellite imagery will likely reshape the market, says a new report from Quilty Analytics. 
• US Joins the Space for Climate Observatory 
• UN SDSN Partnership Expansion with Esri to Restore and Accelerate SDG Progress
• What is the European Copernicus Earth Observation Program?
• Zimbabwe to launch satellite next month

•  Added Value of Data Spaces for Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Canadian affiliate office for hydrospatial mapping services is opened by TCarta
• Contec, a South Korean ground station operator, has raised a Series C investment for global
• Disaster Risk Management Workshop
• European Forest Fire Information System, a component of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service is able to provide fire forecasts up to 10 days out.  
• Earth Observation Big Data Service Market Research Analysis
• Enhanced Australian Operations Announced By Satellogic To Serve The APAC Region
• ESA living Planet. EU’s climate neutrality by 2050. Read more
• ESA Living Planet Symposium concludes with record numbers

• En­MAP satel­lite de­liv­ers first im­ages. Read more...

•  GeoBuiz Summit Brings Collaboration and Impact into Focus
• GHGSat adds 3 more satellites to their methane emissions monitoring constellation with ADD optical sensors aboard
• ICEYE Launches 5 New SAR Smallsats Via The SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission
• Integrated usage of historical geospatial data and modern satellite images
• Mapping ground motion at European Scale: from dream to reality
• NASA and partners offer global view of environmental changes
• New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before
•  NGA, Oak Ridge Lab Offer Global Geography Population Datasets 
• next Space 4 Critical Infrastructure webinar organised by NEREUS and Eurisy: “Public Administration” on 23 June  2022,
• OHB + ESA Sign Rider-Contract For The 2nd Copernicus CO2M EO Development Phase
• OGC Seeking Sponsors for its next Pilot to improve Disaster Management and Response
• PlanetScope daily global coverage, 8 spectral bands and 3-4m spatial resolution
• The Pléiades Neo challenge is now open
• RapidEye Archive (2009-2020) with 5 spectral bands and 5m spatial resolution
• Satellite data needed to identify climate tipping points
• Satellites Capture Worsening Air Pollution in Tropical Megacities.  Satellite imagery shows air pollution rise in tropical 'megacities'
• SkySat Tasking with 4 spectral bands and 50cm spatial resolution
• Stakeholder Study Report under the project "Awareness-raising and capacity-building related to the implementation of the Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities."
• Soil erosion key driver of wetland degradation in Lesotho
• Space Startup Unveils New Data Platform to Solve Crucial Ecological and Climate Challenges
• Space4Women Expert Meeting hosted by UNOOSA
• Start-up space technology finds a quicker path to commercialisation
• Super resolution back in the game
• Synspective + Addvalue form partnership + plan to strengthen EO services with fast customer response
• Terran Orbital Integrates Fleet Space, GeoOptics, And NASA Satellites Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Prior to Transporter-5 Launch
• Thales Alenia Space at the 2022 Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry
• UNOOSA report
• World Environment Day: ESA supports shift to a greener world
• World’s Biggest Methane Leak Detected in Russian Coal Mine

• Autodesk Acquires Immersive Collaboration Platform, The Wild
• Airbus is Conducting R&D on Optical Satellite Links for Ground, Aircraft, and Other Satellites
• Airbus-built EO satellite (SARah-1) is ready for launch from VSFB for German Bundeswehr
• AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts
• Astroscale has secured ESA funding for a 2024 demo mission to remove what will likely be a OneWeb satellite. 
• Astrocast set to acquire Hiber Global amid second IPO
• Australia Earth Observation Market Insight, Future Assessment, Latest Trends, and Forecast
• Azure Space offers custom vision tools for satellite imagery
• Blue Canyon Technologies recently launched a cubesat to demonstrate the performance of such spacecraft at very low altitudes.
• Buildings IoT launches UK operations to help stakeholders reach net-zero by 2050
• BlackSky Wins AI Contract from Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
•  Cross Sectoral Challenges Call for Higher PPP Impact
• Demonstrating the next generation of high-speed satellite data chain technology
• European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP)
• Euroconsult Report Anticipates Decrease in C-Band Demand and Capacity
• ESA offers the UK alternatives to Copernicus project
• GomSpace to build two smallsats for the German Space Agency (DLR)
• Hybrid Kick-Off during the Space Masters Day
• History of Copernicus
• John Deere’s Kiel Ronning Sees Data-Driven Solutions for Food Shortages
• MDA secures first commercial sale of Canadarm3
• Navy To Experiment With Satellite RF Sensing Data From Kleos
• Open Cosmos signs contract with ESA to develop the smallsat NanoMagSat constellation concept. 
• Orbex and Astra Space reveal new launch vehicles to be launched from the UK
• Orienspace secures $59.9M Series A round
• Pachama closes $55M Series B funding round
• Poland’s first smallsat factory to be built by SatRev within the Legnica Special Economic Zone
• Phantom Space Corporation places an order for more than 200 Ursa Major rocket engines
• Remote Sensing Services Market Regional Outlook, Competitive Strategies And Forecast up to 2026
• Satellite Based Services - EMSA - European Maritime Safety Agency
• Spanish vision to guide ground surveillance from space
•  Space Startup Unveils New Platform to Solve Climate Challenges
• Space Data Downlink Markets 
• Space Force Awards a.i. solutions $217M Contract for Satellite Operations Support
• Speedcast adds 13 GB of new capacity to their Unified Global Platform to meet surging demand
• Stakeholder Study Report under the project "Awareness-raising and capacity-building related to the implementation of the Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities
• Sony launches space laser communications business
• Synspective to Use Addvalue’s Inter-Satellite Data Relay System
• ST Engineering iDirect Achieves ESA certification for aerospace manufacturing capabilities
• Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission
• 11 #myEUspace competition winners, which were announced during last week’s Entrepreneurship Day, are on the cusp of disrupting Europe’s technological tomorrow by using the power of EU Space.

• BlackSky, Maxar, Planet win 10-year NRO contracts for satellite imagery
• SATREV and Special Economic Zone Will Build the First Nanosatellite Factory in Poland

• Deloitte Space industry : Government & Commercial services
• Earth Observation Satellite Market Overview
• Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar(InSAR) Market Outlook By 2031
• “GeoBuiz 22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook Report”.
• GeoBuiz 22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook report. Download PDF Brochure of Table of Contents and Research Design . link
• Satellite Capacity Pricing Index, 8^th Edition 

• Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Extreme Events with Earth Blox.Register Now >
• Copernicus Masters
• National Conference on "Development of Space Start-ups Ecosystem in India" (DeSSEI)
• Digital Twins, Climate, and Smart Cities are Converging at the OGC Member Meeting. Register for the OGC Member Meeting and learn more.
• ESA’s Industry Space Days 2022. Read more
• Euroconsult's WSBW 2022
• EU Space Week 2022, the go-to event for Europe’s space community, is happening 3 – 6 October in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Eurisy events page
• INNOspace Masters Conference and Awards Ceremony on 5 July 2022.
• Introduction to Geospatial Technologies for Achieving SDGs 2022 – Food Security
• Industry Space Days 2022
• Geospatial World Forum
• GeoBuiz Europe Summit: Geospatial World Forum 2022. Happening 10 – 12 May in Amsterdam
• GEOINT 2022, Descartes Labs Government Will Present Tradecraft Competition + Two Workshops
• OGC for a Special Session at the Member Meeting: The Metaverse is Geospatial
• Paris Space Week 2022 →
• Space start-ups and SMEs won’t want to miss our 27 April workshop on funding opportunities with the European Innovation Council. The online event will look at the EIC’s added-value funding instruments, with a particular focus on the EIC Accelerator. 
• SWF Provides Scholarships for Young Professionals to Attend IAC
• Webinar on partnerships for Earth Observation
• CODES: The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) is a global platform that advances action by governments, companies, and civil society as part of the implementation process for the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. It brings together a multi-stakeholder community to co-design and deliver collaborative action towards achieving a digital planet for global sustainability. Join here. 
• The Future of REDD+ Financing
• The U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space holds its 65th session.
• Unlocking UP42's Potential for Sustainable Urban Planning
• 5th New Space Atlantic Summit
• 29th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits 
• 2nd European Defence and Security Conference- 11 October 2022

• Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Innovative tools and business models (Deadline 07/04/22) [Read here]
• Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy (Deadline 20/04/22) [Read here]
• Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation (Deadline 21/04/22) [Read here]
• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]
• Federated European infrastructure for cancer images data (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Call for proposals - Data for Cultural Heritage (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• Security (law enforcement): AI-based pilot (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! GovTech Incubator (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Advanced Dgital Skills (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Cloud Data and Testing and Experimentation Facilities (Several calls) (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]

• A Roadmap for the Next-Generation IoT in Europe (Read here)
• The 4th Call for Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Sites is now open (Read here)
• Connecting Europe Facility - Digital: calls for proposals' deadline extended until 20 April 2022 (Read here)
• New Transitions Performance Index 2021: EU shows strong performance in its transition towards sustainability (Read here)
• EU ministers reinforce the need for common values and principles in international research and innovation (Read here)

• European Digital Identity: Online consultation platform on European Digital Identity Wallets (Deadline n/a) [More info here]
• Cyber resilience act – new cybersecurity rules for digital products and ancillary services (Deadline 25/05/22) [More info here]

• Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence (Read here)
• Announcing the 2022 AI Index Report (Read here)
• DMA: EU lawmakers ready to trade digital governance for tighter obligations (Read here)
• What will Europe’s digital economy look like after the Digital Services Act? (Read here)
• Education key to closing digital skills and gender gaps, say stakeholders (Read here)
• EU negotiators prepare to close in on Digital Markets Act (Read here)
• Commission invites citizens and organisations to share their views on the European Cyber Resilience Act (Read here)
• EIC Tech to Market Innovation Talks: Webinar Series (Read here)

• Global Earth Observation Satellite Market Insight | Explained Pre & Post COVID-19 Impact

• Are you a start-up or innovator with a space-based solution for providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine? Then it’s time to get hacking! The #EUSpace4Ukraine Hackathon, happening 29 June – 1 July, aims to mobilise the EU Space community and provide solutions to enhance humanitarian support to those fleeing the devastating war in Ukraine.
• Planet’s Ukraine photos reveal the good and the bad
• The commercial satellite industry has been playing an unprecedented role in the Ukraine conflict 
• Ukrainian grain storage facility destroyed by Russian shelling
•  Why is PNT vital for national security?

• EUSPA is hiring! Current vacancies include Ground System Service Provision Engineer, Galileo System Evolution Manager, Operator at the Galileo Security Monitoring Centre (GSMC) and Secured Communications Engineer.  
• Interested in a traineeship? Watch our short video on the EUSPA traineeship experience and learn more about the current openings.
• Internships at Planet
• PhD on advancing remote sensing analysis through the use of machine learning at Syracuse University, US
• Postdoc on urban data and modeling science at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Postdoc on Spatial analysis of the carbon cycle of the dry tropics at University of Edinburgh, UK
• Postdoc on remote sensing of vegetable oil crops in Central Africa at Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• Expert for Copernicus land monitoring services at the European Environment Agency, Denmark
• Geospatial Data Scientists in the Domain of Crop Monitoring at GAF AG, Germany
• Data Engineer for Development of Satellite Data based Machine Learning / Deep Learning Applications at GAF AG, Germany
• Domain Manager Earth Observation Institutional at OHB, Germany
• Senior Program Officer for Digital Agronomy at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, US

• Aussie Government Invests $23.6M Towards Growing Global Space Sector

• China Siwei releases 30 cm imagery from SuperView Neo. China launched eight imaging satellites
• Cornwall Capitalizes On Space Opportunities
• ESA's Living Planet Symposium will discuss the agency's Earth observation activities. Some sessions will be webcast.
• EUSPA is the gatekeeper of the EU Space Programme. EUSPA celebrates its one-year anniversary 
• EU Space Week 2022
• Japanese Radar Constellation iQPS Selects Virgin Orbit for 2023 Orbital Launch
• US: The deputy director of national intelligence says government and industry need to work to make their datasets of geospatial data interoperable
• The United States and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on space situational awareness (SSA) for military purposes
• NASA, ESA, and JAXA Expand Earth Observing Dashboard to Include Environmental Data
• NOAA will hold meetings with various partners to discuss plans to evaluate emerging satellite and ground architecture technologies. 

• Switzerland in Space

• Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Extreme Events with Earth Blox

• Boom in Earth observation satellites creating new demands for intelligence

• BlackSky Nearly Doubles Revenue in Q1
• CENTURION: Combining Datacube Analytics and AI
• Cityscapes in the Age of Digital Twin and Metaverse

• Continuing Their Support For USAF Geospatial Intelligence Is Raytheon Intelligence & Space

• Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF
• Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS). CLMS monitors the heartbeat of our vegetation
• Copernicus SEA celebrates its fifth anniversary since the starting of operations
• Copernicus Jupyter Notebook Competition
• Collaborate and Coordinate to Create New Geospatial Knowledge for Benefit of All
• Cubes in the Sky at ESA LPS
• Datacubes for Environment and Security
• Digital Earth Pacific: Addressing Development Agenda through EO
• DynAWI: Revolution of Extreme Weather Forecasting
• EARTO Paper on a New European Innovation Agenda
• Emerging Role of Geospatial ESG to Protect the Natural World
• ENVE - European Committee of the Regions
• EuroGEO- e-shape video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK7b9eF2Sps&t=7s)

• Earth Observation Data Helps Spain Manage Energy Distribution

• Europe and Canada are taking the lead in developing weather satellites to gather global data and improve observation of the Arctic
• Geospatial Intelligence for ESG Transparency
• GKI: Collaborate and Coordinate to Create New Geospatial Knowledge for Benefit of All
• GWF 2022 concludes after three exciting days

• Collaboration Among Agencies Transforming the Mapping Scene - Geospatial World

• How Earth Observation Data Can Support The Greening Of Agricultural Policies In Europe

• How satellites create enterprise opportunity for geospatial machine learning

• Introducing Planetary Variables: Soil Water Content, Land Surface Temperature, And Vegetation Biomass
• Innovations in Land Administration for Investment and Sustainable Growth
• Living Planet Symposium 2022 - NewSpace and EO (Commercial Market). Read more
  
• Mapping Agencies Set the Way for Development
• Maximizing Benefits of Geospatial Innovation and Addressing Sustainability Issues
• Megatrends in Land Administration
• Next-Generation PlanetScope Available
• New Planetary Variables Products Available
• NOAA seeks input on new satellite sensors and digital twin

• Open Maps For Europe releases open cadastral map prototype and data updates

• Partnerships, Vertical Integration to Drive Space Sector
• Planet's Data Supports Safe and Sustainable Mining Management  
• Planet’s Data Helps Amnesty International Tackle Deforestation In Cambodia

• PlanetScope Data Leveraged to Map and Monitor the Forests of the Czech Republic

• PredaSAR wins SAR satellite conceptual design agreement from DARPA

• Remote Sensing Satellite Imagery Assists Minderoo Foundation In ID’ing Thousands Of Waste Sites Across 25 Countries

• satellite analytics services for utilities: Pipeline Shield, Line Shield and Biodiversity Watch
• Satellogic announced a contract with SpaceX Wednesday to launch 68 imaging satellites
• Synthetic imagery can help train algorithms looking for rarely seen objects in real satellite imagery

• Systemic integration of Earth observation applications into national risk reduction decision

• Space Operations Summit 2022

• UP42 Announces Copernicus Masters Challenge for Sustainable Urban Planning

• Tiny Satellites and a New View of Humanity
• Top 5 Earth Observation Business Cases For Utilities O&M in 2022
• The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022
• The Fight Against Climate Change From Space

• The Earth Observation Portal: User Community Survey - Eversis

• The tiny satellites detecting and helping put out wildfires

• VIDA wins prestigious innovation award from German government

• ways Copernicus, Galileo and GOVSATCOM can help prevent and mitigate natural and manmade disasters
• Watch our short documentary film to learn more about how the EU Space Programme is working to ensure a greener, more sustainable future for everyone. 

• AI tool tracks plastic waste from space

• Boosting Smallsats to Geostationary Orbit With GeoJump’s Isa Fritz
• Cloud Computing via Satellite, 3^rd Edition 
• Geospatial Value Impact – Agriculture Sector.  European State of the Climate report . link
• Europe Mid-IR Lasers Market Size
• InSAR Market Size And Forecast
• Kleos Space is offering customers dedicated, taskable radio frequency monitoring capabilities
• Latest European State of the Climate shows that 2021 was a year of contrasts

• Nasa takes off with SES for near-Earth satellite broadband

• New MLA Signed By Satellogic For Their Next 68 Satellites To Be Launched By SpaceX
• Percepto unveils world’s largest autonomous commercial drone deployment
• REPowerEU
• Space Platform
• SpaceX employees are offering to sell shares in the company in a private placement that would value the company at $125 billion
• Spire Global is sending five satellites to orbit on the SpaceX Transporter-5 mission later this month
• Tomorrow.io says adding microwave sounders to its planned weather satellites will not delay their deployment. 

• UK offers low-cost precision satellite navigation system to rival Galileo

• Viridix launches next-gen precision irrigation system with AI-based autonomous capabilities

• CASSINI Hackathon
• Catapult's Small Satellite Market Intelligence Report.
• Earth Observation Market Overview, High Growth Opportunities, Segmentation, Trends By 2022-2028
• Earth Observation Market Analysis
• EUSPA achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.   
• Euroconsult High Throughput Satellites report
• InSAR Market Size And Forecast

• Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) Market 2022 Segments

• Geo
• Global Geospatial Industry Outlook report
• GeoBuiz 22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook report. 

• Nanosatellite and Microsatellite Market Size will Observe

• OECD study supported by EARTO analyses the evolution of the funding, governance, and policy context of Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)

• Satellite Based Earth Observation Market 2022 Industry Dynamic Forces

• 2022 EUSPA EO & GNSS Market Report

• Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Extreme Events with Earth Blox.Register Now >

• Become an LPS22 sponsor or exhibitor
  • Finance and EO: what you’ll find at LPS22. Read more
  • Health and EO: what you’ll find at LPS22. Read more
• CAPIGI- Let the power of data improve farm performance!
• CASSINI Matchmaking programme. Read more
• CASSINI Hackathon, which is taking place 12 – 14 May
• Copernicus Masters Kick-off on 27 April 2022
• Copernicus Masters
• ESA’s Industry Space Days 2022. Read more
• EGU General Assembly 2022
• Euroconsult's WSBW 2022
• Eurisy events page
• INNOspace Masters Conference and Awards Ceremony on 5 July 2022.
• Introduction to Geospatial Technologies for Achieving SDGs 2022 – Food Security
• Industry Space Days 2022
• Geospatial World Forum
• GeoBuiz Europe Summit: Geospatial World Forum 2022. Happening 10 – 12 May in Amsterdam
• GEOINT 2022, Descartes Labs Government Will Present Tradecraft Competition + Two Workshops
• Paris Space Week 2022 →
• Space start-ups and SMEs won’t want to miss our 27 April workshop on funding opportunities with the European Innovation Council. The online event will look at the EIC’s added-value funding instruments, with a particular focus on the EIC Accelerator. 
• SWF Provides Scholarships for Young Professionals to Attend IAC
• Webinar on partnerships for Earth Observation
• 2022 Living Planet Symposium
• CODES: The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) is a global platform that advances action by governments, companies, and civil society as part of the implementation process for the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. It brings together a multi-stakeholder community to co-design and deliver collaborative action towards achieving a digital planet for global sustainability. Join here. 
• The Future of REDD+ Financing

• Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Innovative tools and business models (Deadline 07/04/22) [Read here]
• Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy (Deadline 20/04/22) [Read here]
• Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation (Deadline 21/04/22) [Read here]
• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]
• Federated European infrastructure for cancer images data (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Call for proposals - Data for Cultural Heritage (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• Security (law enforcement): AI-based pilot (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! GovTech Incubator (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Advanced Dgital Skills (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Cloud Data and Testing and Experimentation Facilities (Several calls) (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]

• A Roadmap for the Next-Generation IoT in Europe (Read here)
• The 4th Call for Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Sites is now open (Read here)
• Connecting Europe Facility - Digital: calls for proposals' deadline extended until 20 April 2022 (Read here)
• New Transitions Performance Index 2021: EU shows strong performance in its transition towards sustainability (Read here)
• EU ministers reinforce the need for common values and principles in international research and innovation (Read here)

• European Digital Identity: Online consultation platform on European Digital Identity Wallets (Deadline n/a) [More info here]
• Cyber resilience act – new cybersecurity rules for digital products and ancillary services (Deadline 25/05/22) [More info here]

• Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence (Read here)
• Announcing the 2022 AI Index Report (Read here)
• DMA: EU lawmakers ready to trade digital governance for tighter obligations (Read here)
• What will Europe’s digital economy look like after the Digital Services Act? (Read here)
• Education key to closing digital skills and gender gaps, say stakeholders (Read here)
• EU negotiators prepare to close in on Digital Markets Act (Read here)
• Commission invites citizens and organisations to share their views on the European Cyber Resilience Act (Read here)
• EIC Tech to Market Innovation Talks: Webinar Series (Read here)

• Commercial imagery satellites have played a key role in "shaping worldviews of the crisis" caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said
• Crises such as the pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine are fueling demand for geospatial information in general. 

• Maxar’s Satellite Imagery Brings To Light Additional Damage To The Ukraine By Russian Attack Forces

• Space Industry Raises Nearly $1M for Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid 
• The National Reconnaissance Office has also made extensive use of commercial satellite imagery during the invasion.

• Internships at Planet
• First two of UNEP senior positions within the Digital Transformations Programme now open for applications
• PhD position on explainable semi-supervised learning for analyzing SAR imagery at DLR, Germany
• PhD position for artificial intelligence supported remote sensing of summer green and evergreen needle leaf forest types in cold forest biomes at AWI, Potsdam
• PhD and Postdoc positions for CV and RS at the Multimodal Vision Research Laboratory, US
• Postdoc in Earth Science at Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Netherlands
• Postdoc for global burned area time series at University of Idaho, US
• Expert on satellite data analysis at CMCC REMHI, Italy
• Senior Project Manager Space/Space Application bavAIRia, Germany
• Research Assistant Professor position on remote sensing cities, geospatial AI, and urban hazards at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
• Director of the Remote Sensing Technology Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Full Professor of Remote Sensing Technology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany

• Aussie SMEs team up to launch Earth observation microsats
• Australian Space Agency signs on NASA for Earth observation mission.  Australia and the US to secure data via Earth Observation
• Israeli Earth Observation Firm Expands in San Diego
• Indian remote sensing startup Pixxel has raised $25 million to help it build a satellite constellation
• China launches new satellite for Earth observation
• EU to develop a digital twin of Earth to better predict climate impact
• ESA will launch the Sentinel-1C radar imaging satellite on a Vega C next year. 
• Finland’s 1st Science Smallsat, Foresail-1, Is Ready For Space + A Summer SpaceX Launch
• Geospatial, Space Tech Pivotal to US Budget Push to Address Climate Change
• Mitigating climate change - what governments can do now
• New Action Plan Underway to Harness Digital Tools for Planetary Sustainability
• New Developments in the Space Sector: Dr. Josef Aschbacher
• NOAA to Release Solicitation for Commercial Space Weather Data Pilot
• RIT Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Lab teams with Rendered.ai to power
• See the value of your nation's land
• Synergies between Copernicus and the Group on Earth Observations
• UK Space Sector Employment Grew Nearly 7 Percent Between 2019 and 2020 
• U.S. intelligence agencies more than doubled their procurement of commercial satellite imagery ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 
• The National Space Administration has set up a remote sensing data center in Wenchang, Hainan

• AI-Driven Earth Observation Partnership Ecosystem
• Amid a surge in demand for satellite imagery, BlackSky wants to expand its national security and defense business.
• BlackSky expands constellation to 14 satellites and increases capacity over critical locations

• Boom in Earth observation satellites creating new demands for intelligence

• Businesses in Cornwall using AI to Commercialize Space Data
• CGG Expands High-Performance Computing Capacity with New UK HPC Hub
• Cosmo-SkyMed 2nd Generation FM2 delivers first images. Read more
• Coupling AI with Earth Observation for Deep Insights
• Copernicus emergency response and disaster risk management. Visit CEMS website
  
• The CopernicusEMS Rapid Mapping component celebrates its tenth anniversary
• Creation of the European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSECO). Read more
  
• Crop Expansion Accelerates in Africa
• Detailed Mapping of Lava and Ash Deposits at Indonesian Volcanoes by Means of VHR PlanetScope Change Detection

• Detecting Agricultural Croplands from Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery. Read more »
  

• Edgybees Enhances The Accuracy Of Satellite Imagery With The Release Of Satellite Software

• Earth Sciences, Orbital Debris, Defense Focus of Biden’s Space Budget
• E-Space sheds more light on sustainable megaconstellation plan
• Enhancing LiDAR Performance for Better Data Collection
• EO Open Science
• Earth Observation and Satellite Navigation data across 17 market segments?
• Earth Observation Satellite Professional Market Forecast Report 2022 – 2028
• Europe to develop digital Earth to address climate change

• Enabling Agricultural Dataflows in Radiant MLHub for Geospatial Machine Learning Analytics. Read more »
  

• Flexible Multi-Temporal and Multi-Modal Framework for Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Analysis Ready Data
• German hyperspectral EnMAP satellite ready for launch
• GEOINT Satellite Operators Look Toward an Increasingly Commercial Future
• Geospatial leaders to reinforce climate action commitment at Cambridge Conference
• Globecast Becomes An Official Amazon Web Services Partner Following A Successful FTR
• Harnessing satellite technology for more strategic hydropower planning
• Hope fading for recovery of European radar imaging satellite
• How Earth Observation Data Can Support the Greening of Agricultural Policies in Europe
• How to use UN Biodiversity Lab platform to Monitor the Pulse of the Planet
• Hyperspectral EO Smallsats Development Via LatConnect 60 + Gilmour Space Team Up
• Industry partner ecosystem growth delivers new Azure Space capabilities
• learn about all the benefits that the EU Space Programme brings to the Arctic region by watching our short documentary film.
• Maxar says it's facing a capacity crunch given high demand for its satellite imagery. 
• Methane detected over Poland’s coal mines
• NASA, ULA launch NOAA’s newest Earth observing satellite
• New Series A Funding For Pixxel For Production Of Hyperspectral Smallsat Constellation
• OCRE launched the Earth Observation Catalogue. Read more
  
• OC4-SO: A New Chlorophyll-a Algorithm for the Western Antarctic Peninsula Using Multi-Sensor Satellite Data
• Planet's Data Helps Amnesty International Tackle Deforestation In Cambodia.  Amnesty International Partners With Planet to Tackle Deforestation in Cambodia
• Planet Debuts Planetary Variables Product With Soil, Temperature, and Biomass Data 
• Planet Joins ESA Third Party Mission Programme for Open Access to High-Frequency, High-Resolution Imagery
• ScanWorld(and SPACEBEL) Joining ConstellR  to Optimize Sustainable Farming Worldwide. More info https://www.spacebel.com
  
•  SAR: A recent article covers everything you ever wanted to know about SAR satellite data but were too afraid to ask.
• Satellites for Disaster Response and Sustainability
• Satellite-Derived Bathymetric Products From TCarta Will Be On Display At GEOINT 2022
• Satellite images show significant shrinkage of Lake Powell over 4-year span
• Sentinel-3 data coming to the Data Store
• Spatial Digital Twins
• Space Workforce 2030 
• Space Investments Capacity Building Programme 2022. Read more
  
• Swedish Space Corporation introduces SSC CONNECT - a new brand to group SSC's ground segment offering
• The future of geointelligence is about information dominance, not data - SpaceNews
• Uncertainty-Guided Depth Fusion from Multi-View Satellite Images to Improve the Accuracy in Large-Scale DSM Generation
• Why Argentina is Investing in a Future-Focused, Government-Supported Space Economy

• 2022 Leading Women in ML4EO. Read more »

• A New LEO Constellation Is Introduced By Rivada Space Networks
• Airbus is attracting customers for derivatives of the small satellites it builds for OneWeb’s broadband constellation through the Airbus OneWeb Satellites joint venture. 
• Amazon announced Tuesday it is buying up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance to deploy much of its Project Kuiper megaconstellation. Amazon CEO Estimates Total Market Size for Kuiper Constellation at 300-400 Million Customers  
• Ansys’ Digital Mission Engineering and Space Domain Awareness Protects National and Global Security
• ASTERRA Responds to Rapid Growth with Key Hire and Strategic Promotions.  ASTERRA Satellite Data Company Promos Two + Adds A New VP Of Marketing
• Ball Aerospace + Microsoft Azure To Explore On-Orbit Computing
• BlackSky Appoints Top Defense + Intelligence Experts To New Advisory Group
• Boeing eyes investment candidates at Satellite 2022
• Boeing expands cloud partnerships to accelerate digitization
• Building the World’s First Blockchain Geospatial Network Backed with Cryptography
• Capella Space Announces New Data Products to Automate SAR Imagery Analysis
• Commission awards over €1 billion to innovative projects for the EU climate transition. Read more
• CGG and Kent Announce Strategic Carbon Capture & Hydrogen Partnership to Accelerate Global Decarbonisation
• Copernicus in the European Year of Youth
• Did you know that there are more than 30,000 space debris in Earth's orbit?
• Driving Smallholders Towards Digital Farming
• Leostella, a joint venture between BlackSky and Thales Alenia Space, supplies satellites for BlackSky and sells its LEO-100 commercial satellite bus to other customers. 
• Learn how EUSPA helps Slovenian companies
• Hyperspectral EO Smallsats Development Via LatConnect 60 + Gilmour Space Team Up
• Japanese startup ArkEdge Space has raised $18.7 million this year to continue developing nanosatellite technologies.
• Microsoft, SES + Nokia Demo Satellite + 5G Integration For Australian Defence
• Monitoring assets and pipes for the largest water company in Brazil. Read more
  
• Neuraspace raises €2.5 million to prevent satellite collisions
• Our Planet is Incredibly Complex and Ever Changing
• Planet Collaborates with Captain Planet Foundation for 2022 Earth Day Fundraiser
• Planet Partners with SynMax to Provide Energy Intelligence and Monitor Dark Vessels
• Six American Companies Selected By NASA To Collaborate on Space Communications By 2025
• Satellite Data From Spire Global To ID RF +GPS Interferences For Military Applications
• SpaceX has launched 40 satellites on its latest rideshare rocket
• Ship­wreck of the 'En­durance' found – safe nav­i­ga­tion thanks to satel­lite da­ta
• SSTL Wins UK Space Command Deal for Minerva Satellite
• Terra Drone raises $70M funding to accelerate growth
• Terran Orbital Goes Public; Interview with CEO Marc Bell
• The Terran Orbit Corporation Business Combo With Tailwind Two Acquisition Is Now Complete
• The Orbital Reef Commercial Space Station Achieves A Design Milestone
• VIDA partners with the IFC in a pioneering Congo urban electrification project

• Ansys’ Digital Mission Engineering and Space Domain Awareness Protects National and Global Security
• UK’s Geospatial Commission launches project to support EV chargepoint infrastructure
• UK space specialists hit new heights with ten contract wins

• Airborne UAV Remote Sensing Market Innovative Strategy by 2030
• Earth Observation Satellite Market 2022 Insights and Business Scenario
• Europe Precision Farming Market 2022
• EUSPA EO & GNSS Market Report.
• InSAR Market to Witness Huge Growth by 2030
• Global Geospatial Industry Outlook
• GeoBuiz 22: Global Geospatial Industry Outlook Report.
• Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Market Size 2022.  Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Consumption Market Size, Share, Outlook And Forecast 2022-2030
• PlanetWatchers analyzes crop damage through satellite technology
• Remote Sensing UAV Market 2022 To 2028 With Top Countries Data Industry
• Satellite-Based Earth Observation Market Recent Growth, Rising Trends 2027
• Satellite Based Earth Observation Market 2022 Business Strategies
• 2021 Space for the Great Reset Outcome Report.

• 12 April, EUSPA is gathering the EU Space innovation community
• Become an LPS22 sponsor or exhibitor
  • Finance and EO: what you’ll find at LPS22. Read more
    
  • Health and EO: what you’ll find at LPS22. Read more
    
• CASSINI Matchmaking programme. Read more
  
• Copernicus Masters Kick-off on 27 April 2022
• Copernicus Masters
• ESA’s Industry Space Days 2022. Read more
  
• EGU General Assembly 2022
• Introduction to Geospatial Technologies for Achieving SDGs 2022 – Food Security
• Industry Space Days 2022
• Geospatial World Forum 2022. Happening 10 – 12 May in Amsterdam
• GEOINT 2022, Descartes Labs Government Will Present Tradecraft Competition + Two Workshops
• Paris Space Week 2022 →
• Space start-ups and SMEs won’t want to miss our 27 April workshop on funding opportunities with the European Innovation Council. The online event will look at the EIC’s added-value funding instruments, with a particular focus on the EIC Accelerator. 
• Webinar on partnerships for Earth Observation
• 2022 Living Planet Symposium
• CODES: The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) is a global platform that advances action by governments, companies, and civil society as part of the implementation process for the UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. It brings together a multi-stakeholder community to co-design and deliver collaborative action towards achieving a digital planet for global sustainability. Join here. 

• Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Innovative tools and business models (Deadline 07/04/22) [Read here]
• Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy (Deadline 20/04/22) [Read here]
• Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation (Deadline 21/04/22) [Read here]
• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]
• Federated European infrastructure for cancer images data (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Call for proposals - Data for Cultural Heritage (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• Security (law enforcement): AI-based pilot (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! GovTech Incubator (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Advanced Dgital Skills (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Cloud Data and Testing and Experimentation Facilities (Several calls) (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]

• A Roadmap for the Next-Generation IoT in Europe (Read here)
• The 4th Call for Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Sites is now open (Read here)
• Connecting Europe Facility - Digital: calls for proposals' deadline extended until 20 April 2022 (Read here)
• New Transitions Performance Index 2021: EU shows strong performance in its transition towards sustainability (Read here)
• EU ministers reinforce the need for common values and principles in international research and innovation (Read here)

• European Digital Identity: Online consultation platform on European Digital Identity Wallets (Deadline n/a) [More info here]
• Cyber resilience act – new cybersecurity rules for digital products and ancillary services (Deadline 25/05/22) [More info here]

• Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence (Read here)
• Announcing the 2022 AI Index Report (Read here)
• DMA: EU lawmakers ready to trade digital governance for tighter obligations (Read here)
• What will Europe’s digital economy look like after the Digital Services Act? (Read here)
• Education key to closing digital skills and gender gaps, say stakeholders (Read here)
• EU negotiators prepare to close in on Digital Markets Act (Read here)
• Commission invites citizens and organisations to share their views on the European Cyber Resilience Act (Read here)
• EIC Tech to Market Innovation Talks: Webinar Series (Read here)

• EUSPA is leading an effort to leverage EU space applications and solutions to help provide humanitarian aid to those affected by the war in Ukraine.
  
• Maxar’s Satellite Imagery Captures Russian Redeployments + Offensive Movement Into Eastern Ukraine And Supply Depots
• Maxar’s Satellite Imagery Reveals Excavations In Second Cemetery In Mariupol Area.  Satellite imagery points to mass grave site near besieged Mariupol
• Satellogic and HFX collaborate to equip Ukraine with satellite tasking capabilities
• Satcube Provides Mission-Critical Satellite Comms For Humanitarian Organizations In Ukraine

• Internships at Planet
• First two of UNEP senior positions within the Digital Transformations Programme now open for applications
• PhD position on explainable semi-supervised learning for analyzing SAR imagery at DLR, Germany
• PhD position for artificial intelligence supported remote sensing of summer green and evergreen needle leaf forest types in cold forest biomes at AWI, Potsdam
• PhD and Postdoc positions for CV and RS at the Multimodal Vision Research Laboratory, US
• Postdoc in Earth Science at Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Netherlands
• Postdoc for global burned area time series at University of Idaho, US
• Expert on satellite data analysis at CMCC REMHI, Italy
• Senior Project Manager Space/Space Application bavAIRia, Germany
• Research Assistant Professor position on remote sensing cities, geospatial AI, and urban hazards at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
• Director of the Remote Sensing Technology Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Full Professor of Remote Sensing Technology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany

• African Union Commissioner for ESTI speaks on the need for a coordinated approach in the management of natural resources

• Brazilian Space Agency Partners with AWS to Boost Nation’s Space Sector 

• Commercial spy satellites put Russia’s Ukraine invasion in the public eye

• China launches new L-SAR 01B land observation satellite

• China planning global system for precision meteorological monitoring

• China plans more than 50 space launches in 2022
• EU approves security, defense plan of action in next decade

• EU to invest €6 billion in Space communications

• EUSPA & UNOOSA
• EUSPA recently welcomed representatives from the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) to its Prague headquarters. Speaking to the media afterwards, Romanian MEP and ITRE Chair Cristian Bușoi said: “The mix of spatial data and digital technologies offers significant opportunities for businesses across the EU.”

• European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSEC)to provide a European platform for interdisciplinary discussion and research on space economy and commerce.Read more

• ESA hosts new office to coordinate global climate modelling push

• India unveils its Arctic policy, focuses on combating climate change

• NASA supports research for Earth Science via a new prize competition
• New Industry Group ‘Space Canada’ Formed to Advocate for National Space Industry 
• Nigeria and SA may join forces on space activities

• North Korea Launches ‘Spy Satellite’

• Optical Imaging Sensors for Earth Observation Market Is Expected to Boom - ZNews Africa
• Statement by Thierry Breton - European Commission
• Strategic Compass for a stronger EU security and defence in the next decade - Consilium
• Space synergies were also a topic of discussion at the Copernicus Horizon 2035 conference, where EUSPA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa outlined how Copernicus complements other components of the EU Space Programme, including Galileo and EGNOS. For example, construction companies can use EGNSS, together with Earth Observation, to first select locations with the best conditions and then monitor the building or infrastructure asset over its entire lifespan. 

• UNOOSA and EUSPA sign agreement to advance the understanding of and access to space benefits

• USGS opens door for Landsat 9 data

• €750M funding gap could curtail ambitions for Copernicus from mid-2024

• AAC Clyde Space’s Encore With Satisfied Client’s Power Subsystem For New Type Of Mission

• AE Industrial Partners to Acquire Stake in Firefly Aerospace

• Al Seer Marine and Yahsat’s MoU Offers Interoperable Next Generation Satellite Communications Capabilities for Maritime Vessels

• Building a Smart Digital Reality with Metaverse
• China launched a set of technology demonstration satellites for a broadband constellation Saturday. 

• Copernicus at Salon International de l’Agriculture 2022 in Paris

• CODES Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age to be launched at UNEA
• Creating Impact: Innovation in the Space Economy
• Drones for the Geospatial Industry

• ESA and AI Sweden Open Space Lab in Gothenburg

• Firefly Aerospace raised $75 million as it prepares for its second launch. 

• GeoOptics' New European Subsidiary And Expands Global Satellite Services

• Innovation to Impact

• NASA to Share Tools, Resources at Upcoming Agriculture Conference

• NGA will begin a major upgrade of its cloud computing infrastructure after a protest over a $4.5 billion cloud-services contract was withdrawn by one of the competitors.
• NOAA is seeking information on commercial space situational awareness (SSA) data. 
• Orbital Sidekick is seeing strong interest in hyperspectral imagery. 

• Role of the Metaverse, AI and digitalization — Are Brands and Consumers Prepared?

• Satellite supply chains coming under increasing scrutiny

• SES Enables Awareness Of Major Climate Action In Antarctica Thru Connectivity

• Spanish satellite operator Hispasat is buying managed services provider AXESS Networks
• SpaceX Launches More Starlink Satellites as Service Operates in Ukraine  
• Spire Beats Revised 2021 Revenue Guidance, Wins Eight-Figure Defense Contract
• Slingshot Aerospace Raises $25M in Oversubscribed Series A-1 Funding Round

• SkyLabs Signs A New Collaboration Agreement With Elecnor Deimos

• UK tech partnership to launch world-first service letting farmers see through clouds
• The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022

• Assessing the State of Pilgrimage Routes Through Europe

• Before and after satellite images of destructions caused across Ukraine

• Building a Digital Twin for Germany

• Capella Space Adds Their Satellite Imaging Of The Russian-Ukrainian War

• Celebrating Women in Satellite

• Canada answers Ukraine's call for satellite radar imagery

• Critical EO Data Will Be Distributed To The Ukrainian Government By Satellogic + Astraea

• Carbon Call Initiative by Microsoft: We Can’t Fix What We Can’t Measure

• Capella Space Publishes SAR Imagery Of The Ukraine-Russia Crisis

• CGG Delivers New Multi-Client Study for Screening Geothermal Resources

• CGG Wins Another Major 4D OBN Imaging Contract Offshore Brazi

• Commercial satellite imagery is helping track Russian actions in Ukraine but is less helpful in understanding intent. While many companies are sharing satellite imagery with Ukraine, one South Korean company is not. 
• Copernicus Marine Service web portal makes ocean science accessible to all

• Data from space unveil a global view of animals on the move

• DEA Land Cover: Many views of Australia's vegetation. See how it works on a map >. DEA Fractional Cover Annual Percentiles (Landsat) and DEA Mangrove Canopy Cover (Landsat)
• Discover satellite analytics services to monitor power transmission and distribution lines
• EARTO Analysis of Horizon Europe Pre-Draft AGA - Financial Aspects

• EO Data Delivery To Be Transformed Through New Ellipsis Drive + Arlula Partnership

• EOS Data Analytics Archives

• ESA, top research organisations pile on extra sanctions against Russia

• ESA officials said the situation with the malfunctioning Sentinel-1B radar imaging satellite "doesn't look very good.

• Estimating Volume Changes for Floodplain Harvesting in New South Wales, Australia

• EUSPA at Geospatial World Magazine’s recent edition. 
• EUSPA has launched several funding opportunities, including Horizon Europe Calls and innovation competitions.
• FrontierSI collaborating on European EO project
• Geospatial Industry Technology Trends and Directions
• Geospatial World reveals its list of 50 Rising Stars for year 2022  
• GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions 2022 – Part 5
• Growing Reliance on Space Data and Analytics Drives Better Decision Making on Earth

• How satellites are helping us to understand deadly avalanches

• Industry is urging the Defense Department to address supply risks in the space sector, given the market's volatility
• Maxar Publishes Latest Satellite Imagery Captures Of The Russian Ukrainian Invasion. Maxar Technologies’ Continued Satellite Image Captures of the Russian-Ukrainian War. Maxar’s Satellite Imagery Captures Mariupol Area Russian Attack Damage + Flooding North Of Kyiv
• Maxar Imagery Continues To Reveal The Extent Of The Russian Attack On Ukraine
• Metasurface turns any camera into polarisation imager

• MDA To Provide Satellite Imagery For International Efforts In Ukraine. MDA of Canada will provide satellite radar imagery

• Meet the 2022 Startup Space Pitch Contest Competitors
• NASA has completed a key review of a satellite servicing technology demonstration mission. 

• New Satellites From Satellogic To Launch Onboard The SpaceX Transporter-4 Mission

• Northrop Grumman Wins $341M Space Force Contract for Space Domain Awareness Radar Program
• New space-based weather instruments start gathering data

• Opinion on Geospatial Commission’s Geospatial Data Assessment

• Portfolio Company Satellite Vu Successfully Closed Series A Round

• Ukraine uses Argentine nanosatellites to know how the Russian army moves

• Urgent need to adapt to massive impacts of climate change highlighted in latest IPCC report
• UN Biodiversity Lab 2.0 side event at UNEA-5.2 on 2 of March at 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. EAT
• UN-SPIDER and partners are collecting Good Practices on Early Warning Systems with Focus on Multi-Hazards.

• Ursa Space raises $16 million in Series C round

• phytoplankton bloom in the Indian Ocean

• Quilty Analytics Releases Report That Details The Impacts of the Russian-Ukraine Conflict On The Industry

• Raising the Satellite Return Technology Bar from the Ground Up

• Researchers develop innovative approach to measure shallow water depth with satellite data

• Russian Space Agency Suspends Cooperation at European Launch Facility

• Russia's Ukraine War sets off another Space Race

• Satellite Vu’s Series A Closes + Brings Total Investments In Company To Million£s

• Satellogic and Astraea Enable Direct Collection Access for Emergency Response in Ukraine

• Satellite Technology of the Year Nominees for 2021

• Satellite observations support latest IPCC climate report

• SDA Awards Contracts For 126 Satellites

• SmallSats and the Democratization of Space

• Solving the Problem of Cloud Cover in Satellite Imagery

• Soar.Earth
• Spottitt and National Grid to explore the capabilities of satellites for overhead power line management

• SpaceFounders, the Factory of Future Space Champions

• Standards Lie at the Heart of Data Integration
• TanDEM-X again In operation
• Tomorrow.io Co-Founder Explains Backing out of SPAC, Maintains Satellite Constellation Plans

• Towards the Implementation of an EU Strategy for Technology Infrastructures. Download

• The Russia-Ukraine crisis in Soar.Earth maps
• The hyperspectral view from space | Imaging and Machine Vision Europe
• VASER – Making Emergency Response Better and More Efficient
• Washington state's space economy is rapidly growing. 
• water management and protection from space. 30cm native resolution satellite imagery by Pléiades Neo
• The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022

• Consortium of GAF, GeoVille and VITO starts land cover project

• GMV guarantees PAZ satellite services

• NorthStar Earth & Space is working with Spire Global to field an initial fleet of space situational awareness satellites.

• NOVELSAT To Provide Ground Network For Major Earth Observation Constellation

• Spire will develop cubesats for NorthStar Earth & Space to collect space situational awareness (SSA) data. 

• BlackSky Grows Revenue 61% in 2021 
• Constellations Market Assessment: SATCOM & EO, 4^th Edition 
• Geospatial Artha Report 2021. India’s current and projected geospatial market, challenges faced by the geospatial industry. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT
• Geospatial Industry Advancing Sustainable Development Goals. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT 
• Green Deal: EU invests over €110 million in LIFE projects for environment and climate in 11 EU countries

• GEO Satellite Market – Expectation Surges with Rising Demand and Changing Trends

• Global Satellite Earth Observation Market Worth $15.9 Billion by 2032

• Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (Insar) Market Size And Forecast

• NSR Satellite & Space Market Survey

• Precision Farming Market worth $15.6 billion by 2030, at CAGR of 7.9%

• Satellite Remote Sensing Market Scope 2022 Forecast By 2029

• Seizing the Future: Geospatial Industry Trends and Directions
• Think EUR 200 billion is a lot? In the next 10 years that same downstream market is forecasted to reach nearly half a trillion euros – making space a very lucrative investment opportunity.
• To ensure you have all the information and market intelligence you need to take advantage of this opportunity, EUSPA is organising a series of capacity building workshops, the first of which is happening 28 March.

• Become an LPS22 sponsor or exhibitor
• EGU General Assembly 2022
• EUSPA Head of Market Development Fiammetta Diani joined EOcafe to discuss how the future of Copernicus is in women’s hands. The event was part of the Women in Copernicus project, which promotes an inclusive and gender-balanced education and working environment in Copernicus. You can read more about the topic here.  
• Geospatial World Forum 2022. Happening 10 – 12 May in Amsterdam, 
• Meet the 2022 Startup Space Pitch Contest Competitors
• MOOC-EO OPEN DATA SCIENCE – EXPRO+. Read more
• Satellite Executive of the Year Nominees for 2021
• SMILE – Startups Meet Industry
• Space Crossroads is where space and great ideas meet. Hosted by EUSPA, this online event brings together businesses, thought leaders, start-ups, policy makers, entrepreneurs and investors to discuss the many benefits of the EU Space Programme.
• SNAP TOOLBOX MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT – EXPRO+. Read more
• Paris Space Week 2022 →
• Public Hearing on "Long term vision for rural areas", 16 March. Meeting Documents
• Women & Copernicus: together towards a better world
• 2022 Living Planet Symposium
• 1st ESA Workshop on Sustainable Technologies for SatCom Constellations event 
• 2nd Climate Observation Conference

Digital Transformation and Green Economy. Read more

KICK-START THEMATIC CALL: CARBON CAPTURE, STORAGE AND SEQUESTRATION. Read more

New and open funding opportunities: 

The next deadline for the Horizon Europe Cluster 4 – World leading data and computing technologies (Destination 3) calls is set for 05/04/2022 [Read here]

The next deadline for the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is set for 17/05/2022 [Read here]

• Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• Innovative tools and business models (Deadline 07/04/22) [Read here]
• Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy (Deadline 20/04/22) [Read here]
• Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation (Deadline 21/04/22) [Read here]
• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]
• Federated European infrastructure for cancer images data (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Call for proposals - Data for Cultural Heritage (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• Security (law enforcement): AI-based pilot (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! GovTech Incubator (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Advanced Dgital Skills (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Cloud Data and Testing and Experimentation Facilities (Several calls) (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]

Policy initiatives, announcements and briefings (all NEW):

• A Roadmap for the Next-Generation IoT in Europe (Read here)
• The 4th Call for Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Sites is now open (Read here)
• Connecting Europe Facility - Digital: calls for proposals' deadline extended until 20 April 2022 (Read here)
• New Transitions Performance Index 2021: EU shows strong performance in its transition towards sustainability (Read here)
• EU ministers reinforce the need for common values and principles in international research and innovation (Read here)

Open Public consultations:

• European Digital Identity: Online consultation platform on European Digital Identity Wallets (Deadline n/a) [More info here]
• Cyber resilience act – new cybersecurity rules for digital products and ancillary services (Deadline 25/05/22) [More info here]

Newspaper articles/publications/reports (all NEW):

• Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence (Read here)
• Announcing the 2022 AI Index Report (Read here)
• DMA: EU lawmakers ready to trade digital governance for tighter obligations (Read here)
• What will Europe’s digital economy look like after the Digital Services Act? (Read here)
• Education key to closing digital skills and gender gaps, say stakeholders (Read here)
• EU negotiators prepare to close in on Digital Markets Act (Read here)
• Commission invites citizens and organisations to share their views on the European Cyber Resilience Act (Read here)
• EIC Tech to Market Innovation Talks: Webinar Series (Read here)

• Asia’s Satellite Bandwidth Market Prepares for a Post-COVID Rebound
• Revealing Covid-19 impact on Remote Sensing Technologies market growth over 2021-2027

• The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to showcase the power of satellite imagery
  • Astraea and Satellogic Launch Ukraine Observer - GlobeNewswire 
  • Maxar multispectral imagery showed the muzzle flash of an artillery gun firing and smoke from guns nearby. 
  • BlackSky zoomed in on a residential building burning and a damaged factory near Kyiv.
  • Planet revealed the flooded landscape north of Kyiv and a Russian oligarch's yacht anchored near the Seychelles.
  • Satellogic began sharing daily imagery of Ukraine with humanitarian and nongovernmental organizations.  
  • The Canadian government approved MDA's plan to collect SAR imagery and share it with the Ukrainian government. 
  • Umbra, a SAR operator based in Santa Barbara, California, said demand for satellite imagery is 400% greater than what all existing commercial satellites can fulfill.

• PhD position on explainable semi-supervised learning for analyzing SAR imagery at DLR, Germany
• PhD position on remote sensing of tropical forests in the East African Mountains at University of Hong Kong, China
• OSWD Ph.D. Fellowship for women scientists from science- and technology-lagging countries
• Scientific Programmer to support the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network at the Atlantic International Research Centre, Portugal
• Postdoc Position for NISAR retrieval algorithms at JPL, USA
• Tenure-track in Geodesy at the Australian National University, Australia
• Earth Observation and Climate Change expert at GeoVille, Austria
• Researcher/Engineer for image and data simulation at RIT DIRS Lab, USA
• Project Officer for the Earth Observation Laboratory of the Atlantic International Research Centre, Portugal

• Brazilian Space Agency and AWS Sign Agreement

• Companies that went public through SPAC deals only to see their stock prices plummet could become acquisition targets. 

• EOMAP Awarded New Survey Contract By UKHO

• GeoOptics Award of NOAA Data Order

• GMV Wins Eumetsat Deal for Optical Data Services for Meteosat Satellites

• NASA to continue buying Earth-observation datasets

• Spire Global Awarded NOAA Contract

•  Action Plan on Synergies between civil, defence and space industries, 

• Canada unveils new earth observation strategy to help fight climate change

• China launches new satellite for Earth observation.  China to improve space infrastructure with new satellites, technologies: white paper

• CNES/AFD Partnership

• Conclusions of the informal meeting of European ministers responsible for space

• Copernicus Horizon 2035

• Defining European space ambitions  

• Defense and space industries join calls to speed up UK association to Horizon Europe

• EUSPA publishes EO and GNSS market report

• EUSPA: At last week’s Copernicus Horizon 2035 conference, EUSPA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa outlined how European businesses can benefit from Copernicus’ Earth observation services, data and information.
• EU space-based connectivity infrastructure

• EU Satellite Constellation Plans.  EU states agree on need to build own satellite constellation. Europe needs to defend its sovereignty in space -

• EU Space Policy: New challenges, new opportunities - The Parliament Magazine

• EU launches billion euro fund for space startups - Geospatial World

• EU launches plan for independent low-earth orbit satellite broadband communication system

• European strategy for Space Traffic Management

• European Space Agency announced plans to host an international office to coordinate global climate modeling efforts for at least five years.

• EU's Earth-observation programme to be 'rethought'

• EU's Strategic Compass is a defining moment for European defense. EU Commissioner Breton Calls for Europe to Boost Competitiveness

• Europe is launching an initiative to support space startups. 

• Kratos Releases Earth Observation & Remote Sensing Service Chain Enhancements

• India launched an Earth observation spacecraft and two smallsats Sunday. Hopes and expectations from new ISRO chairman.   India launches earth observation satellite  

• Malta's road map to space

• NASA awarded contracts to a dozen companies for smallsat launch services.

• NASA says it is committed to buying commercial Earth observation data. NASA intends to continue buying data gathered by commercial Earth-observation satellites.

• The European Union will release its satellite broadband plans in the next few weeks. 

• U.S. on Remote Sensing at the 2022 COPUOS STSC

• Space: EU initiates a satellite-based connectivity system and boosts action on management of space traffic for a more digital and resilient Europe

• Switzerland seeks to join EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme

• Alén Space launches a support program

• A2I Roadmap – AI for Automation of mission operations. Read more

• A shortage of skilled workers has delayed the launch of the first ViaSat-3 broadband satellite.

• Broadband megaconstellation operator OneWeb has become a customer of LeoLabs

• Cerberus Tech Adds Sydney Teleport

• Data processor launched to orbit by the Space Development Agency has performed an early demonstration of autonomous data fusion in space, said one of the companies supporting the experiment

• EU launches plan for independent low-earth orbit satellite broadband communication system

• Europe Maritime VSAT Market Segmentation in Detailed By 2028

• Inmarsat Works With Harvest Technology Group on Opportunity in the UAV Market

• Last week, at the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism meeting, EUSPA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa spoke about EU Space as an enabler for a smart and cleaner transport. Discover the key insights here

• Greg Wyler raises $50 million in funding for E-Space

• GNSS and Correction Services Add to Big Wins for Oil Companies

• One of the EU Green Deal key steps is to transform aviation towards an eco-friendlier transport mode. To make it a reality, preliminary studies have been conducted on modelled flights arriving at Almería airport in Spain and Akureyri airport in Iceland. Read here about the studies

• Operators of smallsat constellations believe they can provide resilient communications and Earth observation services in disasters. 

• Protecting GNSS

• Russian entrepreneur who founded several space companies has secured funding for a hypersonic plane startup. 

• Startup Copernic Space unveiled a blockchain-powered platform for selling space assets. 

• Spanish internet-of-things startup Sateliot has raised 10 million euros ($11.4 million) in a Series A round. 

• SES and Jio Platforms Announce Joint Venture for Satellite-Based Broadband Services Across India

• Sony putting camera in orbit for shutterbugs, not scientists

• Technology Will Always Lead the Market

• The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 expects to plant 3 billion additional trees in the EU by 2030. Galileo and EGNOS in synergy with Copernicus, enable solutions that are key to protecting our natural habitats, from monitoring forest changes to assisting with accurate plot sampling.

• The State and Future of LEO Satellite Internet Connectivity in Africa

• The Pentagon says it will strengthen oversight of proposed mergers in the defense and aerospace industries. 

• The European Union is moving ahead with a broadband constellation despite two negative internal assessments of it.

• Wyler raises $50 million for “sustainable” megaconstellation

• 23 French space companies launch the SpaceEarth initiative

• Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe

• Building a better planet with satellite data

• Copernicus4regions webinars September 2021-February 2022 (link) : forestry (link), water management (link) biodiversity (link), prevention of natural disasters (link), and innovating public policies (link). Webinars at (link).

• Copernicus satellites continue to keep an eye on the world’s 600 known active volcanoes. The data can be used to detect even the slightest sign of crustal deformation, which helps to predict eruptions and give authorities more time to evacuate an area.

• CGG Joins CCUS Monitoring Research Program Led by Carbon Management Canada

• Copernicus Climate and Atmosphere services provide 2021 climate insights on a global scale

• Copernicus Sentinel satellites bring new insight to volcano monitoring

• Digital Twin for Delivering High-speed Rail Project in Italy

• Earthimages-on-Demand

• European Space Imaging Renews Contract With Maxar Technologies To Provide Europe With The World’s Best Resolution Commercial Satellite Imagery

• ESA boosts space entrepreneurship in Turin (link).

• EnMAP will see our Earth in more than just colour

• Falcon 9 launched an Italian radar imaging satellite after days of delays.

• Geoawesomeness 

• GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions for 2022 – Part 3

• GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions 2022 – Part 4

• How Earth Observation Technology can interact with startups – Interview with Pierre-Philippe Mathieu, Head of the ESA Φ-lab Explore Office

• Images from space show huge Saharan dust cloud crossing Mediterranean

• Massive methane emissions by oil and gas industry detected from space

• Maxar Extends Capacity Agreements With Two WorldView Customers 

• Maxar Extends Satellite Capacity Agreement with European Space Imaging and Space

• Microsoft has released new and updated building footprints

• New NASA chief scientist to focus on climate change

• Oman Partners With SatRevolution and Virgin Orbit for Country's First Satellite Launch

• OGC Publishes Best Practice for Earth Observation Application Packages

• Planet Becomes a Carbon Neutral Company  

• Planet launches 44 SuperDove satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

• Satellite Imagery for Everyone

• Satellite Applications Catapult welcomes His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to Harwell

• Satellogic completes SPAC merger

• Space Technologies for Farming 

• Strategic Alliance Between Synspective + AMH Philippines For SatSAR Support

• Switzerland’s RUAG Space is teaming up with a software provider to run artificial intelligence solutions on its Lynx

• Striving for Sustainability with Digital Twin

• TanDEM-X Acquisitions are Suspended

• Tech firm makes satellite data available to all through groundbreaking innovation

• Thanks to Copernicus Climate and Atmosphere services, we have access to climate insights on a global scale every year. The Copernicus Sentinels record a very large number of daily observations, making it the largest space data provider in the world.

• The bipartisan leadership of a House committee is drafting legislation to update satellite licensing rules. 

• Tomorrow.io Co-Founder Explains Why the Software Company Turned to Space

• UK Unveils its First Defense Space Strategy and New Defense Satellite Programs

• What are Earth Observation Satellites?

• A special Space Crossroads episode is coming on 10 February: this time, on the occasion of the EO and GNSS Market Report launch, EUSPA Market Development Officer, Martin Sunkevic, will present some of the key insights of the report. Join us here.

• APAC, Europe, America region to generate massive revenues for Artificial Intelligence

• BryceTech’s Carissa Christensen Shares the Science of Space Industry Soothsaying

• D-Orbit to Go Public In $1.3B SPAC Deal 

• EUSPA Market Report Focuses On EU Satellite Navigation And Earth Observation Technologies

• Futuristics Overview of InSAR Market: Industry Insights and Forecast 2022-2028 by MDA

• GNSS and Earth Observation Market Report Finds 200 Billion Euro

• Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (Insar) Market to Witness Huge Growth by 2027

• In-Orbit Services: Satellite Servicing, ADR, and SSA, 5th Edition (IoSM5)I

• NSR’s Global Space Economy Report Projects $1.25 Trillion in Revenue by 2030. NSR’s Global Space Economy, 2^nd Edition (NGSE2) 

• Satellite-based Earth Observation Services Market 2022

• Seraphim 2022 Space Predictions

• The EIC accelerator fund selects more space start-ups for funding

• 14th European Space Conference: Day 1, Stage A / Stage B || Day 2, Stage A / Stage B

• How can we build Space from scratch?

• GeoBuiz Summit has been rescheduled for June 2-3

EO TRAINING DATASET PLATFORM – EXPRO+. Read more

MOOC-EO OPEN DATA SCIENCE – EXPRO+Read more

SNAP TOOLBOX MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT – EXPRO+Read more

From EUROGINew and open funding opportunities: 

• New technologies for acquiring in-situ observation datasets to address climate change effects (Deadline 15/02/22) [Read here]

• Piloting approaches and tools to empower citizens to exercise their “data rights” in the area of food and nutrition (Deadline 15/02/22) [Read here]

• Preparatory actions for the AI-on-demand platform (Deadline 22/02/22) [Read here]

• Testing and Experimentation Facility for Edge AI (Deadline 22/02/22) [Read here]

• Cognitive Cloud: AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge (RIA) (Deadline 22/02/22) [Read here]

• Digital Transformation Accelerator for the network of EDIH (Deadline 04/03/22) [Read here]

• New technologies for acquiring in-situ observation datasets to address climate change effects (Deadline 10/03/22) [Read here]

• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]

• Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations with other cloud, HPC and edge infrastructures – Studies (Deadline 22/03/2022) [Read here]

• Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations – Works (Deadline 22/03/2022) [Read here]

• Equipping backbone networks with high-performance and secure DNS resolution infrastructures – Works (Deadline 22/03/2022) [Read here]

• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]

• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]

Policy initiatives, announcements and briefings (all NEW):

• Commission puts forward declaration on digital rights and principles for everyone in the EU [Read here]

• European Commission appoints the new members of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies [Read here]

• Process towards an agreement on reforming research assessment [Read here]

Open Public consultations:

• NEW! Cross-border taking of evidence in civil/commercial matters – new IT system for exchanging data, deadline 22/02/2022 [Participate here]

• Modernising judicial cooperation between EU countries – use of digital technology, deadline 10/03/22 [Participate here]

Newspaper articles/publications/reports (all NEW):

• MEPs adopt Digital Services Act with significant last-minute changes [Read here]

• Campaigner: Digitalisation opens ‘new era of transparency’ for climate policy [Read here]

• Voice assistants under fire in IoT competition report [Read here]

• Data Re-Use and Collaboration for Development [Read here]

• How digital transformation is driving economic change [Read here]

• Cities and the Climate-Data Gap [Read here]

• PhD position for learning and analyzing spatio-temporal objects from high resolution satellite image time series at IRISA, France

• Postdoc for AI in land cover dynamics at University of Florida, USA

• Postdoc for computational electromagnetics for microwave scattering at the University of Florida, USA

• Postdoc for remote sensing and machine learning applications for agriculture and food security at University of Strasbourg, France

• Postdoc on GeoArchaeology/Computer Vision for Earth Observation data at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

• Postdoc on satellite-based classification of crops and irrigated agricultural land at Agroscope, Switzerland

• Postdoc for remote sensing of urban climate, ecosystem and environment at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

• Hardware Support Research Staff at the RIT Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing laboratory, USA

• Scientific Programmer at the Department of Geography of University of Zurich, Switzerland

• Software Engineer for maps data backend engineering at SnapInc, USA

• Senior Developer Relations Manager for geospatial computing at NVIDIA, USA

• Research scientific programmer for automated machine learning for spatio-temporal Earth Observation datasets at Leiden University, Netherlands

• Research Fellow in Future Mission Earth Science at ESA, Netherlands

• Research Fellow in EO for Earth System Science at ESA, Italy

• Analyst to work on the Data Handling System at ECMWF, Italy

• Scientist for atmospheric composition developments at ECMWF, Germany

• Scientist for uncertainty quantification for Destination Earth using statistical post-processing methods at ECMWF, Germany

• Junior Professorship on Earth Observation and Data Science for agricultural and environmental applications at INRIA, France

• CGG Signed a Binding Offer for the Sale and Leaseback of its Headquarter Building

• Capella Space Receives NRO Contract To Demo SAR Satellite Capabilities

• ICEYE Receives NRO Contract To Demo SAR Satellite Capabilities

• NRO Awards Commercial Radar Contracts to Airbus, Capella Space, Iceye, and Others

• Algerian Space Sector

• AAS Australia in Space plan presents 10-year vision

• Australian spacetech companies partner to deliver the world's first on-demand satellite. Building Australian network of satellites would reduce reliance on foreign data, scientists

• Canada unveils new earth observation strategy to help fight climate change - Geospatial World. /  Canada Announces Strategy for Satellite Earth Observation

• Chinese satellite takes PHOTOS of US cities at maximum quality in seconds
• China’s SAR satellite surge continues with new constellation plan. China launched a civilian radar-imaging satellite Tuesday
• Climate Focus Fuels Satellite Big Data

• Countdown to National Observation Satellite IMECE

• Davos Agenda Session on Space and Climate Opens Up New Frontiers

• ESA moving ahead on new Copernicus missions despite lack of UK agreement

• ESA wants to accelerate Europe's access to space

• Earth Observation: The Growth Story

• EU ministers mull climate policy, carbon border tax

• EU launches €1bn 'game changer' Cassini fund to support space start-ups - Silicon Republic
• Europe as a space power: Commissioner Breton focused on the EU Space ambitions in his keynote speech.

• Harris wants US Space Council to tackle climate crisis

• How the EU space programme could deliver bigger economic impact

• How next-gen satellites are transforming our view of climate change

• How Indian States Use Earth Observation Data for Disaster Mitigation and Response
• India Geospatial Market, Economy, and Industrial Development Strategy 
• Implementation of the CASSINI fund 

• Israel awards nearly $6 million in grants to space tech startups

• Latvian startup has plans to launch a constellation of satellites to provide commercial space weather data.

• Malaysia potential to grow spacetech ecosystem
• Malta launches first ever National Space Strategy
• NASA to launch four Earth science missions in 2022
• NASA-NOAA tech will aid marine oil spill response
• NASA faces difficulties in sending two hosted payloads into orbit on commercial satellites. The space agency is looking for a commercial host for Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory, an instrument to measure carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane over North and South America. 
• New Ambition for European Space
• NewSpace Ecosystem Propelling Earth Observation Industry
• NOAA is looking ahead to a future generation of space weather instruments. 

• Shaping an Australian Space Industrial Eco-System for Defence and Security

• The Ethiopian Space Ambition; a Country-Level Analysis
• The Sultanate of Oman, Virgin Orbit, SatRevolution and Tuatara of Poland, and Oman’s ETCO announced a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on Oman’s first deep-space mission

• Thierry Breton says bloc's Wi-Fi satellite program will exclude non-EU countries

• Ukraine seeks to launch eight satellites into orbit by 2025

• Ukrainian Space Agency announces plans to launch eight satellites by 2025

• USA Lawmakers say they support efforts to declassify some national security space activities

• Yucatan has a huge potential for the development of an aerospace cluster

• Blue Origin is buying Honeybee Robotics
• Data was, Analytics is, the New Oil
• Data Science Company RS21 Looks to Bring AI/ML Tech to Space

• DEWA signs agreement with NanoAvionics

• Digital Twin for Delivering High-speed Rail Project in Italy
• HawkEye 360 Secures $5M Investment from Leidos

• How Businesses Gain Competitive Edge With Earth Observation and Geospatial Analytics

• How Is the Satellite Industry Impacted by the Electronics Shortage?

• How Tech Innovations Can Support a More Sustainable Space Environment
• Isar Aerospace won 10 million euros ($11.3 million) in a European Union prize competition
• Mangata Networks has raised $33 million from an international mix of investors for its multi-orbit connectivity constellation plans.

• Machine Learning for Earth Observation Online Course. Read more »

• Navigating the EU's Green Deal

• OneWeb's Final Launch of 2021 Brings Constellation to 394 Satellites
• OHB's LuxSpace Enters Enterprise IoT Service MOU with OQ Technology
• Raytheon Intelligence & Space Names New Heads of Space and Blue Canyon Technologies
• Satcom 2021 in Review and Prospects for 2022

• SatRevolution’s Values Increase With Series B Funding From Virgin Orbit

• Satellite Navigation is a game changer in European Transport

• Satellite Vu Contracts SSTL To Build Their First Thermal Data Collecting Smallsat

• Satlantis launches its high-resolution camera into space on its second mission with NASA

• Space Opportunities for Climate Challenges series

• SpaceX preparing for third rideshare launch with dozens of small satellites

• SpaceBridge Connects 39 Airports for AeroCivil in Colombia 
• Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (TIA) Security Office has been launched 
• Top Satellite Launches to Watch in 2022 
• Top Stories of 2021 
• Ursa Space Becomes AWS Data Exchange Partner

• Better Regulations will Benefit Space Industry

• CGG Sells its Physical Asset Storage and Services Business to OASIS Group and Access. www.cgg.com

• Copernicus in 2021: the year in review
• Copernicus data to track volcanic sulphur dioxide emissions

• Copernicus SEA Service marks a milestone achievement with the delivery of 1000 products

• Copernicus Networks General Assembly 2021

• Copernicus: Globally, the seven hottest years on record were the last seven

• Copernicus’ eyes on the La Palma eruption. The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) was largely involved in monitoring the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma. 
• Due to the importance of monitoring the snow and ice as key indicators of climate change, the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is launching the second part of its near real-time, High Resolution Snow and Ice Monitoring products. Learn more.
• EarthDaily Analytics has selected condosat operator Loft Orbital to build, launch and operate a fleet of 10 Earth-observation satellites on its behalf. 
• e-shape adds 5 new Pilots to their portfolio of EO solutions
• EIC Horizon Prize on Early Warning for Epidemics

• Emissions reductions hinge on AI measurements from space

• EAASI Summit Highlights Role of Aerial Survey in Technological Response to Global Challenges
• GISCafe Voice Industry Predictions for 2022 – Part 1
• GLOBE Program receives AGU award
• EARTO Paper on Capturing Official Data on the RTO Sector for a Better Understanding of the RD&I Ecosystem
• EARTO Paper on the Position of RTOs in the EU Framework Programmes

• Employing Space Technologies to Realise SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

• Europe Land Survey Equipment Market Perceptive and Comprehensive Analysis

• Kleos Space’s Third Smallsat Mission Prepped For Launch

• How Alcis Research Team Unveiled the Scale of Afghanistan’s Undeclared Economy

• ICEYE SAR Smallsats Soar To Orbit To Join The Company's On-Orbit Constellation

• Inaugural EO + Geospatial Quarterly Briefing Debuts From Quilty Analytics

• Leveraging Space Technology for SDG-14; Life Below Water

• Machine learning improves satellite imagery analysis of North Korean nuclear activity

• Mapping, Calculating, and Controlling Carbon Emissions
• Mining Group Rio Tinto to Evaluate Pixxel’s Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery 
• Nereus Copernicus4Regions (link)

• New NASA chief scientist pledges a plan to renew agency's Earth satellite fleet

• New Copernicus Land Monitoring Services: Launch of the second part of the High Resolution Snow and Ice Monitoring Products

• Nimble Chinese Satellite Grabs Hi-Res Images of US City in Seconds

• PASCO to distribute Pléiades Neo satellite imagery (airbus.com )

• Planet Fusion Offers Solutions for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

• Planet to Launch 44 SuperDove Satellites on SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket

• Planet Fusion Offers Solutions for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

• Pixxel Partners With Major Mining Company Rio Tinto To Investigate Hyperspectral Satellite Technology Benefits

• Opto Space & Defense is ready to manufacture a new high resolution camera

• OGC seeks public comment on Geospatial Data API .

• OGC Publishes Best Practice for Earth Observation Application Packages

• Quick Glance at 2021. Read more...

• Remembering 2021's Disasters. Read more...

• Satellite images show 4,000km-long Saharan dust cloud across Atlantic Ocean

• Satellites reveal record high methane concentrations despite reduction pledges

• Satellogic Expands With Manufacturing Plant in Netherlands 

• Scientists Worldwide Call for Immediate Action to Reverse Biodiversity Loss Under 2020

• Solution to cloud cover in EO data as Copernicus Masters challenge winner
• Space and remote sensing news from Esri
• The largest illicit drugs bazaar in the world. More details can be found here: https://www.alcis.org/post/banning-ephedra.
• Top Satellite Launches to Watch in 2022   

• Using LiDAR Technologies to Track Deforestation

• UNEP launched Methane Observatory to boost action on Greenhouse Gas

• Urban Flood Risk Application, Urban air quality, Urban thermal comfort application at CURE project 

• Why women in STEM need mentors. A geospatial perspective
• 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2021
• 10 Ways AI is Making a Difference in the Satellite Industry

• Capabilities and Limitations of Non-GEO Constellations

• Commercial Drone Market Trends 2022

• Earth Observation: The Growth Story

• Earth Observation Satellite Market is Expected to Grow

• EO satellite market analysis 2021-2026

• Earth Observation Big Data Service Market 2022

• EUSPA Earth Observation and GNSS Market Report. Watch the key highlights from da Costa’s intervention here.

• Europe Satellite Service Market 2022 New Trends

• Euroconsult Report Estimates 2021 Global Space Economy Reached Billion$$$ During 2021. Euroconsult estimates that the global space economy totaled $370 billion in 2021

• Euroconsult Projects Government Space Project Budgets To Reach $1 Billion During The Next Decade

• Euroconsult Publishes The 14th Edition Of Their Earth Observation Satellite Systems Market Report + Analysis

• Geospatial Solutions Market is Booming with Strong Growth Prospects

• Global GEO Satellite Market to Eyewitness Massive Growth by 2026

• GISCafe Geospatial Technology Wrapup – 2021
• Horizon's top stories of 2021
• Hydrogen – sustainable energy carrier in space and on Earth. New article on the impact of space innovations on agriculture, life sciences and human health

• Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (Insar) Market Size, Analysis, Forecast to 2029

• Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)

• InSAR Market Top Vendors Analysis

• INNOspace Masters 2022 is looking for sustainable and efficient innovations for space

• Manufacturing revenues for Earth observation to grow to $76.1 billion by 2030

• Nano and Micro Satellite Market Expected to Reach Highest CAGR 2028

• Optical Imaging Sensors for Earth Observation Market Witness Stunning Growth By 2028

• Revolutionary Technologies in Space: Satellite Cameras

• Satellite-Based Earth Observation Market 2022 Growth Drivers. 

• Satellite Remote Sensing Market to Make Great Impact in Forecast Period 2021-2026

• Space Operations Market Report
• The Impact of Space Innovations on Agriculture, Life Sciences and Human Health
• The LEO Satellite Broadband Market Outlook for 2022

• The complicating role of the private sector in space

• Thematic Call, in line with ESA’s strategy and the Director General’s Agenda 2025, targets to boost commercialisation for a Digital and Green Europe, by fostering the development of digital technologies, products and applications targeted by the European Green Deal.

• Trends of Earth Observation Market Reviewed for 2021 with Industry Outlook to 2026

• What Are We Really Witnessing in the New Space Economy?

• 3rd CASSINI Hackathon. The Hackathon will take place from 12 to 14 May 2022, simultaneously in 10 locations across Europe. Interested? Take a look and take part in this initiative.
• AI4Space, Euroconsult 21-22/06/2022
• CORFU 2022, 9th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, 15-18 June 2022, Corfu Island

• European Space Strategy Summit to be convened by President Macron in February.  France's Macron says he will make space policy announcements.

• LPS22: Call for Abstracts. Read more
• India to host second UNWGIC in 2022
• Identifying Hotspots of Climate and Environmental Stress with Earth Blox & Google Earth Engine
• IGARSS 2022. Read more...
• On 25 January, you are invited to the joint EUSPA and EBN Webinar “Space Technologies for Farming”. 
• On 13 January at 16:00 CET we will welcome Grega Milcinski from Sinergise and Sentinel Hub for a chat on how Copernicus and its services and data can boost startups. Add it to your calendar here.

• Planet To Present at the Needham Virtual Growth Conference on January 10th

• Space Forum 2022
• Space Operations Summit will return in-person from 16-18 May 2022 in London
• The EU Space Programme supports the #EU2022FR priorities by spurring EU innovation & creating jobs, contributing to a more digital & greener EU, and promoting collaboration between the EU Member States.
• 25-26 January 2022: 14th European Space Conference (link);
• 8-10 February 2022: Global Space and Technology Convention 2022 (link);
• 14-15 March 2022: Paris Space Week 2022: The International event of the Space sector (link);

• Digital Transformation and Green Economy. →
• Geospatial World Awards
• Space for Green Finance. Read more

Information extracted from EUROGI

New and open funding opportunities: 

• New technologies for acquiring in-situ observation datasets to address climate change effects (Deadline 15/02/22) [Read here]
• Piloting approaches and tools to empower citizens to exercise their “data rights” in the area of food and nutrition (Deadline 15/02/22) [Read here]
• Preparatory actions for the AI-on-demand platform (Deadline 22/02/22) [Read here]
• Testing and Experimentation Facility for Edge AI (Deadline 22/02/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Cognitive Cloud: AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge (RIA) (Deadline 22/02/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Digital Transformation Accelerator for the network of EDIH (Deadline 04/03/22) [Read here]
• NEW! New technologies for acquiring in-situ observation datasets to address climate change effects (Deadline 10/03/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05/04/22) [Read here]
• NEW! Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations with other cloud, HPC and edge infrastructures – Studies (Deadline 22/03/2022) [Read here]
• NEW! Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations – Works (Deadline 22/03/2022) [Read here]
• NEW! Equipping backbone networks with high-performance and secure DNS resolution infrastructures – Works (Deadline 22/03/2022) [Read here]
• NEW! Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 22/04/22) [Read here]
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]

Policy initiatives, announcements and briefings (all NEW):

• Commission to invest more than €1 billion under the Connecting Europe Facility for innovative and secure connectivity [Read here]
• Launch of new calls worth €258 million to support digital connectivity infrastructures [Read here]
• Industrial alliances: Commissioner Breton chairs first meeting of European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud [Read here]
• Industry 5.0: A Transformative Vision for Europe [Read here]
• Save the date: Horizon Europe Info Days dedicated to Cluster 5 to take place on 3 February 2022 [Read here]
• Horizon Impact Award 2022 contest open: apply by 8 March 2022 [Read here]

Open Public consultations:

• Realising the energy sector – EU action plan, deadline 24/01/22 [Participate here]
• NEW! Modernising judicial cooperation between EU countries – use of digital technology, deadline 10/03/22 [Participate here]

Newspaper articles/publications/reports (all NEW):

• How participation and digitalisation can help implement EU democracy [Read here]
• France’s digital agenda [Read here]
• 2022: The turning point in EU’s digital policy [Read here]
• Artificial intelligence accelerates the hunt for cancer drivers [Read here]
• New round of funding from EIC Accelerator! [Read here]

• PhD position for mapping and interpreting wilderness from space at the University of Bonn, Germany
• Postdoc in ocean state imaging at EPFL, Switzerland
• Postdoc for classification and mapping of salt-affected soils in Morocco at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
• Postdoc for evaluation of the potential of multispectral and hyperspectral satellite archives for topsoil at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
• Postdoc for seamless coupling of kilometer-resolution weather predictions and climate simulations with hail impact assessments: Modeling hail damage to buildings and cars at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Postdoc in Earth Science at Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Netherlands
• Researcher for geoAI and human-generated data at University of Salzburg
• Research Scientist for Remote Sensing at RIT DIRS Lab, USA
• Research Scientist in Earth Sciences, Modelling, and Ecosystem analysis at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
• Remote Sensing Specialist at Serco, Italy
• Earth Observation Science Support Specialist at Serco, Italy
• Copernicus Operations Engineer at Serco, Italy
• Biomass Data Processing and Performance Engineer at Serco, Italy
• Assistant Professor for "Remote Sensing Applications" at the Technical University Munich, Germany
• Professor for "Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing" at the Technical University Munich, Germany

• CREODIAS – the continuation of services and development plans

• Dublin company wins contract with European Space Agency

• ICEYE announces contract with NOAA to tackle environmental hazards

• NASA Expands its Commercial Data Acquisition Program with Airbus. Read more about our Radar Constellation here.

• NanoAvionics to Build Forest Biodiversity Satellite for Chilean Startup Lemu
• SES Government Rolls Out New Hydra Platform for US Government Customers

• Spire Global Awarded Contract Under European Space Agency's NAVISP Element 2 Program

• U.S. Army turns to ICEYE for SAR mission imagery

• Africa Earth Observation Challenge announces the winners of the 2021 challenge - Space in Africa
• As a modern and mature 21st century country, Latvia must develop a forward-looking science policy

• Business Finland: New space economy ready for lift off

• BlackSky sets a 15-hour pace for refreshing space imagery

• China Launches New Satellite For Earth Observation

• China launches satellite for UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Council stresses the importance of participation of all in the space sector

• EUMETSAT consolidates its key role in Earth observation data provision
• Europe is building key space infrastructure for its sovereignty.
• EU Space Research and Innovation
• EUSPA launches €32.6 million space-focused Horizon Europe call

• ESA helps Greece to contribute to European GovSatCom

• ESA approves Resolution to accelerate the use of space in Europe
• ESA moves forward with 11 ideas for pioneering missions
• Evolving National Geospatial Strategy For The Netherlands
• Indian Geospatial Market, Economy, and Industrial Development Strategy report
• Indian geospatial market can grow at 12.8% to ₹63,100 crore by 2025

• Luxembourg-based IBISA raises €1.5 million for its climate insurtech platform

• Finland launches website dedicated to its space-related projects

• NASA selects new mission to study storms impact on climate models
• NASA considers novel business model for $500M Earth Science campaigs
• Strategy to support skills development for the space and geoinformation sector - Climate-KIC

• Scientists in Countdown to Uganda's First Satellite

• Space Agency unveils earth observation roadmap.  ASA releases EO from Space Roadmap

• Space can help to solve the biggest challenges facing our planet.

• South Africa Signs Satellite Navigation Agreement with China
• UK’s Space Strategy Casts the Nation as a Rising Space Super Power
• U.S. organizations release State of the Space Industry 2021 report
• 5^th General Assembly of the Copernicus Academy and Relays Networks took place.

• Airbus Agrees to Sell OneWeb LEO Services to Government and Military Users in Europe
• Adoption and integration of geospatial knowledge and 4IR technology in land administration workflow

• Earth Observation for Urban Mine Action

• How Tech Innovations Can Support a More Sustainable Space Environment

• Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Market

• Italian Space Agency completes the New National GNSS Frame Network

• Kinéis obtains FCC approval to offer satellite services in the U.S.

• Flexible Signal Processing Tools Contract From ESA Awarded To Spire

• Microsoft Increases Azure Space Capabilities With Industry Partners 

• New Sensor Aids Rare Earth Extraction from Acid Mine Drainage

• New Symphonie’s Consortium Awarded Concept Study For The European Commission

• PlanBlue Uses ‘Underwater Satellites’ to Map the Ocean Floor
• SatLease Capital Explains New Financing Model Aimed at Service Providers

• Satellite Build Contract Assigned To Airbus By ESA For The Ariel Mission

• Spire Global Adds 150 Customers With ExactEarth Acquisition 

• Swedish Space Corporation Joins The UN:IO European Space Consortium. press release

• Transform Hydrology by Integrating Sensors and Disciplines

• Tomorrow.io Enters Merger Agreement With SPAC Firm Pine Technology Acquisition Corp.

• UP42 Becomes A Member Of The Federation Of German Industries (BDI)