• 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 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
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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. 

• 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

• Maxar Publishes Latest Satellite Imagery Captures Of The Russian Ukrainian Invasion. Maxar Technologies’ Continued Satellite Image Captures of the Russian-Ukrainian War. 
• Maxar Imagery Continues To Reveal The Extent Of The Russian Attack On Ukraine

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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]

Testing and Experimentation Facility for Edge AI (Deadline 22/02
• 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]
Cognitive Cloud: AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge
• Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline
22
• 05/
02
• 04/22) [Read here]
Digital Transformation Accelerator for the network of EDIH
• Innovative tools and business models (Deadline 07/04
/03
• /22) [Read here]
New technologies for acquiring in-situ observation datasets to address climate change effects (Deadline 10/03
• Artificial intelligence, big data and democracy (Deadline 20/04/22) [Read here]
Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) (Deadline 05
• Scaling up multi-party computation, data anonymisation techniques, and synthetic data generation (Deadline 21/04/22) [Read here]
Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations with other cloud, HPC and edge infrastructures – Studies
• Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/
03
• 04/
2022
• 22) [Read here]
Interconnection of backbone networks for cloud federations – Works (Deadline 22/03/2022
• Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem (Deadline 26/04/22) [Read here]
Equipping backbone networks with high-performance and secure DNS resolution infrastructures – Works (Deadline 22/03/2022
• Federated European infrastructure for cancer images data (Deadline 17/05/22) [Read here]
Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (Deadline 22/04
• 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]
Replicable solutions for a cross sector compliant energy ecosystem
• NEW! GovTech Incubator (Deadline
22
• 17/
04
• 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)

• 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]

• 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]

• 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