• 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