• NASA to continue buying Earth-observation datasets

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

• CNES/AFD Partnership

• 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

• 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. 

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.  

• Wyler raises $50 million for “sustainable” megaconstellation

• 23 French space companies launch the SpaceEarth initiative

• Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe

• 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).

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

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

• 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).
• Falcon 9 launched an Italian radar imaging satellite after days of delays.
• Geoawesomeness 
• Maxar Extends Capacity Agreements With Two WorldView Customers 
• 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  

• Satellogic completes SPAC merger

• 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

• 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.
• Tomorrow.io Co-Founder Explains Why the Software Company Turned to Space
• UK Unveils its First Defense Space Strategy and New Defense Satellite Programs

• D-Orbit to Go Public In $1.3B SPAC Deal 
• 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.
• NSR’s Global Space Economy Report Projects $1.25 Trillion in Revenue by 2030. NSR’s Global Space Economy, 2^nd Edition (NGSE2) 
• 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

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]
• 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]