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news 21 March 2022

New Contract Secures Funds for Bavarian Space Startups

The European Space Agency (ESA) is extending its successful collaboration with AZO Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen for the ESA Business Incubation Centre Bavaria and expanding its scope. The contract secures funding…

news 23 November 2021

Copernicus Masters Overall Winner 2021 to be Announced Soon

We are counting down the days until the end of this year’s Copernicus Masters competition. Over 700 participants submitted their innovative solutions and various prizes will be awarded to the…

story 11 November 2020

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PODIS: Automatic Crash Notifications Free from False Alarms

According to the WHO[1], one person dies in a road accident every 24 seconds. Many of those lives could be saved and the severity of injuries reduced if a crash…

story 5 October 2020

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RemotIO – Infrastructure Monitoring Service with Automatic Updates and Data Mining Capabilities

Many buildings and infrastructure assets in the world are affected by damage which is not inspected or monitored under prevention schemes. Structural damage is caused by different triggers such as…

news 1 April 2020

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Galileo Masters 2020 – Open for submissions now!

While completion of the Galileo constellation is still in progress – the launches of the last four Galileo satellites are scheduled for the end of 2020 – the European Space…

Copernicus Hackathons organisers 4th round

news 24 January 2020

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Final Copernicus Hackathons organisers selected

The Copernicus Hackathons programme closed its fourth and final open call on 15 November 2019. From all of the submissions, 9 organisers have been selected! With this last call, the…

story 8 November 2019

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Galfire – detect Wildfires in their Early Stages

Nowadays, wildfires are usually detected once they are quite big, and consequently, it is more complicated and takes longer to extinguish them. Moreover, as the wildfires expand, more resources are…

story 26 September 2019

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Drone Consultants Ireland investigating new ways to match drones and satellites

The aircraft deployable drone system nicknamed „Jack in the Box“ – winner of the Galileo Masters 2018 Ireland Challenge – provides multiple data streams via satellite to emergency personnel in remote…

news 13 August 2019

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ESA BIC Bavaria new space startup featured by Forbes and Handelsblatt

ESA BIC Bavaria mentee OroraTech, a spin-off of the Technical University Munich, is developing a constellation of nanosatellites for their global automated wildfire detection system. The satellites are equipped with…

news 3 April 2019

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Copernicus Masters 2019 open for submissions now

Sustainable Development with the Copernicus programme The UN Sustainable Development Goals can only be achieved with reliable, up-to-date information on topics such as climate, water, food security, marine, forests and…