One summer’s day, I was flying from Porto to Madrid. Just after take-off, I saw more than twenty-five active forest fires and the supporting firefighting planes. They did that until…
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Smart Gate – When Measuring Time is of Great Importance
When it comes to sports activities, measuring time is of great importance. The team at Smart Gate, the 2018 Galileo Masters GSA Challenge winner, uses the atomic clock behind satellite…
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AZO Supporting Opertus Mundi – a Platform for Geospatial Data
AZO is supporting the recently launched EU-funded Horizon 2020 project Opertus Mundi with its professional expertise in communication, dissemination, and exploitation. AZO is part of a consortium of 10 partners…
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EU Space Week 2019 – Investors meet Innovation
A major theme running through EU Space Week 2019 in Helsinki was the wealth of innovative space-based applications, products and services being created in Europe. The ‘New Space’ sector is…
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Electrons with Consequences
Hoptroff’s highly accurate timing network relies on global satellite networks. Our timing hubs are constantly communicating with GPS, Glonass and Beidou – Galileo compatible of course – miles above the…
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Aeroficial Intelligence Wins Overall Prize of the Galileo Masters 2019
Aeroficial Intelligence develops data-driven solutions to increase operational efficiency and considerably reduce fuel consumption in the aviation industry. The startup’s business intelligence system “Performance Cockpit” was named the 2019 Overall…
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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…
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Stratosyst – Long term Presence in the Stratosphere
There are only few areas on our planet that still resist the permanent presence of humans and their remote sensing ambassadors. Part of Earth’s atmosphere – stratosphere – is one…
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Drive safely and sustainably with Lycie
Lycie, the winner of the Galileo Masters ESA Space Solution Challenge 2018, developed the first mobile application to actively prevent traffic accidents. The app informs the driver in real-time about…
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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…
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