Copernicus
Copernicus’ Earth Observation system serves as Europe’s eyes on Earth. Its vast and freely accessible collection of global data informs EU citizens, businesses, researchers and decision makers on essential topics, including crop conditions, pollution levels, or safety at sea.
Its data also helps address much broader challenges, such as monitoring our climate.
Galileo & EGNOS
Galileo’s positioning and timing information supports services and devices you use every day. You can use it to navigate for free, at any time. Galileo is also used in international search and rescue operations.
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) monitors and improves the accuracy of satellite-based navigation services. It is widely used in Europe for commercial flights.
IRIS² & GOVSATCOM
In the new age of digital connectivity, not only access and speed, but also security is important. To limit the number of areas with poor or degraded internet connection and to protect us from malicious cyber attacks on vital services, EU Space is rolling out two new flagships to provide reliable satcom services.
IRIS², the cutting-edge Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity, and Security by Satellite and the Governmental Satellite Communication (GOVSATCOM) pooling and sharing system are complementary to make sure that everyone – from our governmental to individual broadband users – have access to secured connectivity at any time and anywhere.
Space Situational Awareness & Space Traffic Management
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) provides comprehensive knowledge and understanding about space hazards, such as collisions in space, re-entry of space objects into Earth’s atmosphere, and in-orbit fragmentations, space weather events such as solar storms, and natural space objects approaching the Earth.
Space Traffic Management (STM) promotes an EU approach to the global challenge of increasing space congestion in close cooperation with national, EU and international partners with the aim of safeguarding access to space and operations in space for generations to come.
