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UPDATE: The launch planned on 1st October has been aborted, stay tuned for the new date.

Horizon 2020 project ENSPACE is literally launching its new GNSS receiver for low cost, secure and flexible space navigation, positioning and time. The Galileo enabled receiver will be integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1, to be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA on 1st October 2020, 9:38PM US East Coast time.

The ENSPACE project, funded under the programme Horizon 2020 and managed by the GSA, has made quantum leaps in the development of a GNSS solution supporting Galileo and aimed at the smallsat market sector, one of the fastest growing markets under the New Space trend. The consortium is led by Qascom together with the University of Padova, GEA Space, Eundorosat, Euroconsult, and Spirent.

The ENSPACE’s product, now commercialised under the model QN400-Space by Qascom, was selected by the University of Ohio for a NASA mission to be launched in space in a cubesat as a technology demonstrator.  The solution, was delivered to the University of Ohio and integrated into the cubesat mission BOBCAT-1. It will be launched to the International Space Station in a Cygnus cargo on top of an ANTARES Launcher from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, on the 1st October at 9:38PM US East Coast time (2nd October, 3:38AM CET). The cubesat will be deployed with the ISS robotic arm in the same orbit.

Once again, Europe’s Horizon 2020 is driving innovation, boosting entrepreneurship and economic growth, delivering products and services that impact markets and technologies. ENSPACE is an excellent reminder of the range of services and markets Galileo can cater to, in this case for vehicles operating in the different layers of the Space Service Volume. 

The result of European and international cooperation, QN400-Space is an advanced multiconstellation (Galileo / GPS) SDR receiver based on System on Chip (SoC) Zynq family, and is the answer to space GNSS applications that require the security and the flexibility of a software solution.

Click on the links to learn more about: the ENSPACE project, the QN400-Space solution, the BOBCAT-1 mission, and the launch planned for 1st October 2020. 

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The Horizon 2020 Call “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Research and innovation in support of the European Green Deal” with an overall indicative budget of € 983 million has just opened for submissions with a deadline on 26 January 2021. #EUSpace and its community of entrepreneurs and innovators have a key role to play in it, integrating space intelligence into the services and applications that will support Europe and the achievement of the Green Deal ambitious goals.

In recent years, EUSpace has enabled the creation, development and adoption of a wide range of services and applications to mitigate the environmental footprint and reduction of emissions, enhance the optimisation of resources, and improve the capacity to prevent and respond to crises.

Launched by the European Commission under the Green Deal Call, 11 thematic areas are looking for nothing less than future-proof solutions targeting a climate-neutral Europe by 2050:

Area 1: Increasing Climate Ambition: Cross sectoral challenges

Area 2: Clean, affordable and secure energy

Area 3: Industry for a clean and circular economy

Area 4: Energy and resource efficient buildings

Area 5: Sustainable and smart mobility

Area 6: Farm to Fork

Area 7: Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Area 8: Zero-pollution, toxic free environment

Area 9: Strengthening our knowledge in support of the European Green Deal

Area 10: Empowering citizens for the transition towards a climate neutral, sustainable Europe

Area 11: International cooperation

Some of the thematic areas with specific references to the use of satellites and EU’s flagship programmes Copernicus, Galileo and EGNOS include:

Area 1: Preventing and fighting extreme wildfires with the integration and demonstration of innovative means

The new context of extreme wildfires requires accelerating the shift towards implementing a more holistic fire management approach through research, demonstration and deployment of innovative means and methods tailored to extreme wildfire behaviour, such as better techniques, models, solutions and capabilities for preventing, predicting, monitoring and fighting wildfires, and mitigating their impact, including better technologies, equipment and decision support systems for first responders.

Area 4: Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way

With rising focus on the building sector in view of the full decarbonisation by 2050, the built environment remains a strategic domain for R&I. Proposals submitted in this area should target sustainable and highly energy-efficient building designs adapted to local environments and climatic conditions, including active-passive solutions for the building envelope, with digital and EGNSS-based methods of design and construction, smart monitoring and tracking of building and renovation processes (e.g. Building Information Modelling, digital twins and augmented reality, robotics, etc.)

Area 5: Sustainable and smart mobility - Green airports and ports as multimodal hubs for sustainable and smart mobility

In aviation, the area targets the application of innovative digital and EU satellite-based solutions, including new tools and traffic optimisation mechanisms for multimodal access, passenger and freight flows into and out of the airport, as well as between airports, facilitating airport access and reducing traffic from/to the city or other nodes.

In ports, it looks for pilot activities to showcase the positive environmental effects of digitalisation (incl. EU satellite-based solutions), particularly with clean (e.g. electrified/hydrogen) connected and automated vehicles and cranes, as well as intelligent port systems and dynamic vessel traffic flows for improved routing and scheduling, to minimise ship time at port, enabling efficient and automated logistics chains and multimodal inter-connections.

Read more: The Horizon 2020 EU Green Deal Call

Area 6: Farm to Fork - Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations in support of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy

Proposals are invited against “Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations in support of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy”, bringing forward the most appropriate mix of innovations, such as novel, digital and space-based technologies using EGNSS and Copernicus data and services, new business and supply-chain models, new governance models, ecological and social innovations while taking into account regional and sectoral contexts (environmental, socioeconomic, cultural) and needs, both for production and consumption. 

Read more: A European Green Deal 

The H2020 Call is inviting GNSS industry, entrepreneurs, SMEs, universities, organizations and public bodies to explore how synergies among the EU Space Programmes can enhance green solutions, more climate neutral results and increase Europe’s resilience. “We have only scratched the surface of what EU Space can do for a smarter, greener and more sustainable Europe” said Fiammetta Diani, GSA Head of Market Development, “the wealth of data and services provided by EU Space are key enablers in devising solutions for Europe’s future challenges and ambitions” she continued “we are looking forward to serving and supporting ideas and entrepreneurs that put sustainability at the core of innovation”. 

A webinar to be held on 8th October, co-organised by the GSA and the European Commission  will provide an overview of the call priorities and possible applications and areas that will be considered for funding out of the €983 million available.  

You can also join the matchmaking sessions organised to introduce the Green Deal call for proposals, present insights and expectations whilst offering a unique international networking experience to forge the winning partnerships of the future.

Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).

The Horizon 2020 Call “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Research and innovation in support of the European Green Deal” with an overall indicative budget of € 983 million has just opened for submissions with a deadline on 26 January 2021. #EUSpace and its community of entrepreneurs and innovators have a key role to play in it, integrating space intelligence into the services and applications that will support Europe and the achievement of the Green Deal ambitious goals.

In recent years, EUSpace has enabled the creation, development and adoption of a wide range of services and applications to mitigate the environmental footprint and reduction of emissions, enhance the optimisation of resources, and improve the capacity to prevent and respond to crises.

Launched by the European Commission under the Green Deal Call, 11 thematic areas are looking for nothing less than future-proof solutions targeting a climate-neutral Europe by 2050:

Area 1: Increasing Climate Ambition: Cross sectoral challenges

Area 2: Clean, affordable and secure energy

Area 3: Industry for a clean and circular economy

Area 4: Energy and resource efficient buildings

Area 5: Sustainable and smart mobility

Area 6: Farm to Fork

Area 7: Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Area 8: Zero-pollution, toxic free environment

Area 9: Strengthening our knowledge in support of the European Green Deal

Area 10: Empowering citizens for the transition towards a climate neutral, sustainable Europe

Area 11: International cooperation

Some of the thematic areas with specific references to the use of satellites and EU’s flagship programmes Copernicus, Galileo and EGNOS include:

Area 1: Preventing and fighting extreme wildfires with the integration and demonstration of innovative means

The new context of extreme wildfires requires accelerating the shift towards implementing a more holistic fire management approach through research, demonstration and deployment of innovative means and methods tailored to extreme wildfire behaviour, such as better techniques, models, solutions and capabilities for preventing, predicting, monitoring and fighting wildfires, and mitigating their impact, including better technologies, equipment and decision support systems for first responders.

Area 4: Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way

With rising focus on the building sector in view of the full decarbonisation by 2050, the built environment remains a strategic domain for R&I. Proposals submitted in this area should target sustainable and highly energy-efficient building designs adapted to local environments and climatic conditions, including active-passive solutions for the building envelope, with digital and EGNSS-based methods of design and construction, smart monitoring and tracking of building and renovation processes (e.g. Building Information Modelling, digital twins and augmented reality, robotics, etc.)

Area 5: Sustainable and smart mobility - Green airports and ports as multimodal hubs for sustainable and smart mobility

In aviation, the area targets the application of innovative digital and EU satellite-based solutions, including new tools and traffic optimisation mechanisms for multimodal access, passenger and freight flows into and out of the airport, as well as between airports, facilitating airport access and reducing traffic from/to the city or other nodes.

In ports, it looks for pilot activities to showcase the positive environmental effects of digitalisation (incl. EU satellite-based solutions), particularly with clean (e.g. electrified/hydrogen) connected and automated vehicles and cranes, as well as intelligent port systems and dynamic vessel traffic flows for improved routing and scheduling, to minimise ship time at port, enabling efficient and automated logistics chains and multimodal inter-connections.

Read more: The Horizon 2020 EU Green Deal Call

Area 6: Farm to Fork - Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations in support of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy

Proposals are invited against “Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations in support of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy”, bringing forward the most appropriate mix of innovations, such as novel, digital and space-based technologies using EGNSS and Copernicus data and services, new business and supply-chain models, new governance models, ecological and social innovations while taking into account regional and sectoral contexts (environmental, socioeconomic, cultural) and needs, both for production and consumption. 

Read more: A European Green Deal 

The H2020 Call is inviting GNSS industry, entrepreneurs, SMEs, universities, organizations and public bodies to explore how synergies among the EU Space Programmes can enhance green solutions, more climate neutral results and increase Europe’s resilience. “We have only scratched the surface of what EU Space can do for a smarter, greener and more sustainable Europe” said Fiammetta Diani, GSA Head of Market Development, “the wealth of data and services provided by EU Space are key enablers in devising solutions for Europe’s future challenges and ambitions” she continued “we are looking forward to serving and supporting ideas and entrepreneurs that put sustainability at the core of innovation”. 

A webinar was held in October, co-organised by the GSA and the European Commission, to provide an overview of the call priorities and possible applications and areas that will be considered for funding out of the €983 million available.  

You can also join the matchmaking sessions organised to introduce the Green Deal call for proposals, present insights and expectations whilst offering a unique international networking experience to forge the winning partnerships of the future.

Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).