Security and Defense – EU Space Week 2018 SATCEN and the Copernicus Service for Support to External Action, by Denis Bruckert, Head of Copernicus, EU Satellite Centre (SatCen)

1. Denis Bruckert
Head of Copernicus Unit
European Union Satellite Centre
Denis.Bruckert@satcen.europa.eu
SATCEN and the Copernicus Service for Support
to External Action
Achievements and perspectives

2. The SatCen Copernicus SEA
12%
3%
31%
2%
51%
1%
Percentage products
Activity Report
Camp Analysis
Critical
Infrastructure
Analysis
Non EU-Border
Map

3. Copernicus SEA operations
Start of operations 15 May 2017
Total: 127 Tasks (43 from Defence Users)
Request per Type of Authorized User
64%
34%
1% 1%
EEAS
Member States
European Commission
United Nations
4
3
3
2
7
5
44
9
4
4
1
28
4
6
2
1
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
EEAS - Africa-4
EEAS - EU Delegation Algeria
EEAS - EU Delegation East-Jerusalem
EEAS - EUMS-Int
EEAS - Field Security
EEAS - INTCEN
EEAS - INTCEN - Consular Crisis Management
EEAS - MPCC
EEAS - Regional Affairs Americas
MS - MoD Belgium
MS - MoD Czech Republic
MS - MoD Italy
MS - MoD Portugal
MS - MoD Spain
EC - DG ECHO
UN - Department of Field Support
Service Requests
AuthorisedUser

4. Reference Mapping
Reference Map
Overview
Reference Map
Downtown

5. Critical Infrastructure analysis

6. Smuggling activities analysis (activity report)

7. Service Evolution
Service
Improvements
Developments
Industry
Contracts
Portfolio
Management
Initiatives implemented quickly aimed at improving the
Service Workflow. E.g:
- Electronic tasking.
- Automatic User Feedback.
- On-line dashboard.
- GeohuB
Faster and Interactive exchanges with users

8. Developments
Industry
Contracts
Portfolio
Management
 Machine Learning for feature recognition.
 Big Data techniques for large data series management.
 On-line web mapping with geo-processing tools for user
empowerment.
Service
Improvements
New Products or methods oriented to bring new technology into
existing or emerging user needs.
Service Evolution

9. Study posible use of
the DIAS for Data
Processing,
dissemination … Use of sentinels 1 and 2
Copernicus Infrastructure Space Component
Synergies with other initiatives/projects
REACT
Radar imagEry Applications
supporting ACTionable intelligence
Copernicus In-Situ Component
Developments
Industry
Contracts
Portfolio
Management
Service
Improvements
Service Evolution

10. Service
Improvements
Developments
Industry
Contracts
Portfolio
Management
- Cultural Heritage
monitoring: Monitoring
of damages to world
cultural heritage in areas
affected by armed
conflicts.
- Illegal Crops monitoring:
Monitoring of illegal
crops and illegal crop risk
analysis.
Updating the existing portfolio of products.
Examples
Service Evolution

11. Perspectives
 Upgrade the Copernicus SEA Infrastructure (use of DIAS, networks, data security, etc.)
 Increase the use of In-Situ data, Open Source data, Users data and Copernicus Security Services Data
 Consider the access to new sensors (including non-space RPAS, HAPS, governemental, etc)
 Increase the use of Artificial Intelligence (Machine learning, Deep learning, etc) for data processing and
analysis
COPERNICUS 2.0
 Preparation and negotiation of future agreement(s) with the Commission (Financial Framework
Partnership Agreement ?)
 Consider to fulfil a wider range of Defence/CSDP needs (consider compliance with EUCI - European
Union Classified Information - ?)
 “fiduciary entity” for the purpose of safe storage and treatment of data ?
 Synergies with other EU Space Programmes (Galileo, GovsatCom, etc) and Inter-Agencies Cooperation
 New roles for SatCen within Copernicus Security ?

12. Thank you for your
attention!
https://sea.security.copernicus.eu/