Description of the EU in Space today and the space solutions that are all around you.

1. Marine and maritime challenges
The EU space programmes
Elisabeth Hamdouch
d.HoU Copernicus
DG GROW – European Commission

2. Space Solutions are all around you

4. Galileo, EGNOS, the genesis
• The Galileo name first appeared in February 1999, the concept:
• A constellation of 30 satellites in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) with a
Search And Rescue (SAR) transponder;
• 16 sensor stations
• 2 control centres;
• 5 mission uplink stations and 5 downlink stations;
• Aims:
• An independent high-precision positioning system so European
nations do not have to rely on the Russian GLONASS,
Chinese BeiDou or U.S. GPS systems
• 4 service facilities including free and open, commercial,
governmental and SAR
• 2 satellites in 2005 and 2008 to test, first deployment in 2011
• Financing Decisions for the programme in the early 2000s.
• 14 satellites satellites are already in orbit and a further 16 will be
launched by 2020

5. 1. Milestone in space sector co-operation
2. Strengthen information input
to the policy cycle
3. Independent, internationally
accepted services
4. Policy needs and satellite
capabilities must converge
5. Space based monitoring
can be reliable, efficient and cost-effective
6. Time lag to implement space programmes imparts urgency
7. Independent access and analysis of global environment data & information
across the political spectrum
8. Partnership with industry is crucial
Copernicus – the genesis, Baveno 20
8th October 1998 364.40 ppm

6. Galileo/EGNOS Main achievements
Soon the most precise satellite navigation system
in the world
2016 OPERATIONAL
22 SATELLITES IN THE
ORBIT
4
MORE SATELLITES TO
BE LAUNCHED ON 25
JULY THIS YEAR
20
CENTIMETERS
POSITIONING
ACCURACY IN A FEW
YEARS
HIGH PRECISION
1-meter (or even less) signal precision)
SMARTPHONES
All the latest models Galileo-compatible
ROAD
From April 2018, Galileo in every new car model
supporting the eCall initiative .
AVIATION
275 airports in Europe are using EGNOS
AGRICULTURE
Farmers using EGNOS for precision farming
SEARCH AND RESCUE
Detecting a person in distress within 10 minutes

7. Copernicus Services & applications
The most advanced earth observation system in the world
2018 All 6 services
OPERATIONAL
7 Satellites in the orbit
Pbs The 4th big data
provider
1xx xxxx Hundreds of Thousands
of registered users
DIAS platforms: easy access to
data
Climate change & environmental
monitoring
Natural disasters
Floodings, earthquakes, fires, huricanes
Land management
Resources, planning, conservation
Security/border management
Marine environmental monitoring
the ocean forecasts, the Arctic, the biology

8. Space supports EU policies
Mapping of natural disturbances
and weather-related challenges
Monitoring COP21 commitments
and CO2 emissions
Better execution of CAP due to
policy monitoring and precision
farming
Enabling technologies in
automotive, aviation and
maritime sectors
Supporting civil protection thanks
to Emergency Management
Service
Aiding the digitalisation through
space and satellite
communication

9. EU in space today
• 2nd space power in the world
• EU space flagship programmes – Galileo/EGNOS and Copernicus – are delivered on
time and on budget
• They demonstrate the excellence of Europe in Space complex infrastructures
• EU already invested an overall budget of €5 billion for 2005-2013 and €11 billion for
2014-2020 in addition to investments made by Member States at national level
• European space industry employs over 230 000 professionals and its turnover was
estimated between €46 and 54 billion in 2014, representing around 21% of the value
of the global space sector

10. Scope of the space programme in the new
regulation
Existing systems
GALILEO
/EGNOS
COPERNICUS
New systems
SSA
GOVSATCOM
Access to space
Support to start-up
Governance
Security
Cross-cuttingactivities

11. Challenges
• Revolution in space sector and increased competition
• from traditional, emerging and new space powers both state (USA, Russia, China, Japan,
India)
• and private (SpaceX, Blue Origin) supported by Venture Capital investments; New space,
disruptive technologies & business models
• Security dimension: EU needs a clear strategy to secure its industrial and
political leadership as well as autonomy to remain its comparative advantage
on the global market
• New needs: Climate change, data economy, security/defense

12. Learning from Silicon Valley

13. EU Space Programme Regulation
• Implements the new competence under the Treaty (Art 189): Establishing a
EU space Policy & a Space Programme.
• Delivers on the Space Strategy for Europe (Oct 2016).
• One single programme: simplification, coherence, streamlining, visibility
• 3 main objectives:
• Continuity: strong investment in existing services
• Evolution to match the needs: Climate change; security/defense, IoT
• Adaption to new realities: New space, strategic autonomy on key systems, geopolitical
realities

14. Evolution of Galileo & Copernicus
• GALILEO: 2nd generation gradually operational from 2030 with higher precision and greater
resilience, providing new services for Drones, Internet of things, Driverless cars, Security and
defence.
• COPERNICUS: Continuity of services and new observation capacities for:
• CO2 emission monitoring supporting the objectives of the COP21 Paris agreement,
• Land use including support to agriculture,
• Observations of the Polar areas;
• Security needs, to improve detection of small objects (e.g. vessels) in support of the fight
against illegal trafficking or needs for external actions.

15. 6 Candidate Missions – in response to COM needs
Causes Climate
Change
Agriculture & Urban
Mgmt.
Effects Climate Change
over poles
Food Security, Soil &
Minerals
Sea Ice & glaciers
Soil, Vegetation &
Ground Motion
Copernicus 2.0 – maintaining European
leadership

16. Build ground
infrastructure – Hub - to
connect users and
suppliers
Supply by MS and private satellites:
a) prioritise Union level users (e.g. CSDP,
Frontex)
b) provide to Union and MS users (e.g.
national fire fighters, police)
If needs exceed possible supply: (2024)
new space infrastructure by public-
private partnership (payload or satellite)
Governmental Satellites Communication
GOVSATCOM
• Objective: pooling of Member States and private capacity to offer an EU
service of reliable, secure and cost-effective satellite communication service
to all Member States authorities
• How: Implemented by the Commission with
• GSA for the security accreditation and coordination of user aspects (together with EDA
for military users)
• ESA for aspects relating to R&D of the space segment

17. •Enhance SST capacities owned by Member States in order to monitor, track and identify satellites
and space debris orbiting Earth;
Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST)
•Develop Space Weather capabilities based on Member States capacities in order to monitor some
space weather events (e.g. solar storms, solar radiations …) potentially impacting Earth;
Space Weather (SWE)
•Map and Network Member States NEO capacities in case comets or asteroid approach Earth.
Near Earth Objects (NEOs)
Space situational awaresness (ssa)
• Objective: protecting against the main space hazards: collision between
satellites and space debris, space weather phenomena, and near earth
objects
• How: pooling of Member States capacity to provide a EU service

18. General motos
1. Encourage the uptake of space services and data and maximize benefits
2. Foster a globally competitive and innovative european space sector
3. Reinforce Europe’s autonomy in accessing and using space in a secure and safe
environment (access to space, critical technologies)
4. Support industry, new business opportunities and competitiveness
5. Reinforce synergies between civil and security space activities
6. Support innovation and research
7. Strengthening europe’s role as a global actor and promoting international cooperation
8. Continue to deliver: operational, secured, sustained