This document discusses using satellite data from the Sentinel program for business cases. It notes that satellites should be seen as part of a sensor system providing data, not just as individual parts. Combining different sensor data through fusion can provide more information than any single sensor alone. New business models are emerging around processing and augmenting satellite data to create valuable data products and services. One example project discussed uses Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 data to create forestry management products and services through a Finnish consortium. Both opportunities and challenges are noted for using Sentinel data, as the resolution can be coarse for some detailed analysis but data fusion can help overcome limitations.

1. SPACE SYSTEMS FINLAND_
CASE: SENTINEL DATA
Matti Anttila
matti.anttila@ssf.fi

2. Space business since 1989

3. SSF_
FOUNDED IN 1989
80 STAFF, TURNOVER 7.6 M€ (2016)
OFFICES IN ESPOO, FINLAND and PRAGUE, CZECH
PRIVATELY HELD FINNISH COMPANY
ISO 9001 CERTIFIED QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
BUSINESS UNITS:
SPACE: Software, Services
SYSTEMS: Data Science, Defence, Medical technology, Consulting

4. Satellite data
as a business
case?

5. SATELLITES ARE SEEN AS PARTS
OF A SENSOR SYSTEM_
It’s not about satellites (only)
it’s about data processing and models
Sensor fusion instead of single-
type source
vastly more information than
homogenous sensor network
Data processing
augmenting missing sensor types or
spatial resolution
Need for clever algorithms
Sea Wind

7. NewSpaceEconomy and SatEO for services_
HILLA / Forestry One Stop Shop project 2018 - 2019
Finnish consortium
Research: VTT, Oulu University
Industry: SSF, Simosol, Mosaicmill
In-kind: Simosol, Arbonaut
Sentinel-2 pipeline* and data products in focus
Sentinel-1 in secondary focus
*Currently Sentinel ToolBox by ESA

12. Possibilities and challenges_
Sentinel-data somewhat coarse for infra detection
Area-based analysis more possible than individual sightings
E.g. Parking lot usage, forests, ice cover, snow..
Data Fusioned products better for pinpointed targets
Business cases for infra monitoring in target!