LEONSEGS project to revolutionise the future of the Earth Observation (EO) data business landscape

LEONSEGS stands for Large Earth Observation New Space Ecosystem Ground Segment and is set to be a federated environment prototype of EO data providers that collaborate all together through harmonized interfaces and that are managed by a central automated multi-mission service, able to coordinate and produce for the End-User complex EO product.

The proposed multi-mission ground segment shall federate New Space players supporting the heterogeneity of the New Space ecosystem through harmonized interfaces for each profile, and especially with:

▪ New Space stakeholders which need or wish to externalize their ground segment infrastructures.

▪ EO existing products providers with their own space and ground segment willing to access to the market that this infrastructure will offer.

The 30-month project started in July 2023 and is the result of a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving: GMV, the coordinator, with an extensive experience in managing international collaborative research projects and world-wide leader in ground segments; PLUS (Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg), a highly reputed academic partner with a cut-of-the-edge experience on EO processing; SATELLOGIC, a New Space leader in EO, operating a proprietary constellation of high-resolution satellites capable of imaging earth in high frequency; and F6S, one of the best companies with expertise on community building, dissemination and communication, especially for engaging with stakeholders.

This 2.8-million-euro project, co-funded under EC Horizon Europe collaborative research programme, aims to contribute to European EO non-dependence and leadership with disruptive innovations in the Ground Segment for complex scenarios of multiple collaborative missions to tackle challenging End-Users needs.

On LEONSEGS’s potential the Project Coordinator from GMV, Mr. Stan Markelov, said: “GMV is proud to engage with all European New Space players willing to exploit synergies in order to offer optimized and sophisticated EO-based products and services. The potential of this endeavor will be realised with close coordination and collaboration between private sector, EU policy makers and end users”.

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About LEONSEGS:

– LEONSEGS is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

– For more information, visit LEONSEGS website: www.leonsegs.eu or contact LEONSEGS’ Communication Manager Joana Coimbra – joana@f6s.com.