Creation of the European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSECO)
The creation of the European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce (ECSECO) was announced by ESA DG Josef Aschbacher. The ECSECO aims to serve as a European forum for interdisciplinary…
Interested in space investments? Join a capacity building programme for fund managers
Investments in space technology, infrastructures and digital applications are a quickly growing segment. In the coming years, European companies will find new business opportunities coming from the launching of satellite…
SoHHytec – Developing the fuel of the future.
Reducing the reliance on conventional fossil fuels is an increasingly important topic. Hydrogen is recognized as the clean fuel of the future, though ~96% of worldwide production of hydrogen is…
Nine Engineering – Access management, reinvented
Belgian start-up Nine Engineering has successfully launched NineGuard, a next generation access control solution based on facial recognition powered by space technology. Investing in Security In the past few years…
Space in support for the insurance sector
The global insurance market has suffered a downturn of -3% in 2020 due to the COVID-19, but those losses are expected to be recovered by the end of 2021. This…
How Space Supports the Digitalisation of Hospitals and Related Services
The COVID 19 pandemic has put immense pressure on medical services globally, leading to a re-assessment of ways of working, logistics, business models and associated technologies. As a result, the…
Space for Green Finance
Emerging Synergies and Space Added Value in Support of Green and Sustainable Finance Climate change and environmental monitoring had been at the heart of space related activities since decades and…
In-Orbit Economy Workshop: from space innovation to business development
In this one-day workshop organised by the ESA Downstream Gateway it was covered how the space environment can boost commercial solutions through the involvement of private actors in experimenting aboard…
Smart and uncrewed shipping
ESA is ready to support European Industry in developing and demonstrating services enabled by converged Space and 5G communications and/or advanced PNT (Positioning, Navigation & Timing) technologies in the Smart…
Space for Cultural Heritage Workshop
This one-day workshop organised by the ESA Downstream Gateway covered how the space sector combined with cutting edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning can help protect the…
