SATCEN – Partner’s Feature Presentation
SATCEN – European Union Satellite Centre
Research, Technology Development and Innovation (RTDI) Unit
Capability Development (CapDev) Division
European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen)
The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) is an agency of the EU working under the supervision of the Political and Security Committee and the operational direction of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. SatCen produces timely, reliable and accurate geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) products and services resulting from the exploitation of relevant space assets and collateral data, including satellite and aerial imagery, to support the decision-making and actions of the European Union in the field of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The RTDI Unit is the SatCen unit directly involved in E2S, exploring new solutions to keep at the-state-of-the-art the operational capabilities of SatCen.
What is your organization’s role in the project? What unique contribution does it bring to the team?
SatCen leads the WP on the downstream applications, coordinating the development of innovative solutions based on the innovative approach proposed by E2S technical partners. The use cases represent the test of AI-compressors in real world applications; SatCen will lead the maritime awareness use case, where the use of embeddings will be demonstrated in data transfer, feature detection, and tested in specific areas of interest using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, PAZ and AIS data. Morever, SatCen supports the institutional dissemination activities (e.g., within GEO) with a focus on the use of EO for security scenarios.
Why is this project important for your organization?
E2S will allow SatCen to participate in the development of ground-breaking ideas in EO domain that go beyond the state-of-the-art solutions, with high research and innovation potential. In particular, it will explore follow the advancements of IT (e.g. HPC) and EO latest disruptive technologies (e.g., AI-compressors) for the early assessment of potential solutions to address the operational need of observational gaps (temporal and spatial) between different satellites and the identification of features of interest in the maritime awareness domain.