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LARGE EARTH OBSERVATION NEW SPACE ECOSYSTEM GROUND SEGMENTbroad

LEONSEGS · Horizon Europe grant · 2023-07-01–2026-06-30

EC contribution

€2,143,784

Total cost

€2,850,941

Beneficiaries

7
About the data

Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01 · scheme HORIZON-IA · topic HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-13. CORDIS record →

Objective

LEONSEGS is a federated environment (called Multi-mission Earth Observation Ground Segment Service Platform) 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. There are different types of EO data providers: EO products provider (like for instance existing EO constellation operators that offer their data and products) and EO satellite constellations (satellites that are managed by a Ground Segment as a Service –GsaaS- solution, and that allows not only access to data and products but tasking of future acquisitions).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.LEONSEGS is a multi-disciplinary fully complementary consortium. GMV has an extensive experience in coordinating international collaborative research projects and is the world-wide leader in ground segments. PLUS is a highly reputed academic partner with a cut-of-the-edge experience on EO processing. AISTECH is a New Space player in EO, operating a proprietary constellation. F6S is one of the best companies with expertise on community building, dissemination & communication, especially for engaging with stakeholders; F6S runs actually a world community platform with more than 4.5mil users and approximately 1.5 mil tech-startups.

Beneficiaries (7)

OrganisationCountryRoleEC contributionSME
GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE SA ES coordinator €982,358
PARIS-LODRON-UNIVERSITAT SALZBURG AT participant €493,750
Aistech Space SL DFM profile ES participant €403,154 Yes
F6S NETWORK IRELAND LIMITED IE participant €214,900 Yes
SATELLOGIC SOLUTIONS SL ES participant €49,621
GMV INNOVATING SOLUTIONS SRL RO thirdParty €0
GMV GMBH DE thirdParty €0

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