On 9 February 2023, the SDA Bocconi School of Management-SEE Lab, the Secure World Foundation and the Space Policy Institute are hosting a workshop "Space Exploration Investments: Turning Uncertainty into Measurable Risk and Benefits". This is an opportunity to learn about the ways how investments work in the space domain.
The EU Earth Observation programme Copernicus provides full, free and open access to its data from Sentinel satellites. This data is used to deal with important issues of our planet. The programme is complicated, but hides lots of cool facts behind!
ESA invites members of the space community to attend one of the key European space conferences of the year - on 23 and 24 May 2023 in ESTEC, the Netherlands. A student poster competition is part of the conference with a sponsored trip for the winners! Deadline: 13 March 2023.
The European Union (EU) has chosen the name and gave a green light for the new satellite constellation initiative, which will provide EU government bodies with space-based communications: resilient, interconnected and secure. It should be operational by the end of 2024.
On 13-15 December 2022, the United Nations in cooperation with Austria will virtually hold the World Space Forum 2022 "Sustainability in Space for sustainability on Earth". That is an opportunity to build partnerships, discover new markets for the technologies as well as share achievements.
The DEEP PPU consortium of 6 organisations, including the Latvian WIT Berry, are to develop a disruptive electrical propulsion power processing unit for gridded ion thrusters for geostationary orbit (GEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO) and deep space missions.
This event will help you build your consortium and find partners for the upcoming Horizon Europe Cluster 4 “Digital, Industry and Space” project calls. Join on 30 November 2022 from 11.00 to 14.00 both in person in Riga and online.
Act in Space is a 24h non-stop hackathon format created by French National Space Agency (CNES) and European Space Agency (ESA) that runs worldwide every 2 years. Latvia is a participating country, and this year, it will also host an Act in Space hackathon on 19 and 20 November in Riga, Latvia.
European Union Agency for the Space Programme is looking to support the development of innovative commercial applications that leverage data coming from the EU Space Programme: from theoretical ideas to operational products in three different themes.
To tackle the global plastic pollution crisis, the European Commission launched the CASSINI Prize for digital space applications aiming at developing space solutions to track and remove marine plastic pollution. The Prize has € 2.85 million available and is open until May 2023.
Prague, home of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, will host Space2Business, the major space event of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union: booths, matchmaking sessions, conferences, talks, pitch competition, job fair and side events!
The Ministry of Economics, the Ministry of Education and Science, and the State Chancellery Innovation Laboratory of the Republic of Latvia have reached an agreement with the Center for Space Governance to cooperate in the development of the Latvian space law.
On 28 September from 9:00 to 11:00, the representatives of the Latvian space sector are going to deliver presentations during the "Prospects for Latvian space science and technology to fulfill UN Space Agenda 2030" session, which is organised as part of the Science Summit of the United Nations General Assembly.
As a contribution to the tradition of Nordic-Baltic cooperation and the vision of strengthening the high value-added economies of our countries, this forum will devote its attention to STEM and the space economy as a resourceful and inspirational domain for innovation, cooperation, synergies and growth. The forum will take place on 22 September 2022 in Cēsis, Latvia.
On 27 June - 1 July 2022, ESA held the 12th Training Course on Earth Observation (EO) in Latvia. With 35 participants and twice as many applications received, EO experts delivered practical seminars on EO data and information (SAR and optical) and its applications, EO missions and EO Open Platform. In the article, you will find recording of the seminars.
Several organisations and institutions that contribute to the growth of the Latvian space sector will promote their technological achievements, learn and network with thousands of other participants of the 73rd International Astronautical Congress from all other the world.
Fostering the EU space business entrepreneurship environment: the opportunities for downstream applications in the space field have never been greater due to easy and instant access to space data and signals
On 7 July 2022, the Copernicus Support Office is organising its second webinar as part of a series dedicated to showcasing Copernicus, its uses and benefits. This time the webinar will delve into the topic of Earth Observation data uses in the cultural heritage sector.
InnORBIT is a capacity building initiative for innovators & innovation intermediaries in Eastern Europe and the Baltics. On 27 June 2022, an information day to take place, and an open call has been launched!
A Latvian company Baltic Satellite Service and Forest Radar, who use machine learning and satellite imagery for advanced forest intelligence, organise a programme/challenge on forest flooding detection in satellite data in Latvia - starting on 20 June 2022.
The European Space Agency organises two webinars on space technologies for seas and oceans: Safety and Security in the Oceans Space (21 June 2022) and for a Greener Maritime Future (23 June 2022)
On 1 June 2022, EUSPA organises the Entrepreneurship Day for European start-ups, scale-ups, SMEs, entrepreneurs, innovators and investors on ways to successfully integrate European space data and solutions into an business idea, start-up or innovation.
Planet's Earth Observation high-frequency, high-resolution satellite data is now available for free for non-commercial use via the EARTHNET program.
As part of Deep Tech Atelier 2022, Latvia is organising ESA Days on 19 and 20 May 2022. Networking opportunities, inspirational talks and practical information on opportunities available in the space sector for everyone!
SPACEtalks 3.0, a space commercialisation conference that will focus on space technology, its on-planet applications and the future of the space industry, will take place on 27 April 2022 in Oxfordshire, UK.
Find out about career opportunities at ESA on 2-5 May 2022 online: for professionals from entry to senior level, online job fair, interaction of ESA HR, in detail about ESA careers.
World's largest Earth observation event, which is held every three years, will take place on 23–27 May 2022 in Bonn, Germany. Register by 9 May 2022.
ESA to create a new centre to provide a European platform for interdisciplinary discussions and research on space economy and commerce. You can apply to become a member!
The EU Agency for Space Programme published the new market report on Earth Observation and Satellite Navigation. The downstream sector is growing: €200 bn in 2021 and €500 bn to reach over the next decade!
