EU Adds 9 Startups to Contribute Data to Copernicus Mission

The European Union (EU) has added nine startups — including Spain-based Satlantis, the parent company of UF startup Satlantis LLC — to contribute data to the Copernicus project. Each startup will receive a 5 million euro contract to provide additional data to Copernicus. 

Copernicus is the world’s largest Earth observation (EO) program and it is managed by ESA for the European Commission. It consists of the Sentinel satellites and contributing missions from commercial and government providers that make their data available to Copernicus. The data is used for monitoring land use, marine and international border surveillance, and improving public security. 

In late 2021, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a deal to integrate Iceye’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery into the Copernicus imagery program, as the first European startup to take part. 

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