ESA Advanced Concepts Team’s Post

🎉 I'm thrilled to announce that my work on "AI in Space: Potential, Challenges, and the Importance of Regulatory Guidelines" has been accepted for a 12-minute oral presentation (with Q&A) at the upcoming 75th International Astronautical Congress (International Astronautical Federation)  in Milan, Italy 14-18 October 2024. 🌌 💡 This topic dives into the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence in space exploration and development, exploring both its immense potential and the critical challenges that arise. The presentation will also highlight the importance of clear regulatory frameworks to guide AI applications in space activities. 📆 I look forward to presenting and engaging with the community on these pivotal topics. If you'll be there, I'd love to connect and discuss the future of AI in space with you! 🚀 See you at International Astronautical Congress! #AI #Space #Technology #Regulations #Innovation #Research #Presentation #Conference #SpaceExploration #SpaceDevelopment #SGAC #IAC #IAF #Milan #Paper #Space

🟣 IRT Saint Exupéry is honored to announce that it has been selected for phase 2 of the #OrbitalAI challenges! IRT Saint Exupéry is participating in two competitions organized by the European Space Agency - ESA (ESA Φ-lab) to deploy its technologies in space, on the PhiSat-2 satellite, and on the International Space Station (IMAGIN-e mission by Microsoft and Thales Alenia Space). 🛰 The first phase of this competition took place from March to September this year and involved proposing an innovative idea to ESA that combines embedded AI and Earth observation.   Our multidisciplinary team proposed a solution that identifies threats to the maritime ecosystem (oil spills, plastics, algal blooms, etc.) and can monitor and protect extensive sea areas for the benefit of the environment, the economy, and our societies. Our solution performs anomaly detection by combining a self-supervised neural network with genetic algorithms, harnessing the advantages of both technologies. It is efficient in terms of data and computational resources, ensuring compatibility on various embedded hardware configurations and rapid fine-tuning once in orbit. In the next step, the feasibility of the solutions proposed by the different teams will be examined in more detail. IRT Saint Exupéry is the only team, along with the South Korean startup Telepix, to advance in both the PhiSat-2 and IMAGIN-e missions. Congratulations to all for rising to this challenge! We are excited to demonstrate the utility of our technologies further and have the opportunity to be one of the two open science solutions that will be launched into space.   The efforts made in these challenges are supported by the IRMA project (Image processing for a Responsive Mission with AI) at IRT AESE - Saint Exupéry. We would like to express our gratitude to our academic and industrial partners, and the Project Team, who have made this project possible 👉 Thales Alenia Space, ActiveEon, MyDataModels, Geo4i, JoliBrain & Université Côte d’Azur Adrien Girard, Michelle AUBRUN, Thomas Goudemant, Marjorie Bellizzi, Ingrid Grenet, Benjamin Francesconi, Michaël Benguigui & Lionel Cordesses Watch the pitch of our solution: https://lnkd.in/dpTmamHG #AI #EarthObservation #AI4EO #PhiSat #Space #OpenScience

Boost performance -ESA deepSpace communication station in Spain upgrade... part of a series taking place at deep-space stations in ESA’s ‘Estrack’ network, located in New Norcia (Australia), Cebreros (Spain) & Malargüe ...(Argentina). “With these upgrades, ESA is pushing the limits of what’s technically possible and enabling scientists to explore new worlds and gather unprecedented amounts of data,” says Stéphane Halté, ESA ground station engineer. Estrack is one of only two global deep-space antenna networks on Earth and is a cornerstone of ESA’s international collaboration. ESA missions and those of partner agencies such as NASA, JAXA and ISRO, as well as those of private companies, rely on Estrack to provide the vital communication link between mission control and distant spacecraft. Demand for Estrack support is high, so ESA is constructing a second antenna in Australia and squeezing out maximum performance from its existing antennas by deploying new technologies such as cryocooled antenna feeds." ESA Communication capacities from ground stations... Send instructions to spacecraft Receive data collections... European tech transfer – from space to quantum computers...  

Artificial gravity for Europe in space, Image: ESA and Vast memorandum signature at ILA, : Image: ESA and Vast memorandum signature at ILA

Good afternoon, I would like to present Helios VLS an innovative amateur radio telescope designed by the Associazione Astrofili Centesi specifically for research into space weather phenomena. This low-cost device has attracted the attention of the astronomical community due to its unique capabilities of sensitivity and affordability1. At the heart of the radio telescope is an array of two antennas, positioned underground, that effectively capture low-frequency electromagnetic waves (VLF) in the range from 1 kHz to almost 100 kHz. By studying the changes in the reflected low-frequency waves in the ionosphere, it is possible to have an indirect measure of space weather events. The intercepted VLF signals are meticulously recorded and analysed, enabling a detailed characterisation of VLF1 emissions. This radio telescope plays a crucial role in research for understanding space weather events. By monitoring low-frequency emissions, it can provide valuable information on solar flares, gamma-ray bursts and terrestrial thunderbolts. The project evolves with the creation of the SPACE WEATHER SENTINEL, an easy-to-install Helios-based system that allows the detection of changing upper atmospheric states using a magnetometer.

The Space Data Opportunity If you could ask the European Space Agency one question about space data or ESA funding, what would it be? Let’s start a conversation. 🌍🚀 #spaceinnovation #esa #spacefunding #randd #spacedata

⭐ We invite applications to tender for the ESA Commercialisation Ambassador in Italy - (BASS and Earth Watch InCubed-2) 2024 – 2027. The ESA Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) programme aims to enable companies, especially those from non-space domains, to create new businesses or enhance existing ones by integrating space capabilities – Earth observation, satellite navigation and telecommunications and human space flight technologies. InCubed stands for ‘Investing in Industrial Innovation’ and is a Public Private Partnership co-funding programme run by the ESA Φ-lab, part of the Earth Observation Programme. InCubed focuses on developing innovative and commercially viable products and services that generate or exploit the value of Earth observation imagery and datasets. In Italy, the Agency is looking to continue the activities of Commercialisation Ambassador, working across regions, technologies, and thematic areas. Find full details and application criteria on esa-star ➡ https://lnkd.in/gZGRvxUR 📷 Earth from Space: Italy and Mediterranean, ©ESA. Image contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2024), processed by ESA. #TrasformazioneDigitale #TecnologieDigitali #Innovazione #ServiziDigitali #Tecnologia #BusinessItaly #ItalyBusiness #NewSpace #TecnologiaSpaziale #SpaceEconomy #NewSpaceEconomy

"It's magic to get it all together, and it's a lot of work" - it's a quote from Josef Aschbacher, DG of European Space Agency - ESA, from his latest interview with Space.com. Great quote which actually summarises everything hard that we're doing in space. Cause you know, it's not only hard to get the hardware working, it's hard to make a software which will not break the OBC during the update to the satellite, it's hard to manage the project, it's hard to do AIT when you're doing things that were never done in your part of the world... In the end, it's magic. When a time flies, this should turn to the daily, boring job, but we're constantly pursuing new things. So magic stays with us. Nice picture of this "magic" is the new Ariane 6, that will launch soon. Let' s hope that Europe will manage to do projects not only as big and "old-fashioned" like Ariane 6, but also some smaller ones, faster, more agile like recent Ideas call for the Moon missions. Let's see where this magic brings us! P.S. Guess who's going to have their camera's on Ariane 6? You guessed correctly - it's Scanway Space :) Image credits: ESA

Remember the intriguing project we were talking about, co-funded by European Space Agency - ESA? 🚀 We’ve officially entered the demo phase of ‘BST HIKES,’ allowing you to explore what it truly is and how it will work in real life. BST HIKES 👉🏼 https://hikes.bst.coach/ #esa #ESAspacesolutions #sportsinnovation #sportsperformance #strengthandconditioning

⚠️#WEF2024 👇   Space is finally getting the attention it deserves, rising in political and societal relevance as a practical solution to the real challenges of today and tomorrow. Have you ever thought about how European space missions can help to shape the safer, greener, more sustainable and more efficient society of the future that you envision?   ESA astronaut Matthias Mauer and I will be at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week to discuss with world leaders, academia, industry, and the media about:   ✔️Global risks such as poverty rates, extreme weather, and water quality and how we can use Earth Observation data-driven decision making to forecast and mitigate ✔️Using AI to tackle climate change ✔️Human exploration of the Moon and beyond ✔️Industry and technology of the future ✔️The growing importance of cooperation and partnerships, particularly with the rising players ✔️Satellites for safety and security ✔️Predictions and best practices for a healthy space economy   My personal highlights for the week:   Monday ➡️Opening Ceremony   Tuesday ➡️The Global Risks Consortium ➡️”Activating the Commercial Use of Earth Observation Data for Climate and Nature”. Moderated by Stacy Janiak, I will be a firestarter alongside Gim Neo, and Ibrahim Al-Zu'bi from Deloitte, Centre for Nature and Climate at WEF, and ADNOC Group, respectively.   Wednesday ➡️ “Beyond Borders: The Space Industry and Technology of the Future” where Henry Foy from Financial Times will moderate and I will be a panellist alongside Dan Tenney from Lockheed Martin and Grzegorz Zwolinski from the SatRev. ➡️ “Taming Competition in Low and High Orbit” livestreamed at 👉https://lnkd.in/dYEt8QEY Moderated by Alison Snyder from Axios, my fellow panelists will be Doreen Bogdan-Martin from International Telecommunication Union, Guru Gowrappan from Viasat, and my longtime professional friend, Will Marshall from Planet Labs. ➡️ “Where Will the Space Economy be by 2035?” where I will be joined by several experts and thought leaders in the field.   Thursday ➡️ “Space*AI” Moderated by Daniel Dobos from Swisscom, I will be joined by Olivier Oullier from Inclusive Brains and Brian Schmidt, Nobel Laureate in Physics.   Any media requests can be made to ESA Media Relations, Bernhard L. von Weyhe, at [email protected].