Don’t miss this prestigious event and come and visit us at our booth in Hall 2B, F64.

We hope to see you in Paris!

Part of the PROBA (Project for on-board Autonomy) mini-satellites’ family of ESA, and third of the name, PROBA-V will ensure the continuation of the ‘Vegetation’ images taken over more than 10 years by the instruments on board of the French SPOT-4 and SPOT-5 satellites, arriving at the end of their operational lifetime. With a weight of 160 kg and a volume of less than one cubic meter, this miniature observatory will deliver every 2 days a complete vision of the vegetation on Earth. The data collected will not only allow to monitor agricultural and vegetal resources on our planet, they will also contribute to the study of climate change.
In this project led by QinetiQ Space, SPACEBEL has developed all software: on-board software of the satellite, ground control software, simulation software.

On the other hand, SPACEBEL is present on VEGA, the new ESA launcher developed by Prime contractor ELV headquartered in Rome. This launcher can carry and place into orbit several satellites up to 1.5 tons.
For several years, SPACEBEL has been bringing its know-how and support to ELV in the development of the on-board software as well as software engineering activities related to guidance, navigation and control of VEGA. SPACEBEL is also in charge of the simulation software meant to check and validate the various functions of the on-board software.

With the PROBA-V and VEGA projects, SPACEBEL confirms, once more, its expertise in the field of Earth observation and launchers.

Thanks to new and more efficient technologies, CSO will ensure the capacity for a constant day and night observation, identification of smaller targets and provision of images within a shorter time.

The construction of the first two CSO satellites is carried out by Astrium, prime contractor, under the supervision of CNES on behalf of the French Defence Ministry, while Thales Alenia Space will realize the optical instruments. CSO is part of the European initiative MUSIS “Multinational Space-based Imaging System for Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Observation” in cooperation with Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece and Poland.

SPACEBEL is involved in the development of the CSO mission ground segment with CNES as project manager. For the programming centre, under leadership of Capgemini & CS-SI, our company is responsible for the development of programming components and also provides support in the engineering and integration-validation phases. For the multi-mission control centre, under leadership of ATOS, SPACEBEL is responsible for the automation system. Finally, for the imaging system, with Thales Services as prime contractor, SPACEBEL designs and develops general services.

Not only is SPACEBEL deeply honored by the confidence of its industrial customers and CNES Toulouse, but we are also delighted to bring our expertise to this ambitious and innovative programme.

ESA’s Iris initiative aims at supplying a satellite-based communication system conforming to aviation requirements. The solution will improve passengers’ safety and benefit the European economy. It is implemented in close collaboration with the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) Programme launched in 2006 by Eurocontrol and the European Community.

SPACEBEL contributes to the system design phase of Iris and is more specifically in charge of delivering the on-board emulator. This element is part of the verification testbed that will be used to validate a new satellite communication standard under the leadership of Thales Alenia Space.

SPACEBEL is proud to be part of this innovative project as it opens the opportunity to extend our range of critical software activities to the field of air traffic management.

We are sponsoring the “Télévie” exhibition running from February 8^th until March 1^st 2013 at the Sart-Tilman premises of the University Hospital Center of Liège (CHU).

The event aims at to contributing to a better comprehension of the causes, consequences etc. of cancer amongst the general public.

The visit offers us the opportunity to put our VNREDSat-1b proposal regarding a small Earth observation satellite for Vietnam in the spotlight once again.

The 52° North Geoprocessing community has recently dedicated some blog posts and tweets to this fruitful realization:

• A look into WPS branches – Today: SPACEBEL (14/01/2013)
• SPACEBEL takes the 52° North WPS to Space (14/01/2013)
• Thanks @spacebelsa and @esa for making advanced web-based #geoprocessing possible with the 52°North #WPS (14/01/2013)
• New post: A look into WPS branches – Today: Spacebel … in Geoprocessing (14/01/2013)

You can join in with the good cause as well : all you have to do is bring out your vote here to let the magic of Christmas become reality in the Belgian, French or Luxembourg hospital of your choice…
Many thanks in advance for your help.

Wishing you a happy Christmas!

Odours from industry, chemical plants or livestock breeding are a real nuisance for citizens living in the neighbourhood. Odour monitoring and regulation remain complex issues often forcing industrialists to develop costly strategies to comply with legal constraints.

Using state of the art information & communication technologies as well as novel Earth observation applications, the OMNISCIENTIS project will set up an innovative monitoring and information system based upon feedback of inhabitants in combination with real-time and meteorological measurements and odour dispersion modelling. In the meantime, the service oriented system will allow a fast presentation of relevant information to all stakeholders.

The international Consortium led by SPACEBEL not only wants to promote the technical aspects of the solution but also aims at raising awareness that people can actively take part in the protection of their environment.

SPACEBEL is also in charge of the development and implementation of the WEB portal collecting inputs from different sources, evaluating confidence level of data and allowing feedback in real-time.

The Decision support and Real time Earth observation data Management system so-called DREAM is an ESA project that will address the technology, architecture and Payload Data Ground System interfaces needed to streamline the planning, ordering and access to Earth observation missions. Two main business scenarios are covered: the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), active in marine safety, and the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) whose mission is to support the decision making process of the European Union. Both will be reference use cases in addition to some representative users of the GMES world.

As prime contractor, SPACEBEL is honoured to lead the DREAM consortium composed of 13 wide-awake partners from 8 European countries. SPACEBEL will be more specifically in charge of the architecture and validation end-to-end.

Another challenging project in the field of Earth Observation for SPACEBEL…!