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European Union

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political and economic union of 27 European states

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Brussels, Belgium
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The United Kingdom and the European Union reached a new agreement on 2020-12-24 allowing the UK to continue participating in the Copernicus Earth observation program after formally exiting the EU.

LegalGeneralValue 4.0Dec 28, 2020Brexit deal to allow UK to continue being part of Copernicus program

Galileo is 100% financed by the European Union with the European Space Agency acting as the implementing agency.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Dec 28, 2020Brexit deal to allow UK to continue being part of Copernicus program

The United Kingdom was facing a 2020-01-01 deadline to complete a deal governing its relationship with the European Union on issues including trade, law enforcement, and participation in EU-led programs.

LegalPlanValue 2.2Dec 27, 2020Brexit deal allows UK to continue participation in Copernicus

Galileo is financed 100% by the European Union with the European Space Agency as the implementing agency.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.3Dec 27, 2020Brexit deal allows UK to continue participation in Copernicus

The United Kingdom and the European Union reached a broad agreement on 2020-12-24 governing the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union after Brexit.

LegalValue 1.2Dec 27, 2020Brexit deal allows UK to continue participation in Copernicus

GNSS utilizes 89 satellites from four satellite navigation systems: GPS (United States), GLONASS (Russia), Galileo (European Union), and BeiDou (China).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 23, 2020Global Traffic Technologies adds GNSS to enhance signal priority system

Josef Aschbacher's top priorities as ESA director general include improving the agency’s relationship with the European Union and supporting commercial space activities in Europe.

GovernanceRelationshipsGeneralValue 2.4Dec 17, 2020New ESA director general sees EU relations and commercialization as priorities

Orbex’s 2020-12-09 funding round included a 2,500,000 EUR grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program to support technology development.

FinancialCapabilityValue 4.5Dec 10, 2020Isar Aerospace, Orbex raise funding for small launch vehicles

In mid-to-late 2021, the European Union and ESA member states will decide whether to proceed with full development funding for the CIMR, CHIME, and LSTM missions.

PlanFinancialGovernanceValue 3.5Nov 13, 2020ESA signs a trio of Copernicus contracts worth 1.3 billion euros

GeoE3 is a three-year project funded by the European Union as part of the Connecting Europe Facility.

FinancialGeneralValue 3.0Oct 30, 2020OGC announces participation in the Geospatially Enabled Ecosystem for Europe (GeoE3) project

By law, data from publicly funded or critical infrastructure projects in Europe cannot leave the European Union.

LegalValue 2.8Oct 7, 2020Esri partners with Auterion, fostering security gamechanger for governments and enterprises

UK GNSS is a search programme that developed outline plans for a standard satellite system as an alternative to the United States' GPS or the European Union’s Galileo.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Sep 25, 2020Government to explore new options for UK satellite navigation

The U.K. GNSS effort started in 2018 after the British government failed to reach an agreement with the European Union about continued participation in the EU’s Galileo satellite navigation program post-Brexit.

LegalPlanValue 2.5Sep 25, 2020U.K. to revise strategy for satellite navigation system

The European Space Agency signed a 300-million-euro contract with Airbus Defence and Space on 2020-09-21 to develop the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) satellite for the European Union’s Copernicus program.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 5.0Sep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU

Oracle will stop offering third-party audience segments in the European Union, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom starting on 2020-09-15.

LegalValue 0.3Sep 11, 2020Oracle to pause third-party data services in Europe

Oracle Data Cloud will remove data from Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and countries within the European Union and will cease delivering that data from its platform.

LegalGeneralValue 2.0Sep 11, 2020Oracle to pause third-party data services in Europe

In January 2020, the European Union committed 100,000,000 EUR to space-related European venture capital funds.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.0Jul 22, 2020Startups in U.K., Switzerland, led Europe in space investment last year

A full go-ahead decision for the six future Copernicus missions is not expected until the second half of 2021 when ESA and the European Union decide how to co-finance the program.

PlanLegalFinancialValue 3.5Jul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

The €2.55 billion package is co-funded by the European Union and ESA Member States and relies on future funding from the EU Multiannual Financial Framework.

FinancialGovernanceValue 4.0Jul 6, 2020Thales Alenia Space wins lion’s share of newly awarded Copernicus contracts

The Horizon 2020 IOD/IOV program is entrusted to and funded by the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

LegalFinancialValue 3.0May 15, 2020ISISpace selected by ESA to provide IOD/IOV service using Cubesats, in the frame of EU Horizon 2020 Programme
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