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The European Commission launched the Horizon Green Deal 2020 initiative.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralNov 10, 2020Horizon Green Deal 2020 Call: Harnessing power of EU Space to increase Europe’s resilience

The "SBAS for Africa & Indian Ocean" program is established on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) acting under delegation of the European Commission.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralOct 14, 2020SBAS signal over Africa commenced via the NIGCOMSAT-1R satellite

The European Commission inaugurated the Copernicus environmental monitoring system in 2014 with the launch of the Sentinel-1A radar satellite.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductSep 23, 2020Airbus signs $350 million contract to build CRISTAL ice-monitoring satellite for EU

The European Commission has committed to using the decentralized model dictated by the Apple/Google platform for contact tracing apps.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductSep 16, 2020EU introduces app to integrate continent-wide contact tracing

The backend servers used by the European Commission's contact tracing apps are assumed to be anonymized and do not permit access by state institutions.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralSep 16, 2020EU introduces app to integrate continent-wide contact tracing

The European Commission is setting up an interoperability gateway service for contact tracing apps.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralSep 16, 2020EU introduces app to integrate continent-wide contact tracing

The ESA-led competition to select second-generation Galileo suppliers is arranged on behalf of the European Commission and pits OHB against Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductAug 14, 2020ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation

HyImpulse received a 2.5 million-euro grant from the European Commission to advance its launcher technology.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative FinancialAug 14, 2020DLR spinoff HyImpulse plans small launcher debut in 2022

The 13.2-billion-euro European Commission space budget is equivalent to approximately $15,200,000,000.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative FinancialJul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

The European Commission agreed to a maximum space budget of 13,200,000,000 EUR for the next seven years focused mainly on continuing the Galileo and Copernicus satellite programs.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

The accepted space budget of 13,200,000,000 EUR is 2,800,000,000 EUR less than what the European Commission sought in 2018 and 2019.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

The approved European Commission space budget allocates 8,000,000,000 EUR for Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

The approved European Commission space budget allocates 4,810,000,000 EUR for the Copernicus environmental monitoring satellites.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

The European Commission had pushed in 2018 and 2019 for member states to finance a 16-billion-euro space budget, a nearly 50% increase over the 2014–2020 budget.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJul 21, 2020European Commission agrees to reduced space budget

Copernicus is the largest provider of Earth observation data worldwide, with the European Commission leading the programme and ESA responsible for developing, building and launching the dedicated satellites.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJul 6, 2020Thales Alenia Space wins lion’s share of newly awarded Copernicus contracts

The European Commission received the letter from Commissioner Thierry Breton and has not provided a timeline for its response.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMay 7, 2020Coronavirus could shrink European space industry by 1 billion euros, politicians warn

A 2020-01-28 ceremony at NASA Headquarters involved officials from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the European Space Agency, Eumetsat, and the European Commission.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductJan 28, 2020Earth science mission named after former NASA official

The European Commission ordered two Ariane 62 launches for Galileo in 2017 with launches initially slated for 2020 and 2021.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative GeneralJan 23, 2020EU reserves four Ariane 6 rockets for Galileo navigation satellites

At least half of ArianeGroup’s transition batch of 14 Ariane 6 rockets are dedicated to European government customers, including six for the European Commission’s Galileo satellites and one for the French military’s Composante Spatiale Optique-3 imaging satellite.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductJan 23, 2020EU reserves four Ariane 6 rockets for Galileo navigation satellites

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group provided a 100,000,000 EUR loan to ArianeGroup on 2020-01-21 to help finance Ariane 6 development.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJan 23, 2020EU reserves four Ariane 6 rockets for Galileo navigation satellites
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