Earth Observation Archives - Starion, System engineering for space, defence & critical infrastructures

SAFEPLACE project team photo at ESA ESEC in Redu in June 2025

12 June 2025

5 minutes

Starion and partners demonstrate first SAFEPLACE proof of concept at ESA ESEC

A Starion-led consortium has successfully demonstrated the initial proof of concept for the SAFEPLACE crisis management solution to suppo...

VBiomass satellite launching on board Vega-C rocket

29 April 2025

6 minutes

Starion celebrates launch of Biomass – ESA’s forest mission

How Starion's space engineers support ESA in the design, development and operations of the Biomass mission.

18 March 2025

5 minutes

Starion’s VIPER project will improve efficiency and performance of AI systems

Starion Italia initiates development of novel approach to AI data processing to improve efficiency and performance, funded by the Italian...

Photo of ESA's ESTEC campus in Netherlands from the south, showing buildings with the dunes and sea beyond

28 January 2025

3 minutes

Starion wins support contract to ESA’s EO Programme Directorate

Starion Nederland B.V. has won a new type of contract to provide support services to ESA’s Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes.

double exposure image of virtual human 3dillustration

22 January 2025

3 minutes

VIPER: A paradigm shift in AI development

Why VIPER is revolutionary Many AI solutions today address individual tasks in isolation – such as denoising, super-resolution or object ...

Graphic showing images of various Earth observation satellites orbiting the Earth. Image copyright ESA

10 December 2024

3 minutes

Starion designs a new view of EO space missions for ESA

Starion is developing and maintaining a database of Earth observation (EO) space missions for ESA

Vega-C rocket launches carrying the Sentinel-1C satellite

6 December 2024

5 minutes

Starion celebrates launch of Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite

Starion's experts have been preparing Sentinel-1C's post-launch activities, with MOIS used at ESOC in support of mission operations.

Signature event for the SAFEPLACE project at IAC2024 with Nicola Mann from Starion and a representative from ESA standing on either side of her

15 October 2024

6 minutes

Starion leads development of SAFEPLACE crisis response platform

Starion is leading a consortium to develop the SAFEPLACE platform to provide situational awareness to disaster management organisations.

Bay of Naples, Italy, captured by Sentinel-2C. Image copyright ESA

24 September 2024

5 minutes

Starion develops SmartDIG: a commercial AI-powered EO archaeology service

SmartDIG from Starion Italia is a downstream service for construction stakeholders needing to preserve cultural heritage and archaeologic...

Last Vega rocket lifts off carrying Sentinel-2C satellite

5 September 2024

4 minutes

Starion celebrates successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite

Starion is celebrating the successful launch of the Sentinel-2C satellite, for which we provide professional engineering services to ESA,...

Soil sealing over Barcelona (credit: ESA)

15 July 2024

4 minutes

Starion expands availability of datasets in Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

The EU’s Copernicus programme is the biggest provider of EO data in the world, generating petabytes of data and information every year. M...

Artist's impression of EarthCARE over Europe (credit: ESA)

5 June 2024

6 minutes

World Environment Day: The essential role of the EarthCARE mission

Celebrating the contributions that Starion’s engineers across Europe have made to the EarthCARE mission from its early stages.

27 February 2024

2 minutes

Leading the Next Phase of ESA’s Network of Resources Project

Our Italian office has secured the prime contract for ESA’s Network of Resources (NoR) project, a platform for accessing Earth observatio...

Artist's impression of the Biomass satellite scanning forests on Earth

29 January 2024

11 minutes

Space – Helping to Protect Our Forests

How the Biomass satellite will provide critical information to help protect and expand our remaining forests.

Image of a hand pointing to a dark graphic with icons including one saying AI to illustrate artificial intelligence

25 May 2023

5 minutes

How to Embrace AI and Machine Learning

Contrary to what you might think from recent media coverage, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been around for ...

Illustration of a digital twin Earth. Image copyright ESA

24 January 2023

4 minutes

Contributing to Development of Europe’s Destination Earth Project

We are supporting ESA and EUMETSAT in the implementation of the European Commission’s (EC’s) flagship initiative Destination Earth

Sentinel 6 charting sea level for Copernicus

19 November 2020

6 minutes

7 Essential Facts about Sentinel-6: Monitoring the Oceans with Copernicus Sentinel-6

Here are 7 essential facts about Sentinel-6 and why this satellite is so important to our understanding of climate change.

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Starion and partners demonstrate first SAFEPLACE proof of concept at ESA ESEC

Starion celebrates launch of Biomass – ESA’s forest mission

Starion’s VIPER project will improve efficiency and performance of AI systems

Starion wins support contract to ESA’s EO Programme Directorate

VIPER: A paradigm shift in AI development

Starion designs a new view of EO space missions for ESA

Starion celebrates launch of Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite

Starion leads development of SAFEPLACE crisis response platform

Starion develops SmartDIG: a commercial AI-powered EO archaeology service

Starion celebrates successful launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite

Starion expands availability of datasets in Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

World Environment Day: The essential role of the EarthCARE mission

Leading the Next Phase of ESA’s Network of Resources Project

Space – Helping to Protect Our Forests

How to Embrace AI and Machine Learning

Contributing to Development of Europe’s Destination Earth Project

7 Essential Facts about Sentinel-6: Monitoring the Oceans with Copernicus Sentinel-6