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1.The Satellite Centre shall support the decision-making of the Union in the context of the CFSP, in particular of the ESDP, by providing material resulting from the analysis of satellite imagery and collateral data, including aerial imagery as appropriate, …
2.A Member State or the Commission may address requests to the SG/HR, who, if the capacity of the Centre allows, will direct the Centre accordingly, …
3.Third States … may also address requests to the SG/HR, who, if the capacity of the Centre allows, will direct the Centre accordingly, …
4.International Organizations such as the UN, OSCE and NATO, may also address requests to the SG/HR, who, if the capacity of the Centre allows, may direct the Centre accordingly, …
JA Art. 2: Mission
• Indications and warnings• Support to arms control• Support to military operations• Peace-keeping, -making, -enforcement• Humanitarian missions• Treaty verification• Counter-proliferation• Counter-terrorism
Products to support:
PhotographicIntelligence(PHOTINT)
Exploited the medium of film
Imagery Intelligence(IMINT)
Exploited the medium of imagery
- Photography- Electro-optical imagery- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)- Infrared (IR) imagery- Multi-spectral
Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT)
Exploits the medium of spatial data.
- Photography- Electro-optical imagery- SAR- IR imagery- MSI- IFSAR- LIDAR- Hyperspectral imagery- Motion imagery- Moving Target- Indicator (MTI)- Non-Imaging IR- Topographic survey- Hydrographic survey- Geomagnetic survey- Gravimetric survey- Foreign maps and charts- Collateral sources
Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy (MC&G)
Collected data from a variety of sources
- Photography- Electro-optical imagery- SAR- IR imagery- MSI- Topographic survey- Hydrographic survey- Geomagnetic survey- Gravimetric survey- Foreign maps and charts- Collateral sources
Geospatial Intelligence
2. Independent Verification:- Complement national and third party input
3. Control Priorities:- Avoid competing for national resources during crises- Prioritize on EU criteria
1. Autonomous Analysis Capability: - Bespoke information for Decision-Makers- Full compliance with International Law- Unobtrusive, world-wide collection- Confidentiality
4. Shared Approach:- Shared funding of a communal resource- Shared data for common decision-making
Overall scenario
EUSC Data WorkflowImagery
Collateral
Imagery Intelligence
Geospatial Information
Products
EUSC
Data & ImageryProviders Users
EUSC Supply / Delivery Networks (Current)
SecretariatGeneral
Internet
EUSC
MODs, MFAsand others.
Delivery network current limitations
-Availability of cryptographic equipment (HW and SW) relative to desired classification.
-Bandwidth limitations: for a better user experience.
Supply network current limitations
-Reliability/privacy of Internet.
-Great number of sources, procedures, formats, delivery points.
Hard medias(DVD/CD)
DSAT TelecommsSatellite
Users community
Data & Imagery Providers UsersNetworks at different security level
Earth Observation (EO) satellites
Telecommunication satellite
Possible scenarios
EUSC
Problematic:
• EUSC cannot afford a Ground Segment per each sensor for costs and complexity reasons.
• Many different suppliers lead to many different time-consuming procedures.
Solution:
Use an existing multi-mission ground segment and implement solutions for fast access, ordering and delivery between EUSC and that ground segment.
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• EUSC browses catalogue and orders data.• VSGS receives data from EO sensors.• VSGS corrects data and uploads to a
telecommunication satellite.• EUSC receives data and processes further.
Advantages:
• EUSC out sources all complexity and know-how to the HMA.
• The HMA is 1-interlocutor and negotiates with Satellite Owners.
• The HMA optimizes EUSC programming requirements.
EUSC desiderata for imagery access
• Constraints:• Time between “image is taken” and “image is at EUSC” must
be less than 4 hours.• Integrate with existing European projects to reduce
development time and costs• Components:
• Multi-mission catalogue for ordering• Programming and reception of images from satellite• Radiometric correction• Geometric correction• Archiving of data and cataloguing of metadata• Delivery of processed data
Telecommunication satellite
ESA-Data Dissemination System (DDS)
Internet
ESRIN Kiruna EUSC
Other customers
Problematic:
• Some suppliers have a slow Internet access.• Some suppliers cannot afford a private uplink to
a Telecommunications satellite.Solution:
Use an existing network, based on telecommunications satellites and implement a fast link from suppliers to that network
DDS concepts:
• ESA project to allow rapid dissemination of ENVISAT satellite´s data to users across Europe.
• Based on MPEG-2/DVB-S• 2 uplink stations (ESRIN and Kiruna).• Central monitoring at ESRIN• Satellite network based on EUTELSAT W1• Internet used for control and ordering
DDS Advantages:
• EUSC makes use of a fast and solid network infrastructure.
• Suppliers need only to link to the nearest DDS Point-of-Presence.
The EUSCReference Facility
The EUSC-RF is a long-term, phased project aiming at the modernisation of the Centre, thus improving early warning and crisis monitoring capability and efficiency.
This will be achieved through the adoption of • the standards set forth by the OpenGIS
Consortium. • Service Oriented ArchitectureImplemented by ACS SpA Italy
External Data Repository (Views)
Oracle10g
FileSystem
Data ImportComponent
External Portal
Service Interfaces (Read Only)
Data View
Object Service(Feature, Gazetteer, Catalog, Coverage,
Style, Symbol, Context)
PortrayalService
...Service
Ext. ServiceRegistry
...
External Service Registry
Administration
ExternalApplication,
Google Earthenterprise
„ServicePublishing“
EUSC RF “External view”
Overview
Internal Portal
Task Management
Information Discovery Map Management
External Portal
Discovery Client
Spatial Object Access Service
IONICRedSpider
File SystemHSM
Oracle10g
OracleText
Oracle BPELProcess Manager
Ora
cle
Spa
tial o
r Loc
ator
Web
Catalog
Extensions
Studio
Data Import ServiceData Export Service
Data & Metadata
External Catalogues
Tracking
Spatial Object Access Service
IONICRedSpider
File SystemHSM
Oracle10g
OracleText
Oracle BPELProcess Manager
Ora
cle
Spa
tial o
r Loc
ator
Web
Catalog
Extensions
Studio
Task Info
Metadata
Scenes
GML
Gazetteers
ESRITask Info
Collateral
Symbols Styles
MapsGIB
Images
Data Import Service
Metadata
GMLEUSC
schema
Data Export Service
Import/Export Services
Tracking
External Portal
Discovery client
Information Discovery
Information Discovery UI
Data ProviderIntegration plug-in
CS-WData Provider
Low Level APIData Provider
Catalogue URLData Provider
OfflineData Provider
HMA prototypeBased on ESA Service Support Environment infratstructure:
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Conclusions• Centralized access to, as much as possible,
the ground segments• Precise selection of the AOI (gazetteer..)• Payment system, security in handling
information• Direct access to the archives• Integrated data transfer system• European Union on orbit capability ?
(x-sentinel ?)