Overview

The European Space Agency (ESA) invites industry from the ALPSTAR Participating States (PS) to the Ground Segment Industry Day, focused on the definition and development of the ALPSTAR Ground Segment part of Element 2 of the European Resilience from Space for Earth Observation (ERS-EO).

ERS-EO aims to define and provide common guidelines about the federated capability layer that connects sovereign systems across national and institutional boundaries through harmonized standards, secure interfaces and collaborative operational models. The overarching goal is to bring national or multi-lateral resources to better pool and share them.

Alpstar project will establish a robust framework for managing and sharing information, prioritizing security and confidentiality. The primary objective is to design and implement a federated system that can effectively integrate various components, ensuring seamless information flow and coordination among different stakeholders. The dual-use aspect aims to leverage from technologies and solutions that can serve both civil and military purposes maximizing the utility and investments made. 

The ALPSTAR project includes the participation of the following states: Belgium, Canada*, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

This Industry Information Day will present the planned procurement activity. The event will be online via Webex link.

*provided entry into force of the Arrangement between ESA and the Government of Canada regarding participation in the ERS-EO Programme

Objectives

• Present ALPSTAR mission concept and the ground segment preliminary architecture and concept.

• Provide an overview of the Ground Segment procurement:  “ALPSTAR Consolidation of the Federated Layer and Full Proof of Concept” – Activity 2B

• Allow industry to pose additional questions and raise issues in a B2B settings with the ESA Executive, after the general Q&A session held in plenary

Preliminary Programme (14:00–16:00)

1. Welcome
2. Introduction
3. ERS-EO Programme overview
4. Alpstar Ground Segment: Activity 2B (Federated Layer)
5. Questions & Answer session (in plenary)
6. Organisation of the B2B splinter videocalls

After the end of main event B2B sessions will be held in parallel.

Target Participants

This event is designed for industrial entities active in:

• Ground Segment development (system architecture)

• EO Data Handling (acquisition, formatting, circulation, access, exploitation, values adders)

• Federation and harmonized systems (e.g. standardized interface and international best practices about data handling and data exchange) 

Registration

Participation is free of charge, but registrations are mandatory and will close on Friday 17 April at 12:00.

Registration for this event is restricted to entities from the Participating States in Element 2 - ALPSTAR of the ERS-EO Programme. As of today, these Participating States are: Belgium, Canada, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, and Switzerland. 

By attending this meeting, participants acknowledge and agree that their contact information will be shared among the attendees. This is to facilitate future bilateral meetings and ongoing communication between ESA and individual participants for collaboration and follow-up discussions.