Beyond GNSS.asia :supporting EU-Japan
industrial cooperationin and around Space

22 June 2023
Fabrizio Mura, Team leader, Space.Japan

Summary of presentation
What was GNSS.Asia
Actions and results under GNSS.Asia JapanWhy Space.Japan
EU-Japan Centre services overview
Summary

Q&A anytime during the presentation

Summary

GNSS is apromisingsegment
Preparation
is key tosuccess• Huge effort is needed to support EU-Japan GNSS /Space cooperation for SMEs.
• GNSS.Asia is a good start - must be well integrated
with other internationalisation actions.
• Combined knowledge of technology, markets, localbusiness practices and regulations are key.
• Beyond GNSS, company commitment must be longterm and strategic• do SMEs offer what they need? are they considered
reliable?
• SMEs must build trust; be patient and resilient• Space is a key enabling ecosystem for non-Spacebusiness in both the EU and Japan;

What was GNSS.asia?
Funded by Horizon 2020 (EU money)
Running for 10 years (2012 –end 2021)
3 main objectives:

Build industrial cooperation across continents

Support institutional relations
Drive EGNSS adoption

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GNSS.asia drove Galileo adoption in Asia

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GNSS.asia networks in Asia

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GNSS.asia Japan (pre-COVID 19)
2016 The Hague

2017 Tokyo

2018 Bavaria

2019 Tokyo7

Setting the Sceneto strengthen the EU-Japan Partnership8

Galileo Differentiators

More information:www.usegalileo.eu

Fully interoperable with other GNSS constellations
Open service free of charge, delivering multiple frequencies

Modern signal is more resistant to multipath
Global high-accuracy service for free delivering down to 20 cm
accuracy
Only constellation that provides signal and data authentication

9More information:www.usegalileo.eu

Galileo services
Besides offering open access to precise
positioning and timing data, Galileo has awide portfolio of value added services

Search and Rescue ServiceSAR• Reduces the time taken to locate
emergency beacons• Includes the Return link service that
notifies users that their distress signal has
been received

Emergency Warning Service

High Accuracy Service• Leverages Galileo’s messaging
function• Transmits alerts to smartphones
within affected areas without
relying on ground infrastructure• Reduces positioning errors to
below 2 decimetres• Based on the free transmissionof Precise Point Positioning

EWSGalileo

Open Service NavigationMessage Authentication

HASOSNMA• Ensures the authenticity of circulating GNSS information• Enables higher-than-before levels of service robustness• Complemented through the Commercial Authentication
Service that allows access to the encrypted E6-C codes10Galileo constellation

More information:www.usegalileo.eu

Once fully deployed:
30 satellites
24 operational+ 6 orbit sparesin 3 Medium Earth Orbit(MEO) orbital planes:
23.200 km

More reliable coverage through satellites located in a higher orbit
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Galileo authority and reports

More information:www.usegalileo.eu

Designed specifically for civilian applications &managed by civil authorities
GNSS Market Report from EUSPA

Market & Technology Trends Reportfrom GNSS.asia

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From GNSS to Space
Satellite Navigation

Galileo is Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), providing improved
positioning and timing information with significant positive implications for many
European services and users.
Earth Observation

Space situational awareness

Secure Connectivity

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The European Union Agency for the Space Programme
EUSPA is responsible for Galileo and the user-oriented operational Agency ofthe EU Space Programme, contributing to sustainable growth, security andsafety of the European Union. By fostering the development of innovativeand competitive upstream and downstream sectors and engaging with theentire EU Space community worldwide, EUSPA is driving innovation-based
economic growth.

14European GNSS Agency (GSA) to EUSPA
GSA was set up to manage the development phase of the Galileo
Programme. It was established to recognise the strategic value ofEurope having its own independent satellite positioning and navigation
programme, EGNOS and Galileo.

In line with the new EU Space Regulation, the scope of GSA has been
expanded to include new responsibilities, resulting the creation ofEUSPA. EUSPA leverages the GSA’s technical expertise, market
intelligence, security know-how, and the extensive EU space-based
community that it has built, to create synergies that will take EU space
services and applications to a new level in Europe and around the world.

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The EU Space Programme (2021-2027)
Investment continuity in EU space activities
Supports the competitiveness and innovation capacityof the European space industry
Fund projects that provide high-quality space-related data andservices with key socio-economic benefits
Strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy
Improve flagship initiatives such as Galileo, Copernicus and theEuropean Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS)
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Space.JapanSupport EU Space and Space-related SMEs connect with Japan• Helpdesk: answer queries on EU Space Assets (COPERNICUS, GALILEO, EGNOS) for Japanese firms• Pitching support for EU SMEs (and Japanese companies)• Organization of sector specific workshops:
Present the latest market-oriented developments of Copernicus from the EU in Japan

Invite Japanese companies to meet and network with Europeans at major EU events
Facilitate open discussion to engage Japanese stakeholders on cooperation with the EU• Extension of the EUJCIC’s training, partner search and information services to industrial actors
involved in Space and Space-related sectors• Partner search and dissemination services (missions and trade fairs)

Launched in 2015

AEROMART Nagoya, October 2021•

6 EU SMEs companies introduced by Space.Japan (Hybrid)

Provider of maritime and space traffic management
services through nanosatellite infrastructure and A.I.
Arca Dynamics(Italy)Cloud/Edge-based GNSS positioning service provider for
IoT devices with applications in asset tracking services
Loctio (Greece)Development of autonomous electronics hardware for space
exploration with track-record in Japanese nuclear industry
Magics Instruments(Belgium)

Peak Technology
GmbH (Austria)

Satsearch b.v(Netherlands)

Skudo (Estonia)•

Virtual Booth of the EUJapan Center for Industrial
Cooperation•

On the screen theselection of 6 EU
companies chosen for themission, and interested inbusiness opportunities inJapan.

Design and development of composite overwrappedpressure vessels valued in the high-end Japanese industry

Online marketplace service provider for sourcingof ground, launch, and space systems

Developer of custom encryption solutions for spacecommunications providing opportunity to fill a gap

The Innovation Leaders’ Summit: Tokyo December 2022
• Mission to Japan: 4-day exhibition to support digital SMEs & startups
with introducing their technologies (e.g., GNSS, VR, AI, blockchain,cybersecurity) to the Japanese market.
• 8 European SMEs selected to participate with a joint booth and given
opportunities to meet with key players in the industry. The event
resulted in over 160 B2B meetings for European SMEs.

ISIEX, Tokyo Big Site, February 2023
• 3-day hybrid exhibition to introduce EU Space SMEs to the Japanesemarket (7 EU SMEs selected).
日欧産業センターISIEX 2023
欧州の宇宙関連企業の紹介
Cailabs

フランス

Cailabsは、TILBA製品群により、10Gbps以上の宇宙-地上レーザー通信のためのクラス最高のソリューションを提供しています：独自の乱流緩和サブシステムから完全な光地上局まで。

Geomatics Research & Development

イタリアSuper Garden

リトアニア

地盤や構造物の変位監視、移動体の高精度測位、低層・高層大気監視、地下探査など、衛星からのデータを処理する最先端のアルゴリズム開発を専門としています。

Sidereus Space Dynamics

イタリア
Peak Technology

オーストリアPEAKの技術を宇宙とモータースポーツに。PEAKは、ロケット、人工衛星、宇宙船のための技術を設計し、専門としています。当社の超軽量複合材高圧タンクと構造体は、ミッションをサクセスストーリーに変えます。
Iguassu Space Systems

チェコ

Iguassu Software Systems (ISS) は、地球観測データ（SARなど）の効率的な処理を含む衛星測位技術やグリッド技術に関連する技術ソフトウェアの設計・開発を得意としています。

おいしいものが食べたくなったとき。みんなが大好きな、ワクワクするような料理が食べたいとき。
スーパーガーデン: 宇宙の食卓

Sidereus Space Dynamicsは、誰もが宇宙にアクセスでき、安価に利用できるようにすることを目的としています。
彼らのロケットは、誰もが宇宙からペイロードを打ち上げたり回収したりできるように、使いやすく、信頼性が高く、手頃な価格になっています。

Rokubunスペイン

Rokubunは、従来のGNSS（全地球衛星測位システム）を超える高精度かつ拡張性のあるナビゲーション技術に焦点を当てたソリューション指向の企業です。

Pitching webinars
1.“New Space for environmental sustainability: supporting maritime and space trafficmanagement” (ARCA Dynamics, 17 June 2022);
2. “At the frontier of GNSS Applications: from precise positioning with low-costreceivers to meteorology, hydrometry and 5G hybridization” (GReD, 27 July 2022);
3. “Improving the Eating Experience in Space” (with Natural Machines, 29 September2022);
4. “EOS, the First Personal Space Vehicle: a whole new class of Orbital Launch
Vehicles” (Sidereus Space Dynamics, 22 November 2022);
5. “10+ Gbps Space-to-Ground Laser Communication” (Cailabs, 18 January 2023);
6. “Risk monitoring from Space” (Spotlite, 10 May 2023)

Next eventSupport to search for cooperation partners / customers between the EU and Japan
EEN = free support tosearch for business / R&D
cooperation with Japan

Target: start-ups, SMEs,Universities and Clusters

Build up lead generationfrom Europeありがとうございました。
Spacejapan@eu-japan.or.jp

Luca Escoffier
Project Manager Japanluca.escoffier@eu-japan.or.jp

24About the EU-Japan Centre• Joint venture co-funded and co-managed by DG GROW and METI
• 2 offices in Tokyo and in Brussels• 40 staff – mix of European and Japanese• Launched in 1987 – 36 years of trust built and joint activities• Promote industrial, trade, R&D, innovationcooperation between the EU and Japan.

andinvestment• Improve EU and Japanese companies’ and SMEs competitiveness andcooperation by facilitating the exchange of experience and know-how
between EU and Japanese businesses, R&D organizations andstakeholders.

Available services
Policy Analysis
Seminars in Japan and Europe• Energy, environment, climate variation• Trade and Investment• Industrial Policy (including SME and innovationpolicy)
EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT)MINERVA expert research hservice

Service for BusinessTraining programmes

Promotion of Cooperation in Industrial
Innovation• Get Ready for Japan•

Horizon Europe National Contact Point• World Class Manufacturing (WCM)•Space.Japan (EU-Asia cooperation in satellitenavigation applications)•Technology Transfer Helpdesk• Engineering internships: Vulcanus

Information Service, EEN Japan, andEPA helpdesk