Placing Portugal at the Forefront of Satellite Services

The consortium "New Space Portugal" will establish, for the first time in Portugal, the capacity to design, develop and produce complete satellites, payloads and offer high added value tradable services, based on the exploitation of Earth Observation (EO) data from Space, boosting the national value chain to serve a fast growing market worldwide. In addition, it will expand the portfolio of products and services of the Portuguese satellite operator (GEOSAT), consolidating its position in the European and global markets, and of national companies focused on practical applications of satellite data (downstream), creating a high value-added marketfocused offer. In an integrated manner, "New Space Portugal" will develop and consolidate a longterm space scientific, technological and industrial base in Portugal for the auspicious future of the sector. Objective, activities and expected results | Promote a structural change in the specialisation profile of the Portuguese economy through the development, production and operation of satellite constellations, such as the Atlantic constellation, enhancing the creation of innovative spacebased products and services, integrating "New Space" philosophies. In terms of products and services, the following will be created:

• Constellation of High Resolution satellites
• Constellation of VDES satellites
• SAR satellite constellation
• Digital Planet, a digital platform to merge multiple data, from multiple sources, and provide value-added services
• Among other services for the promotion of entrepreneurship, space-based advanced education and training and research in the field of Earth Observation in the Atlantic and globally.