Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Blink (Software, not Hardware: Revolutionising Satellite Data Acquisition)
Berichtszeitraum: 2015-09-01 bis 2016-02-29
During the Phase 1, we have prepared a time-frame for customization and preparation for delivery of the system for each type of customer and have put the price tag on proposed business models based on the results of the meetings with the customers.
Furthermore, we have created a technical roadmap for system implementation in the further period, including milestones and required budget.
- Amphinicy has been holding presentations about Blink on several events, including Horizon 2020 SPACE Information Days in Ljubljana, organized by the European Commission and COSMOS2020. Among attendees there were satellite providers from SmallSat industry working on missions that include smarter usage of natural resources and ensure security in human lives. They identified Blink as an adequate part for their data acquisition chains, especially in Adriatic and Alpine regions (e.g. river flow monitoring, sea pollution detection, agriculture, meteorology, etc.).
- During the discussion with big industry stakeholders like Telespazio and SES, Blink has been put into context of technology enabler for new missions that will put Europe at a forefront of Space exploration and technologies (e.g. fast monitoring and analysis of data from launching rockets on a new EU launchers as response to SpaceX)
- EU start-ups identified Blink as an affordable solution for their existing plans in Earth observation missions. This way Blink is boosting growing trend of Space start-ups in the EU by providing them with technology that fits, and puts the EU next to the USA (Silicon Valley) considering the number of space start-ups.
All the above implications are completely in line with the Copernicus program.