KSAT will lead a European satellite mission called Poseidon focused on tracking pollution, under an award announced Monday. The project intends to use optical and radar-based satellite technology to improve detecting oil spills in sea ice and identifying pollutants released by ships at sea.
It is a three-year project, funded with 5 million euro ($5.8 million) from the European Commission’s Horizon Europe R&D program. The mission’s full name is Pollution Observation from Space: Environmental Imagery for Detections in the Oceans & Nearshore, known as Poseidon.
Norway-based KSAT will lead and coordinate the project with partners from Norway, the Maldives, Netherlands, Canada, Germany, South Korea and Greece. This is the first EC Horizon Europe project that KSAT will lead.
“Poseidon demonstrates how international collaboration can create global value and strengthen partnerships for important environmental topics. KSAT is proud to … have brought together a strong global consortium to address these challenges, building on our collective experiences in maritime surveillance and monitoring and continuously improving the service offerings to all who need it, says Marte Indregard, president and CEO of KSAT.
