Lectures, workshops and mentoring are now available!

The EU Space Academy Learning Platform offers enthusiastic entrepreneurs a free and customisable online development programme tailored to their unique goals.

Motivated to shake up your industry by employing the latest knowledge in space data? You’ve come to the right place.

Our academy brings you:

An introduction
Course
curriculum

Explore the following modules:

  • The Space Economy
  • Access to Space for Founders
  • EU Space Market Insights
  • New Space & Start-up Insights

Explore the following modules:

  • Secure Satellite Communication
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Earth Observation
  • GNSS
  • Enabling Technologies

This course is coming soon!

Explore the following modules:

  • Copernicus Programme
  • Copernicus for Developers
  • Deep Dive on Remote Sensing Data Use Cases

Explore the following modules:

  • Galileo Programme & EGNOS
  • Galileo for Developers
  • Deep Dive on GNSS Use Cases

Explore the following modules:

  • Business Strategy
  • Business Model
  • Building a Team
  • Minimum Viable Product
  • Concept and Design
  • Marketing
  • Sales

Explore the following modules:

  • Opportunities under CASSINI
  • Public & Private Funding
  • Investor Pitching (Coming Soon)

Explore the following modules:

  • EU Space Policy
  • European Government Procurement (Coming Soon)
  • Regulatory Guidelines

This course is coming soon!

Explore the following modules:

  • Foundational Context
  • Governance and Institutional Cooperation in Space Security
  • Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience in Space Security

Explore the following modules:

  • Strategic and Industrial Dimensions of Space Security
  • Operational Applications of EU Space for Security
  • Frontier Technologies in Space Security
Deepen your knowledge

Our partners offer further learning opportunities across key areas of the space sector, from entrepreneurship and technology to policy and regulation. Explore their resources to continue your learning journey.

ESA Academy helps university students build space expertise through hands-on projects, technical training, and learning opportunities across space science, engineering, mission design, and business.

Lecturers
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Guerric
Guerric de Crombrugghe

Guerric de Crombrugghe is an enthusiastic and self-driven expert in aerospace, including aeroplanes, drones, rockets, satellites, and their applications, with an emphasis on company growth and innovation. He launched ScanWorld, a hyperspectral images and analytics company, in 2020. He now works as Chief Product Officer at ConstellR with the goal of creating a European champion in satellite photography for agriculture.

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Philip
Dr. Philip Lügnausen

Philip Lüghausen is an expert in data and data protection law. Dr Lüghausen places particular emphasis on scientific and commercial research and development, in particular, clinical and non-clinical research projects on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. His other areas of practice include IT law, e-commerce law, competition law and intellectual and industrial property law. He works for both, SMEs and multinational companies

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Peter Torstensen
Peter Torstensen

Peter Torstensen is the CEO and founder of Accelerace, the leading startup accelerator and early stage investor in the Nordics, having accelerated more than 800 startups and invested into nearly 120 pre-traction startups. He is an entrepreneur and contributed to the creation of some of the first venture funds in Denmark.

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Dushinka
Dushinka Karani

Dushinka Karani is an expert in marketing, communications, innovation, sales, and trade marketing. Dushinka worked as a Marketing Director for multinational companies, and she is now the Global Marketing Director at FundigBox. She helps SMEs and start-ups in shaping and scaling their tech solutions.

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Sven
Sven Przywarra

Sven Przywarra is a co-founder of LiveEO. Sven is leading a team of more than 90 people working on bringing the insights of earth observation to utility enterprises. He is convinced that earth observation will have a positive impact on every major industry within the next 10 years.

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Frank
Frank de Jong

Frank de Jong is a tech enthusiast with over 30 years of experience as a hard- and software developer, and project manager. Frank has been a Business Innovation consultant at Orange for several years, leading the Smart Industry practice. He is now working as a Tech Evangelist and Program Director of Edge Computing in the CTO office of Orange.

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Guerric
Guerric de Crombrugghe

Guerric de Crombrugghe is an enthusiastic and self-driven expert in aerospace, including aeroplanes, drones, rockets, satellites, and their applications, with an emphasis on company growth and innovation. He launched ScanWorld, a hyperspectral images and analytics company, in 2020. He now works as Chief Product Officer at ConstellR with the goal of creating a European champion in satellite photography for agriculture.

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Philip
Dr. Philip Lügnausen

Philip Lüghausen is an expert in data and data protection law. Dr Lüghausen places particular emphasis on scientific and commercial research and development, in particular, clinical and non-clinical research projects on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. His other areas of practice include IT law, e-commerce law, competition law and intellectual and industrial property law. He works for both, SMEs and multinational companies

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Steve Spittle
Steve Spittle

Steve Spittle is CTO and Co-Founder of GlobalTrust, an innovative space and sustainability start-up focused on using the power of satellites to develop and deliver sustainability strategies. Steve leads and implements the companies' technology strategy, products, and services. He has been a technical and business mentor for satellite start-up companies across Europe.

Mentors
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Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen

Data Science Team Lead @ OroraTech 
Experience in the fields of Data- and Environmental Science. She worked in large corporates (public sector), public entities (DLR) and start-ups, always involved in innovation and creating new products. 

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Tobias Menne
Tobias Menne

Vice President Global Sales @ constellr
Tobias Menne is Vice President Global Sales at constellr, where he also previously led the product function. In his current role, he manages engagements with ministries of defence and security organisations across the full lifecycle, from initial outreach and needs assessment through PoC development, contracting, and operational deployment of data, analytics, and mission-driven services.

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Dr. Barnabás Tomka
Dr. Barnabás Tomka

Founder & CEO @ DANS CEE 
He has been active in the defence&aerospace sector for more than 20 years. From 2001 over almost a decade he was working for CEC Group, the leading independent public affairs agency and network in Central Europe, and successfully supporting the local activity of many global and local defence OEMs.

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Christos Bolakis
Dr. Christos Bolakis

Assistant Professor @ Hellenic Naval Academy
Assistant Professor at the Hellenic Naval Academy and Commander (Ret.) of the Hellenic Navy. He holds an MSc in Physics and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His expertise focuses on defence and dual-use sensor technologies, including electro-optical and radar systems. He teaches telecommunications and sensor technologies and has contributed to EDF and Horizon Europe projects as an evaluator and EUDIS coach.

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Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba

Managing Director @ Helix Space
ISU alumni from SSP09 and MSM10. 22+ years of professional experience include a number of startups and public companies in the ITC and Space Sector, including HighLift Systems, Hewlett-Packard & SES.

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Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe

CEO @ Latitudo 40
Always worked in the space economy (telecommunications and navigation), in go-to-market and sales activities for new space asset-based solutions. In 2017 he founded Latitudo 40 to create an easy way to access actionable insights based on earth observation for not-space-users.

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Miguel
Dr. Miguel Ángel López Trujillo

Associate @ Lean Sales
Partner of BA International Partners, business consultant at Madrid's Regional Government, and mentor at IE Business School; business coach for several organizations, including the European Commission.

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Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba

Managing Director @ Helix Space
ISU alumni from SSP09 and MSM10. 22+ years of professional experience include a number of startups and public companies in the ITC and Space Sector, including HighLift Systems, Hewlett-Packard & SES.

Andrian Norris

Partner @ Alpha2 Consulting

Co-founder of a satellite imaging and analytics company (Earth-i) which launched an experimental high-resolution EO satellite in 2018 and secured substantial private investment for the business, while leading the activities relating to procurement, licensing, launch and satellite operations. Also led the development of EO analytics products for the mining and commodities sectors.

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Catriona Chambers
Catriona Chambers

Technical Director @ Alpine Space Ventures
Catriona serves as the Technical Director of Alpine Space Ventures, an investment fund focused on supporting early-stage space startups in the NewSpace sector. Before joining Alpine Space Ventures, she was a Director at SpaceX, where in a technical role in the Avionics department, she contributed to the development of all the rockets and capsules that the company has produced.

FAQ

Any individual of legal age established in the Member States of European Economic Area, EU candidate countries and Horizon Europe associated countries.

Register anytime during the academy by clicking at the courses on our website. 

No, not at all. We encourage anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship and EU space data and signals to participate in the academy. You can learn about the opportunities of the downstream sector and business practices to create a successful start-up.

Yes, there is no requirement as such for participation in the EU Space Academy Learning Platform. Although the course is aimed at entrepreneurs within the space sector, the lessons are designed so any interested person regardless of their background can find modules of interest.

No, you can register to the online programme anytime! Once you registered, you will gain access to all the available courses that you can watch at your own convenience. 

Each member of your team can individually join and benefit from the academy. 

No, you can watch the lessons in your preferred order.

Yes, you will get a certificate after completing the academy. Additionally, after the completion of each course, you can download a completion badge and share it with your network.

Yes, feel free to join all the courses you like.

You can book up to 4 mentoring sessions in any 365-day period, either with the same mentor or different ones. Note that places are limited and mentor availability cannot be guaranteed