Session 5

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Copernicus plans launches (Sentinel‑2C around September, Sentinel‑1C later this year) and pushes continuity plus evolution: purchases of commercial imagery (a 450 million procurement), a Dynamic purchasing system onboarding nine named companies, and experiments with hybrid constellations that combine Sentinels and commercial satellites for faster, higher‑resolution coverage. Examples include MicroCarb CO2 work, SWOT (2022) monitoring ~90% of Earth's surface water, a Sentinel‑3 based prairie index that pays insurers, and recurring barriers: trust, user‑friendly DAS platforms, and slow 3–5 year uptake by farmers.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:49Copernicus future plans
3. 5:42Earth observation shifts
4. 11:07France’s EO projects
5. 15:43Space data to users
6. 19:12Military vs commercial EO
7. 24:23Financing space data
8. 30:11Data versus user needs
9. 39:00Space debris opportunities
10. 43:20Trust in agricultural EO
11. 48:17Institutional EO workflows
12. 53:37Space data platforms
13. 55:26Obstacles to EO business
14. 1:01:00Closing remarks