The European Commission plans to implement, under the future EU Space Programme, an EU Earth Observation Governmental Service (EOGS) to harness space data in support of autonomous European decision-making in the area of …
security and defence. EOGS shall in particular comprise satellites, ground infrastructure, data and information processing facilities, and distribution infrastructure. It shall provide secure, reliable, timely, persistent and targeted space-based Earth observation data, products and information, rei
nforcing existing and planned capabilities. It shall complement and build on existing capabilities provided through the European Union Satellite Centre and those from Member States. EOGS may also provide complementary data to Copernicus Ser