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LusoSpace is a Portuguese engineering company that delivers advanced space solutions from concept definition to qualification, providing cutting-edge technologies and expert consultancy for the most demanding applications.
The funds raised through this campaign will be used to finance the launch of several satellites in the LUSÍADA constellation - a group of 12 satellites designed to make maritime communication safer, faster, and more reliable. These launches will be carried out aboard vehicles from SpaceX, an American aerospace company known for providing reliable and cost-effective access to orbit, and the satellites will include propulsion systems for optimized orbital positioning and extended mission lifetimes.
Using two advanced systems — AIS (Automatic Identification System), which tracks ships, and VDES (VHF Data Exchange System), which allows faster and more secure data exchange — the constellation will connect vessels and authorities around the world.
This space-based network will help monitor global ship traffic, detect unusual behaviour such as ships turning off their tracking systems, and support operations against illegal fishing. It will also enable direct communication between vessels and maritime authorities, sharing important updates like navigation warnings and safety alerts.
The first satellite (PoSat-2) has already been launched and is transmitting data. The remaining satellites are under development and will be built using platforms from AAC Clyde Space, a strategic partner supporting technology transfer and cost efficiency. The necessary antennas and VHF radios are being developed in-house at LusoSpace’s facilities, which include clean rooms (particle-controlled environments for assembling sensitive equipment) and robotics and optics laboratories.
By combining innovation and sustainability, LUSÍADA aims to address key limitations in current maritime systems — including bandwidth constraints (issues in transmissions), high communication costs on the high seas, and lack of encryption — while laying the groundwork for autonomous navigation and improved coordination across the maritime sector.
This campaign supports the deployment of a space-based infrastructure that enhances maritime safety, environmental protection, and global connectivity.
Improving communication and logistics at sea: the loan will support the enhancement of maritime communication systems, with a next-generation technology - the VDES (VHF Data Exchange System), through the satellites launched by LusoSpace. VDES can receive real-time meteorological and oceanographic data, contributing to more accurate route optimization and fostering better logistics synchronization. This leads to improved coordination between ships and ports, including enhanced emergency response capabilities. It facilitates satellite communications between vessels and land authorities, supporting bidirectional communication even during Search and Rescue operations.
Reducing fuel consumption in maritime transportation: by leveraging VDES for data collection and communication, maritime routes can be dynamically adjusted to avoid adverse conditions, or planned to be more efficient, reducing fuel consumption and consequently avoiding greenhouse gases emissions. This technology also improves coordination of ship arrivals at ports, minimizing fuel waste caused by waiting times.
Increase of data about marine pollution and fisheries management: the system VDES enables faster detection and more frequent reporting of oil spills and illegal discharges. Through data analysis, it can correlate the origin of a spill with the responsible vessel, increasing accountability and discouraging illegal activities. Furthermore, VDES supports monitoring of unregulated fishing, enforcement against violations, and communication of area closures due to toxic contamination.
Enhancing innovation in the blue economy: VDES’s technology enables a maritime communication system that is innovative and cheaper compared to the currently used system and allows communication without any restriction, improving safety and logistics at the sea and at land with services from E-navigation, weather information, emergency messages, seafloor charts, pollution monitoring, fisheries management, anti-piracy and smuggling prevention, cybersecure communication for defense and position information.
Improving communication and logistics at sea: the loan will support the enhancement of maritime communication systems, with a next-generation technology - the VDES (VHF Data Exchange System), through the satellites launched by LusoSpace. VDES can receive real-time meteorological and oceanographic data, contributing to more accurate route optimization and fostering better logistics synchronization. This leads to improved coordination between ships and ports, including enhanced emergency response capabilities. It facilitates satellite communications between vessels and land authorities, supporting bidirectional communication even during Search and Rescue operations.
Reducing fuel consumption in maritime transportation: by leveraging VDES for data collection and communication, maritime routes can be dynamically adjusted to avoid adverse conditions, or planned to be more efficient, reducing fuel consumption and consequently avoiding greenhouse gases emissions. This technology also improves coordination of ship arrivals at ports, minimizing fuel waste caused by waiting times.
Increase of data about marine pollution and fisheries management: the system VDES enables faster detection and more frequent reporting of oil spills and illegal discharges. Through data analysis, it can correlate the origin of a spill with the responsible vessel, increasing accountability and discouraging illegal activities. Furthermore, VDES supports monitoring of unregulated fishing, enforcement against violations, and communication of area closures due to toxic contamination.
Enhancing innovation in the blue economy: VDES’s technology enables a maritime communication system that is innovative and cheaper compared to the currently used system and allows communication without any restriction, improving safety and logistics at the sea and at land with services from E-navigation, weather information, emergency messages, seafloor charts, pollution monitoring, fisheries management, anti-piracy and smuggling prevention, cybersecure communication for defense and position information.
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