EARS (satellites)

EARS
ManufacturerStellar Exploration, Spacemanic, Groundcom
Country of origin European Space Agency
Czech Republic Czech republic
Specifications
BusCubeSat

EARS (EArth Remote Sensing) is a future satellite constellation for atmospheric science under development by the Czech company Stellar Exploration,[1][2] with the support of the European Space Agency's InCubed programme.[3][4] Other companies involved in the project are Spacemanic and Groundcom.[5] It is envisioned as a constellation of multiple nanosatellites using GNSS Radio Occultation[6] for monitoring vertical profiles of temperature, pressure, humidity, and electron density in Earth atmosphere. Such data can be used in weather forecasting and climate research.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stellar Exploration". stellar-exploration.eu. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  2. ↑ "#earsmission #esaincubed #stellarexploration #newspace #earthobservation #gnssro #onorbitprocessing #leoconstellations #missionprime #spacetech #spacemanic | Stellar Exploration s.r.o." LinkedIn. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  3. ↑ Czechinvest. "Czech satellite atmosphere monitoring project successful in ESA InCubed program". czechinvest.gov.cz. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  4. ↑ Vichá, Barbora (2026-03-04). "Český projekt družicového monitoringu atmosféry uspěl v programu ESA InCubed". Česká cesta do vesmíru (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  5. ↑ Gogolová, Natália (2026-04-07). "EARS MISSION UPDATE: MKP completed". Spacemanic. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  6. ↑ "EARS-GNSS RO | InCubed". incubed.esa.int. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
  7. ↑ Musacchio, Miriam (2026-05-12). "Czech Satellite Atmosphere Monitoring Project (EARS) started its definition under ESA InCubed programme". ESA Commercialisation Gateway. Retrieved 2026-08-03.