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Sovereign cloud and data services for Space
CloudFerro solutions for the full lifecycle of space services - from satellite data acquisition and processing to archiving, AI, and user-facing platforms.
- EU Sovereign
- 10+ Years EU Programmes
- ISO 27001 Certified
Cloud-Driven Transformation of the Space Data Ecosystem
The space sector is undergoing a shift as growing volumes of satellite data drive demand for more scalable, efficient, and secure processing. Cloud-based platforms and AI technologies are transforming how data is stored, accessed, and analysed, enabling faster insights and more flexible, data-centric workflows across Earth Observation (EO) and related applications.
Key challenges:
- Exploding data volumes
- Increasing data complexity
- Advanced analytics
- Data sovereignty & security
- Integrated data workflows
- Diverse user and workload requirements
EU SOVEREIGNTY
CloudFerro European cloud and EO platforms for Space
CloudFerro combines sovereign infrastructure, Earth Observation expertise, and sovereign cloud services to support the full lifecycle of space data and services: from ingestion and processing to archive, traceability, and user-facing delivery layers.
Sovereignty
A sovereign European operating model that reduces dependency risk
EO data platforms
Hands-on experience in building and operating large-scale EO data platforms
No vendor lock-in
Open-source foundations that improve flexibility, transparency, and portability
EO data processing
Processing close to the data, reducing transfer overhead and accelerating service delivery
solutions
CloudFerro solutions for the Space industry
CloudFerro enables space organizations to efficiently store, process and analyze satellite data with sovereign, high-performance cloud and AI platforms, ensuring scalability, security, and full control over mission-critical data.
Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS)
The PDGS serves as the bridge between the raw data collected by onboard instruments and the end users who rely on that data for various applications,
such as scientific research, environmental monitoring, and mission planning.
Closely connected to the Ground Station and the Mission Control Centre, the PDGS performs several key functions. These include:
- Payload processing and generation of data products,
- Data ingestion,
- Catalogue,
- Data access
- Data repository
Additionally, PDGS can be expanded with:
- Long Term Archive,
- User segment,
- Traceability.
- End-to-end data flow from reception to products
- Integration with ground stations and mission control
- Scalable processing supporting multiple mission needs
- Quality assessment and dissemination
EO Data Platform
EO Data Platform is a cloud-based environment designed to enable efficient access, processing, and analysis of Earth Observation (EO) data. It integrates scalable computing infrastructure with large EO data repositories, allowing users from public institutions, research organizations and industry to build, test, and deploy EO-based applications and services. By bringing processing closer to the data, the platform significantly reduces data transfer requirements and accelerates the development of data-driven solutions.
- Processing close to the data
- Lower data transfer overhead
- Faster development and deployment of EO services
- One environment for testing, analytics, and operations
GeoAI
GeoAI delivers operational AI services for satellite data, centered on generating satellite imagery embeddings for various models, detecting anomalies in time series of embeddings, and providing curated AI-ready datasets for model training and evaluation, all natively integrated within the CREODIAS environment to avoid external data transfers.
- Embeddings for satellite imagery
- Anomaly detection in time-series
- AI-based cloud masks
- Integrated workflows without unnecessary data export
CloudFerro Data Gateway
CloudFerro Data Gateway is a CloudFerro portfolio of services designed to help external Earth Observation (EO) Data Providers onboard, publish, and manage datasets within the CloudFerro ecosystem.
Whether you want to host your data directly in CloudFerro Repository, integrate your existing data source via API, or build a fully managed catalogue layer, CloudFerro Data Gateway provides flexible options to make EO datasets discoverable, accessible, and ready for processing.
CloudFerro Data Gateway offers three complementary paths of onboarding and publishing data:
- Upload and host EO datasets directly in CloudFerro Repository.
- Integrate EO data sources with CloudFerro using provider-owned APIs, let CloudFerro take care of the whole ingestion process.
- Managed catalogue solution to index, manage, and publish EO datasets with professional metadata handling and discovery services.
These options allow Data Providers to choose the onboarding model that best fits their business, technical architecture and data governance requirements.
- Dataset hosting in the CloudFerro repository
- Integration with provider-owned APIs
- Managed catalogue and discovery services
- A model aligned with the provider's architecture and governance requirements
Long Term Archive (LTA)
Long Term Archive (LTA) is a cloud-based system designed to securely store and provide access to large volumes of Earth Observation data collected by satellite missions.
The service enables unified and standardized access to historical Earth Observation data, ensuring reliable long-term preservation and high-performance retrieval of archival datasets for scientific, governmental, and commercial users.
- Secure storage for large EO datasets
- Unified access to historical satellite data
- Reliable long-term data preservation
- High-performance retrieval for diverse users
EO User Segment
EO User Segment is a comprehensive service layer that enables users to efficiently access, manage, and exploit Earth Observation (EO) data and services.
It provides a unified interface for data discovery, tasking requests, identity and access management, and integration through standard web services and APIs.
Designed to support a wide range of users — from public institutions to research organizations and commercial operators — the User Segment simplifies interaction with EO systems and accelerates the development of data-driven applications.
- Unified access to EO data and services
- Data discovery, tasking, and access management
- Standard APIs for seamless system integration
- Supports public, research, and commercial users
EO Traceability Service
EO Traceability Service is a cloud-based solution that enables end-to-end tracking of Earth Observation data products, processors or AI/ML models throughout their lifecycle.
It records and verifies events such as data creation, replication, processing, and distribution, allowing users to confirm the authenticity, integrity, and provenance of EO datasets.
By providing transparent traceability of satellite data products, processors or AI/ML models, the service increases trust in EO information and supports reliable use of data in scientific, governmental, and commercial applications.
- End-to-end tracking of EO data & services lifecycle
- Records creation, processing, and distribution events
- Ensures data integrity, authenticity, and provenance
- Builds trust in EO data usage
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How can various institutions benefit from CloudFerro solutions?
CloudFerro solutions deliver tailored benefits across user groups, enabling efficient, secure, and scalable use of space data. By combining high-performance infrastructure with integrated data services, they support the full lifecycle of data—from acquisition to advanced analytics and application development.
Space agencies and public administration
Better control over strategic data infrastructure, the ability to build sovereign EO services, and a secure foundation for platforms with public and operational significance.
Scientific institutions and research teams
Access to large data repositories and scalable processing in one environment, shortening the path from research idea to result and reducing the friction of working with very large datasets.
Organizations building downstream services
Faster launch of new products and applications thanks to modular architecture, ready platform components, and integration with external data sources.
Organizations operating on critical data
Higher reliability, stronger traceability, and access to an environment that supports governance, operational continuity, and trust in data products.
Facts and figures
Over 100 PB
EO data
Over 150 million
EO products
Over 500,000 users
in Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
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Use cases
CloudFerro solutions cover the full Earth Observation data lifecycle, from mission data processing to user-facing services and advanced analytics. They enable integrated, scalable environments supporting satellite operations, data access, AI-driven insights, and trusted data management.
Mission data processing and PDGS
An integrated environment for ingesting, processing, and generating products from satellite payload data, connected to the Ground Station and Mission Control Centre.
EO platforms for public institutions and science
Environments for discovering, analyzing, and processing Earth Observation data in a close-to-data model, ready to support research, monitoring, and public services.
Archive and access to historical data
Secure long-term preservation and fast retrieval of archival EO datasets for scientific, operational, and commercial use.
AI-enabled EO analytics
Workflows that use embeddings, anomaly detection, and AI-based cloud masks to create new analytical services and support better decision-making.
Trusted EO provenance and traceability
Lifecycle tracking of EO datasets and products to confirm authenticity, integrity, and origin.
User-facing service platforms
An access layer for users that includes discovery, tasking, IAM, and APIs for integration with external systems and applications.
Compliance and security
In the Space sector, infrastructure must be more than efficient. It must also be trustworthy. That is why CloudFerro's positioning for this sector is built around the combination of data sovereignty, a stable operating model, and open technologies that reduce black-box risk and support long-term control over the environment.
European sovereign infrastructure
Data sovereignty at both national and European levels
Resilient cloud operations
A secure and resilient operating model for public-sector and strategic environments
Transparent, open technologies
Confirms best practices for securing cloud environments and shared responsibilities
Flexible infrastructure models
Confirms best practices for securing cloud environments and shared responsibilities
Pilot deployment
Start with a pilot that validates both the architecture and the operating model. In many cases, the best first step is a pilot focused on one process: PDGS, archive, dissemination, AI for EO, or a user-facing service layer.
Pilot steps:
- Define the target workflow and priority use case.
- Map the data flow, access model, integration scope, and governance rules.
- Configure the environment and validate interoperability with external systems.
- Run the pilot, document the outcomes, and define the production rollout path.
case Studies
Trusted by Europe’s Leading Space Institutions
CloudFerro is Poland’s largest space-sector company and a leading provider in Europe, trusted by major institutions such as ESA, ECMWF, EUMETSAT, and DLR across data-intensive domains. CloudFerro is the only Polish company in the space sector that has a status of a prime contractor for the above-mentioned institutions.
Easy access to Earth Observation data
A Cloud computing environment with an integrated repository of Earth observation satellite data, developed under the Copernicus programme.
- Immediate access to Copernicus Earth Observation data
- Cloud services for data processing
- Serverless processing
Access to a wide range of data and services from the Copernicus Sentinel missions
One of the biggest repositories of open and free Copernicus Earth observation data immediately available online.
- Dedicated Managed Kubernetes interfaces (GUI, CLI, IaC)
- CloudFerro operates and monitors the control plane to reduce risk
- Designed to prevent unsafe cluster changes by reconciling
Destination Earth Data Lake
A cloud based massive repository of data that provides the foundation for Destination Earth – a European Union’s flagship initiative to develop a highly accurate digital model of Earth.
- Big data processing tools
- Seamless access to datasets included in DestinE Data Portfolio
- Processing in proximity to the data
