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EO Ground Segment Evolution Reflections by RHEA / SixSq Alastair Pidgeon, Director, System Engineering, Security & Solutions, RHEA Marc-Elian Bégin, CEO, Co-founder, SixSq Workshop 2015, 24 th September 2015 ESA/ESRIN Frascati

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Ex Expe pertise rtise an and d ac activi tivitie ties s rel elev evan ant t fo for fu futu ture re EO Grou ound nd Seg egme ments nts an and S d Ser ervices vices Helix Nebula Initiative (HNI): • Public-Private Partnership that works • Includes more than 35 European organisations • Clear governance • Commercial and neutral services (HNX)

Ref eflecti lection on on on Grou ound nd Seg egme ment nt Ev Evol olution ution Ref efere erence nce Pa Pape per (1) 1) Information as a Service (INFOaaS) Raw EO data subsidised Share knowledge Added value data monetised Boost innovation HNX IaaS Self-provisioning Brokerage Platform as a Service (PaaS) Federation of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Thanks to Emmanuel Mondon from CloudEO for sharing graphics and thoughts

Ref eflecti lection on on on Grou ound nd Seg egme ment nt Ev Evol olution ution Ref efere erence nce Pa Pape per (2) 2) Helix Nebula Marketplace (HNX): • Commercial response by suppliers to deliver operational service • Fulfills HNI governance objectives • Self-service federated cloud IaaS service: • Customers choose which cloud to use • Open access to service catalogue • Free of charges for end-users • Detailed daily usage for all clouds • Mixes commercial and academic clouds (e.g. EGI) • End-users requires contracts with cloud providers • Broker service: • Building on self-provisioning service • Single contract for Invoicing and payment • Support •

Expe pecta ctations tions an and R d Rec ecommen ommenda dations tions • Federate existing and future infrastructures using existing capabilities, such as HN • Encourage cloud-friendly access to ESA EO data • Subsidise ESA EO data in European providers to ignite innovation • Fund innovation at InfoaaS level and beyond • Mandate using existing federated services for processing