Did you know that you use space technology every day? And that stellar space know-how comes from Finland? We got microsatellite-data based maritime and forestry services plus hardcore space components and much more. See for yourself. https://www.businessfinland.fi/en http://spacefinland.fi/

1. Avaruus
suomalaista
huippuosaamista
Finland
IN SPACE

2. Space
for universal growth

3. Sinä käytät avaruusteknologiaa joka päivä
Etsiessäsi kävelyreittiä metropysäkiltä kehuttuun ravintolaan Pariisissa tai ajaessasi autolla ensi
kertaa Vantaan Kuusijärvelle avantoon uimaan
Lukemasi sääennusteet pohjautuvat sääsatelliittien mittauksiin
Olympialaiset, Euroviisut ja uutiset tulevat tietoliikennesatelliittien välittäminä livenä
Tutkijat ovat punninneet maailmankaikkeuden uudestaan, mitanneet tarkemmin sen
taustalämpötilan ja etsivät elämää Maan ulkopuolelta
Ilmaston lämpeneminen, metsien salahakkuut, tulvat ja myrskyt kuvataan satelliittien avulla
www.businessfinland.fi/
en/space

5. Stellar space know-how from
Finland

6. Rosetta and Finland
Finnish Meteorological
Institute
COSIMA (Cometary Secondary Ion Mass
Analyzer)
MIP (Mutual Impedance Probe)
LAP (Langmuir Probe)
ICA (Ion Composition Analyzer)
PP (Permittivity Probe)
Mass memory (CDMS/MEM)
Patria
Structure
2 x Power Distribution Unit

8. Space technology in our daily life
Searching for a walking route from the metro station to a restaurant or driving
to a new location
Weather forecasts are based on weather satellite measurements. The forecasts
are essentially more accurate than they were five years ago
The Olympic Games, the Eurovision Song Contest and the news are being
broadcasted live via communication satellites
Researchers have reweighed the universe, measured its temperature and are
searching for signs of extraterrestrial life
Global warming, deforestation, floods and storms are imaged with satellites

9. Finding a place or a route
Traffic: private cars, public transport, aviation, shipping, ports
Safety: tracking of e.g. children, the elderly, hunting dogs, cargo
or machinery, monitoring of dangerous goods transport
Leisure: sports, geocaching, gliding competition monitoring
Community: buildings and road design, civil engineering, service
men routing, geographical research

10. The weather – Snow – Water
Weather forecasts – it took NASA 20 years to bring the data collected by
satellites into weather forecast calculations
Today satellite observations play a critical role in daily weather forecasts.
Although the weather would be bad, the accuracy of the forecasts keeps getting
better
Unfrozen and icy water – fresh snow water measurements, flood risks and water
power energy

11. Transport planning
Timetable information – when does the next bus or tram stop at my station?
Routing – smartphones, navigators
Navigation – boating, shipping, aviation
Smart traffic

12. Finnish knowhow in space technology
Micro-satellite manufacturing and services based on them
Satellite electronics, microwave technology, carbon fiber structures, software
International cooperation and company exports
Forests, water and atmospheric research
Satellite positioning

13. International space
Membership in the European Space Agency (ESA) and in the European Organisation
for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and activities
with European agencies such as EMSA and EEA create international networks
Finland uses the data collected by European satellites – lower investment
through cooperation
Finland participates EU’s satellite programmes – Galileo and Copernicus
European Southern Observatory (ESO) – Finnish astronomers can make observations
with the accurate telescopes located in Chile

14. We promote innovations in space too
Business Finland funds business development projects and shares product
development risks
We fund high-quality scientific research associated with a vision of possible
applications in business or society
ESA’s technology programmes open doors to European space activities
We coordinate the cooperation between Finland and ESA and fund Finland’s ESA
participation
We advocate the interests of Finnish companies and research in ESA and in EU’s
space programs

15. Space technology, satellite equipment
In Finland, people, companies and the public sector benefit from space
technology applications and engage in high-quality research in the field
Space technology offers companies the opportunity to grow and develop a global
business
Finland has a high level of expertise especially in forests and atmospheric
remote sensing, satellite positioning and microwave technology

16. Sodankylä Space City
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory
EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association), an international
consortium of research institutes, that researches the ionosphere and the
plasma sphere
The Arctic Research Centre at Sodankylä receives data from COSMO-Skymed
satellites
Depiction of the Arctic region's nature and natural resources
Measurement of freezing and thawing of snow and ice

17. Satellites assist icebreaking
All Finnish ports freeze nearly every winter. A vast portion of the Foreign
trade moves by sea
More than 20.000 vessels visit Finland in the winter
The Ice Service transmits real-time information about sea ice to shipping
The first ESA satellite images came into use of the Ice Service in 1992

18. Satellites measure the condition of
forests and the number of trees
Finland has evaluated the state of its forests for over a century, nowadays
with laser scanning and radar satellites
Thanks to remote sensing, the amount of information on climate change, the
condition of forests and their utilization has grown significantly
GPS tracking is a significant cost saver in timber harvesting and logistics
Forests are essential for the climate: forest felling for arable land and raw
material can be monitored

19. #SpaceFinland
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