About Your Organisation & TERRA Role

Can you briefly introduce your organisation — mission, expertise, and core activities?

Blue Dot Solutions (BDS) is a Polish space sector SME active in the practical use of satellite data. Our main competences lie in the topics of Earth Observation and GNSS. Over the years, BDS has participated in numerous ESA, Horizon, commercial and internal projects focused on the practical use of satellite data. Our applications range from agriculture and transportation to smart cities, the environment, and general civilian safety and security.

What motivated BDS to join the TERRA Horizon project?

BDS is located in northern Poland, in the city of Gdańsk, which lies on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. Two major seaports are nearby and are expanding their cargo processing capacity. We are convinced that the TERRA project will create an excellent opportunity to develop modern digital tools for seaports and the maritime industry in general. This was our first motivation to join the TERRA project.

Our second motivation is to expand our capabilities in the processing of SAR data. The practical use of SAR data for various applications is still a relatively new topic. Participation in the TERRA project gives us the opportunity to become one of the leading companies in the field of SAR data processing.

What specific role or responsibilities does your team have within TERRA?

Our main role in the TERRA project is to create Demonstrator 2, which is divided into two sections. The first section of Demonstrator 2 provides an environmental analysis — both on land and at sea — around seaports through the use of satellite data, mainly from the Copernicus programme. The second part of this demonstrator focuses on the analysis of maritime traffic in order to identify potentially illegal activities.

Which TERRA work packages or key activities are you primarily involved in?

BDS participates in every work package, with major contributions in WP2 and WP3. In addition, BDS leads WP5 – Demonstrators.

TERRA’s Mission & Your Contribution

How would you describe TERRA’s main mission to someone unfamiliar with the project?

With some notable exceptions, such as Copernicus Maritime Services, reliable data about the sea–land interface is limited. TERRA will provide important demonstrators that will help fill several gaps in the available data. All demonstrators created within the TERRA project focus on coastal areas, which are extremely important from an economic perspective — especially in Europe, where major cities and industries are located close to the sea.

What specific part of TERRA’s objectives resonates most with your expertise or work?

Our main expertise lies in the search for sudden or gradual changes and in identifying where such changes occur. This is directly related to issues such as water pollution and long-term environmental impacts.

Can you explain how your contribution supports AI-driven climate services or digital modelling within TERRA?

In our opinion, AI-driven services can only work effectively if they are based on solid models and supported by real scientific data. This is what we aim to achieve in TERRA — to provide a strong foundation for AI models so that they can be transformed into usable, high-quality services.

Innovation & Technical Impact

TERRA works at the intersection of Copernicus services and cutting-edge technologies. How does your work contribute to this innovation?

Our work focuses on the practical use of data from the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites, including both historical and new observations. This provides TERRA with an opportunity to further validate the data, for example by analysing previous situations and trends.

What advanced methods, tools, or technologies are you using in TERRA?

Our main advanced competence comes from satellite data processing, including SAR data. As a result, our team can handle very large volumes of data, such as long series of satellite observations, and provide results over extended periods of time.

In addition, our team has the capability for near-real-time data acquisition and analysis, which is important for one section of our demonstrator.

What do you see as the most groundbreaking or unique contribution your organisation brings to the project?

We believe that our competences and the further development of SAR data processing capabilities are important contributions to the TERRA project. Optical data may not always be sufficient — especially in Europe, where cloud cover or fog often limits access to usable observations. With SAR, data can be acquired more frequently, which is important for certain applications.

Real-World Use and Use Case Impact

TERRA evaluates impact through real-world use cases — how is your work being tested or applied in real settings?

Yes, our plan is to cooperate closely with a seaport operator who will evaluate our results, provide background information (for example, past experiences), and verify the usefulness of at least some demonstrators in real-world settings.

Can you describe a use case where your results might directly help stakeholders?

Not at this moment — as of late February 2026 we are discussing use cases with seaport managers. Specifically, we are focusing on aspects of typical operations at seaports and factors that may affect daily routines, including environmental aspects.

Have you seen early indications of the social, economic, or environmental impact of your TERRA activities?

Not yet, as of late February 2026 — discussions with seaport managers are still ongoing.

Collaboration & Consortium Experience

How has the collaboration within the TERRA consortium been so far?

TERRA represents exactly what the Horizon Europe programme is about. It is a pan-European consortium composed of several different types of organisations working together towards a common goal. Every month there is a very valuable exchange of ideas and knowledge among partners.

What have you learned from other partners since joining TERRA?

Sometimes small companies such as BDS do not fully realise how complex certain processes can be. These processes are often within the expertise of other partners.

An example is the important work carried out by MEEO, which is developing a user interface containing the same or similar parameters. As a result, any future user of the TERRA portal will know how to use data from each demonstrator. This illustrates why cooperation among different partners is so important in projects like TERRA.

What makes cross-disciplinary collaboration valuable in TERRA?

As of late February 2026, one of the most valuable cross-disciplinary collaborations can be seen in the development of the future architecture of the TERRA service — from data sources all the way to the user interface. This task requires different types of expertise from domain specialists across the consortium.

Outreach, Visibility & Stakeholder Engagement

How would you describe the importance of communicating project outcomes to stakeholders, policymakers, and the public?

The TERRA project aims to provide usable data to a wide audience, including seaport operators, local authorities and policymakers. These groups operate in different ways and within different regulatory frameworks.

For this reason, communication with stakeholders, potential users and the wider public is essential in order to maximise interest in TERRA services.

Have you been involved in any TERRA outreach events, demos, or press activities?

Yes, initial information about TERRA was shared in 2025, including during EU Space Days, which took place in May 2025 in the city of Gdańsk. This event served as an official introduction of the TERRA project to the European space community.

How might your organisation use TERRA outcomes for its own dissemination or stakeholder engagement?

As of late February 2026, we expect that TERRA communication and stakeholder engagement activities will help us deliver our message to a wider audience across the EU and possibly beyond Europe. For a small organisation such as BDS, our own dissemination channels may not always be sufficient. Participation in TERRA allows us to reach a broader audience, including important stakeholders.

Vision & Long-Term Impact

What impact do you hope TERRA will have at local, regional, or European scale?

Each demonstrator will initially provide results at a local scale. This will offer a valuable opportunity to showcase TERRA’s capabilities. The results will be closely discussed and verified with local users and stakeholders.

We hope that afterwards there will be an opportunity to adopt TERRA services more widely at the European level.

How do you see TERRA’s outcomes being sustained or used beyond the project’s lifetime?

As of late February 2026, this topic is still being discussed at the consortium level. We hope that during 2026 the consortium will identify a viable path for the project’s presence on the European market after the project ends.

In your view, why is a project like TERRA important in the context of climate change adaptation and water-related risk management?

Water and climate change adaptation are critical issues for Europe. Many large industrial areas and cities are located close to the sea or ocean.

Climate change will certainly affect these areas, for example through changing coastal erosion patterns and pollution in marine environments. It is therefore important to develop tools that support the identification of risks and help societies adapt to climate change.

If you had to summarise TERRA in one sentence for your network, what would it be?

TERRA helps in understanding what happens in coastal areas with the help of satellite images and AI.

About Your Organisation & TERRA Role

• Can you briefly introduce your organisation — mission, expertise, and core activities?

Blue Dot Solutions (BDS) is a Polish space sector SME, active in practical use of satellite data. Our main competences lie in the topic of Earth Observations and GNSS. Over the years, BDS participated to numerous ESA, Horizon, commercial and own projects, which focused on practical use of satellite data. Our applications range from agriculture, transportation, smart cities to environment and general civilian safety and security.

• What motivated your organisation to join the TERRA Horizon project?

BDS is located in northern Poland in the city of Gdansk, which is on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. Two major seaports are nearby, which are expanding their cargo processing capacity. We are convinced that the TERRA project will create an excellent opportunity to create modern digital tools for seaports and maritime industry in general. This is our first motivation to join the TERRA project.

Our second motivation is to expand our capabilities in processing of SAR data. Practical use of SAR data for various applications is still a new topic. Participation in the TERRA project brings us an opportunity to become one of leading companies in the topic of SAR data processing.

• What specific role or responsibilities does your team have within TERRA?

Our main role in the TERRA project is to create a “Demonstrator 2”, which is split into two sections. The first section of Demonstrator 2 is to provide an environmental analysis – both on land and the sea – around seaports by the use of satellite data, mainly from the Copernicus program. The second part of this Demonstrator focuses on analysis of maritime traffic in order to find potentially illegal activities. 

• Which TERRA work packages or key activities are you primarily involved in?

BDS participates in every WP, with major contributions in WP2 and WP3. Also, BDS leads the WP5 – Demonstrators.

TERRA’s Mission & Your Contribution

• How would you describe TERRA’s main mission to someone unfamiliar with the project? (Hint: explain how TERRA integrates AI, Copernicus data, and advanced modelling to support climate, water and coastal solutions)

With some notable exceptions, such as Copernicus Maritime Services, reliable data about sea/land “interface” is limited. TERRA will provide important Demonstrators, which would fill in several gaps in the data. All Demonstrators, which are to be created in the TERRA project deal with coastal areas, which are very important from the perspective of economy – especially in Europe, where major cities and industry are close to the sea.

• What specific part of TERRA’s objectives resonates most with your expertise or work? (You may refer to areas like coastline detection, erosion prediction, flood risk assessment, water pollution analysis, etc.)

Our main expertise is search for sudden or gradual changes and indication where such a change is located. This is directly related to issues such as water pollution and long-term impact on the environment.

• Can you explain how your contribution supports AI-driven climate services or digital modelling within TERRA?

In our opinion AI-driven services will work only if they are based on good models and are backed with real scientific data. This is what we aim to achieve in TERRA – provide solid basis for AI models, which thus can be transferred to usable high-quality services.

Innovation & Technical Impact

• TERRA works at the intersection of Copernicus services and cutting-edge tech (AI, Digital Twins, data fusion)—how does your work contribute to this innovation?

Our work focuses on practical use of data from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites – both historical and new observations. This gives TERRA an opportunity to additionally validate the data, for example from previous situations.

• What advanced methods, tools, or technologies are you using in TERRA (e.g., machine learning, satellite data processing, real-time modelling)?

Our main advanced competence comes from satellite data processing, including SAR data. As a consequence, our team can handle very large data volumes, such as series of satellite observations and provide results over a large period of time. In addition, our team has capabilities of “near-real time” data acquisition and analysis, which is important to one section of our Demonstrator.

• What do you see as the most groundbreaking or unique contribution your organisation brings to the project?

We are convinced that our competences and further development of SAR data processing capabilities is  important to the TERRA project. The optical data may not be sufficient – especially in Europe – where cloud cover or fog often limits access to usable data. With SAR, data will be more frequent, which is important for some applications.

Real-World Use and Use Case Impact

• TERRA evaluates impact through real-world use cases — how is your work being tested or applied in real settings?

Yes, our plan is to closely cooperate with one seaport, who would evaluate our results, provide background information (e.g. past experiences) and verify usefulness of at least some Demonstrators in real world settings.

• Can you describe a use case where your results might directly help stakeholders (e.g., public authorities, environmental agencies)?

Not at this moment – as of late February 2026 we are discussing use cases with seaport managers. Specifically, we are focusing on aspects of typical operations at seaports and factors which may impact daily routines – also from the perspective of the environment.

• Have you seen early indications of the social, economic, or environmental impact of your TERRA activities?

Not yet, as of late February 2026 – the discussions with seaport managers are being discussed.

Collaboration & Consortium Experience

• How has the collaboration within the TERRA consortium been so far — in

terms of coordination, knowledge exchange, and shared goals?

TERRA is exactly what Horizon Europe program is about. This is a pan-European consortium, composed of several different types of entities, who jointly collaborate on one common goal. Every month there is a very valuable exchange of ideas and knowledge between partners.

• What have you learned from other partners since joining TERRA?

Sometimes small companies, such as BDS, tend to not realise how complex some processes may be. Typically these processes are within the expertise of other partners. An example may be a very important task done by MEEO to create an interface for users, which would contain the same or similar parameters. In result, any future user of TERRA portal would know how to use data from each Demonstators. This is an example why cooperation between various partners is important in projects such as TERRA.

• What makes cross-disciplinary collaboration (e.g., between tech developers and domain experts) valuable in TERRA?

As of late February 2026 the most valuable  cross-disciplinary collaboration can be seen on the topic of the future architecture of TERRA service – from the data sources up to the interface for users. This task requires different types of expertise, which comes from domain experts from each TERRA partner.

Outreach, Visibility & Stakeholder Engagement

• TERRA has an outreach objective — how would you describe the importance of communicating project outcomes to stakeholders, policymakers, and the public?

TERRA project aims to provide usable data to a wide audience, including operators of seaports, local authorities and policy makers. This audience has different modes of operations and base on different regulatory backgrounds. That is why communications with various different stakeholders, potential users and the wide audience is important – in order to maximise the interest in TERRA services.

• Have you been involved in any TERRA outreach events, demos, or press activities?

Yes, initial information about TERRA in 2025, including the EU Space Days, which was organised in May 2025 in the city of Gdansk. This event served as an official announcement of the TERRA project in front of the European space communities.

• How might your organisation use TERRA outcomes for its own dissemination or stakeholder engagement?

As of late February 2026 we expect that TERRA communication efforts (and corresponding stakeholder engagement) will help us in passing the message to a wider audience across the EU and possibly outside Europe. For a small organisation such as BDS our own dissemination channels may not always be effective. Dissemination in TERRA gives us an opportunity to reach to a wider audience, incl. important stakeholders.

Vision & Long-Term Impact

• What impact do you hope TERRA will have at local, regional, or European scale?

Each Demonstrator is going to provide results on a local scale. This will be a great opportunity to showcase TERRA’s capabilities. The results are to be closely discussed and verified with local users and stakeholders. We hope that afterwards there will be an opportunity to widely adopt TERRA’s services to an European level.

• How do you see TERRA’s outcomes being sustained or used beyond the project’s lifetime?

As of late February 2026 this topic is being discussed at a consortium level. We hope that in 2026 the consortium will identify a viable path for post-project presence on the European market.

• In your view, why is a project like TERRA important in the context of climate change adaptation and water-related risk management?

Water and climate change adaptation are critical to Europe. Many large industrial areas and cities across Europe are located closely to the sea/ocean shore. Climate change will certainly affect them, for example by different coastal erosion patterns and different pollution across the sea. Thus, it is important to provide a tool with different services, which would help in identification and adaptation to climate change.

Personal/Team Motivations (Optional)

• What personally motivates you about working in TERRA?

BDS has a long tradition of participating to Horizon projects. Pan European projects allow us to gain valuable experience of cooperating with professionals from different EU countries in a joint effort.

• If you had to summarise TERRA in one sentence for your network, what would it be?

TERRA helps in understanding what happens with coastal areas with the help of satellite images and AI.

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