Policy and regulation play a central role in ensuring the development and uptake of Earth Observation (EO) services and products. This topic, though not new, has been thoroughly analysed under the New Space Portugal initiative, a flagship private project for satellite EO that is being developed under the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Within this project, Vieira de Almeida (VdA) is leading a work package on Research Studies. Its goal is to understand the challenges and opportunities arising from the use of EO, promote their uptake, increase awareness and contribute to the development of approaches in this respect.

This Space Brief addresses the main policy and legal analysis undertaken under the Research Studies.

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