The European Space Agency commissions bespoke software that is developed by a wide range of industry partners from different countries, with the added value that any resulting system becomes licensable to any organisation in an ESA member state. One very important aspect is to ensure licensability, i.e. the produced software does not infringe any copyright or third-party rights. Besides other roles, the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is responsible for the Intellectual Property Management services within ESA.

We are very happy to announce that we have been recently awarded a new contract to maintain and evolve some of the software applications available at the Space Weather Data Centre, which is part of the Space Situational Awareness Programme infrastructure. These applications offer a wide range of functionalities to various space weather communities with the aim of providing accurate and timely space environmental information.

Last month, Solenix attended the Kick-Off of the Open Geospatial Consortium's Testbed 15 initiative in Reston, Virginia, U.S.A.. For the third year running, Solenix participates in an OGC Testbed, the largest event of OGC's Innovation Program.

On 28 March, Solenix gave 11 young girls the opportunity to have a closer look at the everyday life of a software engineering company.