EOS Data Analytics Gives Free Access to its Crop Monitoring Service for Ukrainian Farmers

EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA) has made history as the world’s first satellite company to declare its desire to launch the world’s first satellite constellation for precision farming into orbit. This methodology allows satellite monitoring of cultivated lands and forest areas to monitor their condition and other parameters. Today, when the first agricultural satellite, EOS SAT-1, is already operating in orbit, a company with Ukrainian roots is announcing free access to its platform to farmers from war-torn Ukraine.

Why is this vital for Ukrainian farmers today?

Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has been gripped by a food crisis. Thousands of Ukrainian farmers were taken hostage, whose crop fields became a real battlefield in conditions of active hostilities. In an instant, the peaceful and creative life of a farmer turned into a high-risk zone. Artillery shelling, airstrikes, and the constant threat of Russian UAV attacks in frontline areas endangered the lives of farmers, who continued their operations despite the risks. 

However, this situation can quickly change with the EOSDA Crop Monitoring online platform. The service offers its clients a secure and remote collection of information about the state of agricultural crops throughout the entire period of their growth.

Satellite spectral analysis allows you to track even the smallest changes in plant health, allowing you to scale your overall yield based on the data collected. EOSDA Crop Monitoring also offers its clients an algorithmic analysis of the presence of diseases in crops and also uses indices of vegetation and soil moisture saturation for better planning of sowing work.

Of course, the dangers during planting and harvesting will not go away, but the platform being developed by EOSDA can really significantly reduce risks during “live” monitoring of the growth process of agricultural crops.

According to company representatives, access to EOSDA Crop Monitoring will be available to all Ukrainian farmers who, throughout 2024, leave a corresponding application on the official website. Then, each registered farmer will then receive three months of free access to information about their land plots, covering areas of up to 500 hectares. In addition, active users will be offered accessible instructions for using the service and, if necessary, given explanatory advice from EOS Data Analytics specialists.

Compared to drones, which today are also actively used for agricultural monitoring, satellites make it possible to immediately cover large areas of farms. Launched in January 2023, the first satellite of the EOS constellation — SAT-1 is capable of sensing approximately 1 million km2 in just one day.

By the year 2025, EOSDA plans to launch 6 more similar satellites into space, the daily coverage area of which will be ≈ 10,000,000+ km2. This will definitely be enough for your fresh salad.