Named after the Norse mythological supreme god, who sacrified an eye in return for ultimate wisdom and insight, Odin’s Eye (multinatiOnal Development INitiative for a Space-based missilE earlY-warning architecture) is a Space-based defence system initiated by the European Commission in the frame of the European Defence Industrial Development Programme related to Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and early warning capabilities.

SPACEBEL is one of the 40 companies selected from a dozen of European member states to take part in the industrial consortium led by OHB System AG (Germany), which was granted 90 million Euros EU funding.
Our contribution includes design activities of the on-board data processing and of the space system performance module.

Odin’s Eye covers the multilateral setup of a stand-alone Space-based early-warning infrastructure against ballistic and hypersonic missile threats ranging from initial detection over tracking to handover to radars on the ground. This autonomous defence initiative for all Member States will be compliant, complementary and interoperable with NATO systems, thus enforcing the EU contribution to NATO.

Following our participation in the CSO and Yoda patrol missions, Odin’s Eye is another challenging Space intelligence project to which we are bringing our advanced software engineering know-how.