Cohort 3 · ISU CEAP
Outre-Mer en Orbite
Mission Outre-Mer 1 · AIS Illegal Fishing Detection
France launches Europe's rockets from Kourou, but no one from French Guiana has ever built
a satellite. This is not foreign aid. These are French citizens. This is France investing in France.
🛰️ The Mission
AIS receiver detecting vessel transponder signals, with emphasis on identifying
"dark ships" (AIS-off) in French Exclusive Economic Zones. Fills a real maritime
enforcement gap across the massive DOM-TOM EEZ.
🇫🇷 The Impact
The territories that host Europe's spaceport finally build something that flies from it.
Ten French citizens from Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and Guyane gain the technical DNA
to build maritime sovereignty tools for their own coastlines.
📡 Payload
- AIS receiver (Spire or custom)
- Dark ship detection algorithms
- EEZ surveillance complementing radar
- Ground station at Centre Spatial Guyanais
📊 The Numbers
- 12-month hybrid program
- 7 weeks on campus at ISU, Strasbourg
- €100K CubeSat hardware budget
- Secondary ground station at Kourou
🤝 Target Partners
CNES
Ministère des Outre-Mer
AFD
EU Outermost Regions Fund
Région Guyane
Unseenlabs (France)
ESA
Airbus Defence & Space
From Kourou's Launchpad to Orbit's Edge
€500,000 connects the dots between Strasbourg, Toulouse, and Cayenne. Zero tuition.
Dr. Sounny-Slitine · anwar.sounny@isunet.edu · sounny.github.io/cubesat
