Let’s procure in-orbit services like Earth observation data and services

The Chinese company MizarVision recently gained attention with its open source Earth observation data analysis over the Middle East which showed images of F-35s  gathering 24 hours before Operation Epic Fury. The questions it raises also underlines that Earth observation services are approaching becoming a commodity. This service, not long ago reserved for governments, now provides to the people in the street the possibility to pinpoint United States military aircrafts, almost in real time. If we want to build European-made rendezvous and docking services answering needs of the civil and defense orbital infrastructures and have those services become a commodity to sell at scale as well, the way commercial satellite imagery services have been introduced in defense procurements provide a useful template.