Geneva, November 13th, 2012 – Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, estimates 2012 U.S. corn yield at 116.0 bushels per acre which is at the lower end of current industry expectations. This forecast announced during Global Grain Geneva 2012, the world’s premier agricultural industry congress, is based on Astrium Services’ GRAIN (Global Risk Agricultural Intelligence), […]
Bluesky Prepares for Remote Sensing Revolution with New Appointments
Leicestershire, UK, 07 November 2012 – Following the acquisition of the world’s first fully integrated LiDAR, thermal and imagery system, Bluesky has made two significant personnel appointments. Dan Taylor (left) joins the UK based aerial survey specialist as Airborne Sensor Operator and will be responsible for managing and operating the state of the art data […]
SPOT 6 & 7 – China Renews its Confidence in Astrium Services
China to receive imagery from SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 satellites · Astrium Services subsidiary Beijing Spot Image to market all SPOT data in China · Chinese partner CEODE to get SPOT New Generation receiving station Beijing, China – 31 October 2012 – Astrium Services and the CEODE (Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth) […]
NOAA’s GOES-13 returns to full operations, GOES-14 to remain orbital spare
The GOES-13 spacecraft, which had its sounder and imager instruments taken out of service because of technical trouble in late September, will return to full operations on Thursday as NOAA’s GOES East satellite, NOAA officials said today. The trouble stemmed from a motor vibration, which caused a lubricant buildup that obstructed the spinning motion […]
Astrium presents results of its study into automatic landing near the Moon’s south pole
Bremen, 23 October 2012 – Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, has presented at the ESA Preliminary System Requirement Review the major results of its Lunar Lander Phase B1 study. Carried out on behalf of the European Space Agency ESA, the study has consolidated the mission concept for automatic landing near the Moon’s south pole […]
exactEarth’s latest satellite passes AIS payload performance testing
exactEarth’s latest satellite passes AIS payload performance testing- AIS Message Detection Rate sets new standard
NASA’s Operation IceBridge Resumes Flights Over Antarctica
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2012 — Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA’s airborne mission to study Earth’s changing polar ice, are beginning another campaign over Antarctica. Now in its fourth year, IceBridge’s return to the Antarctic comes almost a year after the discovery of a large rift in the continent’s Pine Island Glacier. […]
First private Russian satellite can be launched in 2014
RIA Novosti: First Russian satellite, manufactured by a private company for private funds will be put into orbit in 2014 already and most probably onboard the “Progress” state-owned cargo vehicle, – believes “Sputniks” General Director Andrei Potapov. “Sputniks” is the branch of ScanEx RDC that in November 2011 became the Skolkovo Center resident. The company plans […]
GeoEye Delivers Additional Web Hosting Service Networks to U.S. Government
Provides Secure Online Access to Earth Imagery for Department of Defense Users
DigitalGlobe Unveils Integrated Cloud Services Platform for Government and Commercial Customers
New My DigitalGlobe User-Interface Allows End-Users Easier and More Efficient Access to Imagery