RapidEye’s constellation of five satellites will download an enormous amount of data with the capability to image up to four million square kilometers of the earth’s surface daily. To handle all of this incoming data, a seven year contract for download services has been signed between Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) of Tromsø, Norway, and RapidEye AG. To assure the fast availability of data, a dedicated high speed communication line between Svalbard and RapidEye’s headquarters in Brandenburg will be in place to support the imagery data transmission to the processing facilities. This high speed data line together with the automated processing system will allow RapidEye to deliver data or information products and services to its customers the following day.
RapidEye Lives Up To Its Name
RapidEye’s constellation of five satellites will download an enormous amount of data with the capability to image up to four million square kilometers of the earth’s surface daily. To handle all of this incoming data, a seven year contract for download services has been signed between Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) of Tromsø, Norway, and RapidEye AG. To assure the fast availability of data, a dedicated high speed communication line between Svalbard and RapidEye’s headquarters in Brandenburg will be in place to support the imagery data transmission to the processing facilities. This high speed data line together with the automated processing system will allow RapidEye to deliver data or information products and services to its customers the following day.
