RapidEye Partners With Geosys To Shoot France

[SatNews] RapidEye announced today that GEOSYS has been chosen by Cemagref to provide the complete coverage of the French territory with RapidEye ortho-rectified satellite imagery. The image resolution is at 5 m pixel, taken over the period from May to September 2010. The ability to acquire several million square kilometers of images daily with the RapidEye satellite constellation allows GEOSYS to seamlessly meet their needs in just a few months, after the image acquisition, processing and delivery of the data. RapidEye is the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites,

The open tender launched for this acquisition under the Public Procurement Code, derives from the will of Cemagref and its partners to facilitate access to geospatial information for research and public actors, including administrations and local authorities in charge of agriculture, environment and territory. This requirement was acknowledged and launched by the project GEOSUD (“Geoinformation for Sustainable Development” or “Information Space and Sustainable Development”) in partnership between Cemagref, AgroParisTech, CIRAD and IRD. The first satellite coverage of France conducted by GEOSYS – RapidEye will be a crucial element.

On May 29, 2010, GEOSYS became the unique distributor of RapidEye satellite imagery in France. RapidEye and GEOSYS look forward to consolidate their partnership and to contribute in developing the French market with this very innovative approach of CEMAGREF.