Chinese Sat Is An Image Builder
According to Tong Qingxi, the head of Peking University's Institute of Digital China, the CBERS-2B Sino-Brazilian satellite should soon be operational and sending pictures back to ground control.
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Faster Mapping Via Lockheed Martin
The plan is to speed up critical maps, imagery and other geospatial data delivery to global users through a streamlining process currently being worked on by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT].
Read MoreItaly’s 2ndSat To Be Off & Away @ Vanderburg
Italy's second Earth-imaging satellite will be the second launch for that country this year. Occurring at Vandenburg Air Force Base this week, the 4,200-pound COSMO-2 satellite will be taken for its space ride atop a 12-story Delta rocket.
Read MoreDigitalGlobe’s WorldView-1 Now Looking At Us
DigitalGlobe has announced WorldView-1 has completed its commissioning, meets all of its requirements, and is delivering imagery to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) as part of the NextView program. Full Operating Capability (FOC) with NGA began on November 17th.
Read MoreSuper Data Delivery Continues From Northrop Grumman’s Hyperion
The first hyperspectral imager in space was built by Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] in just over 12 months. The space vehicle is marking its seventh anniversary on-orbit.
Read MoreEADS Astrium Signs On With ESA For Sentinel Duty
Astrium is to develop and build the latest imaging radar for an ESA satellite. The development and delivery contract signed last week in Friedrichshafen by Massimo Di Lazzaro, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Thales Alenia Space BU Observation Systems & Radar, and Uwe Minne, Director of Earth observation and Science at Astrium Germany. The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded the main contact for the Sentinel-1 satellite in February to Thales Alenia Space. Astrium is now to supply the C-band radar for the Sentinel-1 satellite.
Read MoreGeoEye’s Attention Leads To Gorilla Preservation Grant
More than 1,000 square kilometers of hi-res, IKONOS satellite imagery has been donated by GeoEye, Inc. [NASDAQ:GEOY] and the company’s Foundation to international conservation groups working on gorilla preservation projects.
Read MoreCOM DEV & Gatehouse Into Improved AIS
COM DEV International Ltd. [TSX:CDV] and GateHouse A/S of Aalborg, Denmark, have signed a strategic alliance agreement to combine their respective skills and to enable COM DEV's space-based Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) data to be collected, stored, managed and displayed. This will provide a global turnkey AIS solution for a range of user groups.
Read MoreAlgeria Believes In Alsat-2
During a speech at an international workshop held in Algiers, Algeria, the director-general of Algeria’s space agency ASAL, Azzedine Oussedik, told SciDev.net his country is on schedule to launch their second satellite system, Alsat-2.
Read MoreDMC Int’l Imagery Logs On To Halt Logging
The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has initiated a third year contract with DMC International Imaging Ltd., (DMCii). The contract calls for the acquisition of high-resolution satellite images of the entire 5 million square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest.
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