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August 30th, 2010
Two Years in Space: RapidEye Establishes its Place in the Geospatial Industry

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RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that it is celebrating its second  year in space after its successful satellite launch in August 2008.As a major milestone, RapidEye imaged its one billionth square kilometer of the surface of the Earth this year since commercial operations began on February 4, 2009. All of this data collected over the last 14 months is available in its library which contains multiple datasets including the freshest images. Learn More