Monday, September 19th, 2011
Astrium Services has signed a three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the delivery of satellite images under the terms of the European GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment & Security) programme. This contract, initially worth 17 million euros, is being funded by the European Commission. The contract covers the provision of optical data
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Astrium GEO-Information Services tasked its satellites to collect data over the USA in anticipation of hurricane Irene’s arrival to the east coast. Over 100,000 km2 of cloud-free SPOT optical imagery and more than 85,000km2 of TerraSAR-X radar data were collected as of Monday, Aug. 29 covering portions of the U.S. east coast from Charleston, SC
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The GEO-Information division of Astrium Services (formerly Spot Image and Infoterra) today announced that it has expanded its investment in i-cubed LLC, a leading worldwide provider of value-added imagery and geospatial data management technologies based in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. i-cubed provides secure, proven, leading-edge solutions for imagery, geospatial content and distributed asset management hosted
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Astrium launches a new satellite platform package called “YourSpaceAvenue” based on the Myriade microsatellite programme at the Paris Air Show 2011. Jean Dauphin, Astrium France’s Director of Earth Observation and Science said: “”YourSpaceAvenue” offers space solutions to those who thought space was inaccessible. By using existing technology, by enabling customers to tailor services to their
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Astrium recently released new data directly downloadable from GeoStore – a one stop shop for digital 3D mapping, aerial imagery and LiDAR height data. The new data includes the Admiralty Raster Charts, and a new generation of vector data known as Marine Themes that is based on information sourced from the UK Hydrographic Office. These datasets are particularly relevant for environmental
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Astrium GEO-Information Services has completed a geological interpretation study of the East Africa Rift System (EARS) and the surrounding area that is increasingly becoming an exploration hotspot for the Oil, Gas and Minerals industry. For the first time, these organisations can have access to an ‘off-the-shelf’ set of integrated data to highlight the hydrocarbon prospectivity
Friday, March 25th, 2011
The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X will acquire co-seismic data and a post-seismic time series of three months duration, covering the area around Sendei, Japan, in ascending (orbit 156, strip 9, incidence 35 degrees) and descending (orbit 42, strip 10, incidence 37 degrees) orbits in 3m resolution (StripMap Mode). The data will be made available free of
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
“Astrium is actively preparing for the future. We have invested nearly €450 million in 2010 and are ready to take on the space programmes of tomorrow,”declared Astrium CEO François Auque when presenting the EADS New Year wishes on the Astrium site at Les Mureaux.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
From January 2011, satellite imagery and geo-information specialists Spot Image and Infoterra, subsidiaries of Astrium Services, will combine forces to form its new GEO-Information business division. The GEO-Information division will offer a one-stop-shop portfolio of multisource, multi-resolution optical and radar satellite imagery under the Astrium brand. “Astrium Services is focused on becoming the world leader
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
SymetriGEO Services, part of Astrium Services’ GEO-Information division, is supporting the Geospatial and Situational Awareness Demonstration, which is part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) sponsored Common Geospatial Tool Set (CGTS) research project. The objective of CGTS, which is being delivered by the Lockheed Martin (UK) led Team SPARTA, is to de-risk future geospatial
