Thursday, May 21st, 2015
May 21, 2015 — The launch of DIRECTV 15, the United States’ most powerful television broadcasting satellite, is scheduled for 27 May from Kourou on board an Ariane 5 launcher. Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, is the prime contractor for both the Ariane 5 launcher and DIRECTV 15.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Hartley Wintney/Clermont-Ferrand, April 23, 2015 —– Getmapping has partnered with PlanetObserver to offer customers a full range of global and regional Earth satellite imagery along with two global height data options. The partnership is in line with Getmapping’s wider strategy to extend its reach beyond its established markets in the UK and Africa and signals an
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
SEATTLE, Wash., April 22, 2015 — LizardTech®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is heading into a busy conference season exhibiting at four different tradeshows this spring.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
April 21, 2015 —The GEO Illustration Challenge is asking participants to give our planet a new face. The theme is “Transcending Borders – and Changing the Earth’s Image”. From illustrators and designers to keen Photoshoppers, everyone is invited to participate. The grand prize: a VIP invitation to a 2016 ESA satellite launch at Guiana Space
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
April 9, 2015 — Once in space, Sentinel-2A will open its solar wing to generate the power it needs to carry out the task of monitoring Earth’s vegetation. Engineers have recently made sure this move is well rehearsed before the satellite is packed up and shipped to the launch site.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
March 24, 2015 — The DigitalGlobe Foundation has selected the University of California, San Diego to be one of two institutions of higher learning given open access to DigitalGlobe Basemap, an online map and database of current, high-resolution satellite imagery – of the entire planet. For a one-year pilot study, commercial satellite imagery will be
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
LONGMONT, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 25, 2015— DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery and geospatial solutions, today announced the full availability of 30 cm satellite imagery products, an industry first that builds upon the company’s gold standard for image quality and resolution.
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
Feb. 12, 2015—In response to the rapidly increasing demand for high quality geodata of the Arctic Ocean, Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) has compiled a detailed satellite imagery mosaic of the entire region and released it in map projections optimized for visualizing the northern polar areas. TerraColor satellite imagery, long used by organizations
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
DigitalGlobe ( NYSE : DGI ), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, was awarded today the USGIF Industry Intelligence Award at GEOINT 2012, the nation’s largest intelligence event, for its work with the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP).
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced it has expanded its office in the Amsterdam World Trade Center to meet rapidly growing demand in western and eastern Europe for the world’s highest resolution commercial satellite imagery. The expansion comes just five months after GeoEye successfully established its European sales
