Satellite imagery a fast-growing industry

New NSR Report Finds Move to Very High Resolution and Onslaught of Lower Resolution Data Key to Generation of $5.1 Billion by 2023 WILMINGTON, DE—(Marketwired – Oct 22, 2014) – NSR’s Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO), 6th Edition report, released today, projects that data, value-added services and Information Products from satellite-based Earth Observation will grow to

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The competition, encouraging engineers and scientists to develop novel applications using Earth observation data from European satellites, including the recently launched Sentinel-1A, that would benefit European public, offers a prize pool worth €300,000 (£250,000) in cash, technical support, data packages and business incubation. Participants can compete in eight challenges covering areas including environmental monitoring, transportation

The Economist. The Earth should be monitored more carefully ON APRIL 8th Envisat, Europe’s largest Earth-observing satellite, unexpectedly stopped talking to its users on the Earth below. Since then those users have been frantically trying to re-establish contact. They rely on Envisat’s radars and other sensors for a wide range of measurements, from the temperature

Competitive European Regions through Research and Innovation Introduction In an open global economy, competitiveness relies on the capacity of businesses to create high value- added goods and services. A move towards innovation-based sustainable growth is therefore at the heart of the EU’s response to globalisation. In June 2010, the EU Heads of State and government

(24 February 2012) Europe’s next fleet of meteorological satellites is set to debut in 2017, following today’s signing of the development contract. While Meteosat Third Generation will ensure full continuity with the current Meteosat satellite family, it will also introduce significant improvements. At an event held today at ESA’s headquarters in Paris, the contract between

Paris and Montreal, February 6, 2012 –Euroconsult, the leading international consulting and analyst firm specializing in the satellite and space sectors, announced today that it expects prospects for the satellite industry to remain favorable over the decade in a variety of areas. The next ten years should see continued growth for commercial markets, while at

Antwerp Space NV, a subsidiary of OHB AG (ISIN: DE0005936124, Prime Standard), and ESA, the European Space Agency, signed a contract for the design and development of a next generation of the Advanced Data Acquisition System, also known as OMNISAT. The contract has a value of EUR 2.2 million and covers activities for the Earth

by LORNA SIGGINS and TOM SHEIL THE NAVAL Service is working with the European Space Agency, third-level institutions and campus companies to create “significant employment” in marine activities, according to its new chief, Cmdr Mark Mellett. Ireland could be an “early European leader” in ocean energy, and could generate far more economic activity in the

Eurisy’s 2010 Position Paper advocated for better framework conditions to support the demand for satellite services among local, regional authorities and SMEs. Less than 3 months on, the EC recognises the necessity to encourage “new user communities (cities, regions, various industrial sectors, etc.)” to adopt such services, including through “the use of available funding sources

On 28 October 2010, the European Commission adopted the Communication on “An integrated industrial policy for the globalisation era.” This policy document sets out a strategy that aims to boost EU economy. It is accompanied by a report on the competiveness performance of individual Member States and the annual European Competitiveness Report. According to the

Science minister David Willetts has announced a new UK centre for monitoring the Earth from space. The Earth observation hub will focus on acquiring environmental data, such as information on deforestation and the impact of climate change. The hub will be based at the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) at Harwell in Oxfordshire, which will

16th June 2010 In this Issue 1. Highlight: Regulation on the GMES programme and its initial operations 2011-2013 2. The use of Earth Observation satellites in events of volcanic eruptions 3. Earth Observation satellites for monitoring oil spill 4. GMES helps measuring the cost of biodiversity losses in coastal Mediterranean wetlands 5. European Parliament’s resolution

ARLINGTON, VA — 02/03/10 — EADS North America has received a five-year contract to provide commercial radar satellite data to the U.S. government’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for use in intelligence, military and homeland security applications. The data will be provided by the geo-information service provider, Infoterra GmbH, an EADS Astrium subsidiary that holds the

The National Space Organization (NSPO) under Taiwan’s government-sponsored National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) on February 2 announced the formation of a group specifically for the R&D and manufacturing of an optical remote sensing instrument to be included in the payload of Formosa Satellite (FormoSat) 5, Taiwan’s earth-observation satellite to be launched in 2013 by a