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Satellites take part in the fight against forest fires in Southern Europe
- September 8, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
No CommentsSince 2003, the EC Regulation Forest Focus requires monitoring of
forests and environmental interactions which can be met, in part, by
the use of satellite services. (Credits EU-Space) -
Saab Ericsson Space receives order for ten satellite antennas
- September 7, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
Saab Ericsson Space in Gothenburg, Sweden, has received an order for
ten X-band helix antennas for Surrey Satellite Technology??s RapidEye
satellites. (Credits Saab Ericsson Space) -
European Space Imaging Offers Katrina Damage Imagery to Media Free of Charg
- September 6, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
Tue, 6 Sep 2005 – European Space Imaging would like to offer imagery to
the media free of charge that shows the destruction caused by hurricane
Katrina. In return we kindly encourage you to make a donation to a
humanitarian aid organization that supports the hurricane victims.
(Credits European Space Imaging) -
To Lisbon…and Beyond:Market Access & External Aspects of Competitiveness
- September 6, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The European Commission’s Fifth Market Access Symposium, chaired by Peter Mandelson,
European Commissioner for Trade (Info at Europa) -
to make a business out of Earth Observation: keep contact with science
- September 5, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
Heike Bach is one of a select group of scientists taking Earth
Observation techniques out of the research lab and applying them to the
real world. A decade ago she founded the company VISTA ?± Remote Sensing
Applications in Geosciences, with the motivation of transferring
scientific results in the field of Earth Observation into hydrological
and agricultural applications. (Credits ESA) -
European Space Imaging and ZKI support forest fires in Portugal
- August 26, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Members News
Following the devastating forest fires in Portugal there is a strong
need for high-resolution imagery to assess the whole extent of the
damages and to coordinate further aid efforts in the affected areas.
European Space Imaging and ZKI support Portugal??s authorities in forest
fire damage assessment with up-to-date high-resolution satellite
imagery. (Credits European Space Imaging) -
GAF AG: Information System in Papua New Guinea
- August 23, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Members News
GAF AG, an internationally active
geo-information technology company, has been awarded a contract by the
Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), funded by the European Union to
set-up and implement a Geological and Mineral Resource Information
System (GMRIS) at the Department of Mining (DoM). -
Market study examines opportunites for EO and offshore wind energy
- August 18, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, European EO Industry
Offshore wind is forecast to be the subject of the highest growth rates
across the entire renewable energy sector, with European installations
expected to account for at least 90% of worldwide installed capacity
within the next three to five years.(Credits ESA) -
The Impact of International Standardization
- August 13, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
Industry-wide standards play a vital role in our globalizing world. For
example, in order to conform to foreign standards, 84% of German
companies use European and International Standards as part of their
export strategy. (Credits Directions Magazine) -
Definiens Announces Expansion to North America
- August 1, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive