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BlueSky Maps Urban Heat Patterns Across the UK
- January 12, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
No CommentsLeicestershire, UK – BlueSky, the aerial survey company, has been awarded contracts to create detailed thermal maps for eight local authorities across the UK.
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Sentinel 1
- October 30, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, European EO Industry
ESA’s GMES initiative is taking a step forward with the expected signature of a contract in December for a synthetic-aperture radar that will be used on the Sentinel 1 satellite. (Source Space News)
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Alcatel Alenia Space to Build SIRAL-2 Radar Altimeter for CryoSat-2
- October 2, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a contract with EADS Space, the satellite prime contractor, to manufacture the SIRAL-2 radar altimeter to be used on the ice sheet monitoring satellite CryoSat-2. (Source Alcatel Alenia Space)
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Global Study Reflects Benefits of Location Intelligence to Improve Business
- September 27, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
According to a survey conducted by MapInfo Corporation (NASDAQ: MAPS), the leading global provider of location intelligence solutions, and BusinessWeek Research Services, 64 percent of business executives believe that location intelligence can improve business processes, and 21 percent are planning to investigate it in the next year. (Source Spatialnews)
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Nigeria to launch second earth observation satellite in 2008
- September 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
Nigeria has started work on the design and construction of its second earth observation satellite billed for launch in 2008, Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency Robert Boroffice said here on Thursday. (Source: Xinhua)
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DLR And Astrium Sign Contract For German Satellite TanDEM-X
- September 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and one of Europe’s leading satellite manufacturers, Astrium GmbH, signed a cooperation agreement and contract today at the German Space Agency in Bonn for building the satellite TanDEM-X. (Source DLR)
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Space Tech A Solution: Towards safe urban waste disposal
- August 28, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Members News
Mounds of garbage lying unattended in street junctions, is a common sight in many urban areas of the country. (Credits Centralchronicle)
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PCI Geomatics awarded contract: SPOT images for the landmass of Canada
- August 21, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
PCI Geomatics?‹ has been awarded a contract from Iunctus Geomatics to produce accurate satellite images covering all of Canada, south of 80? North latitude. The five-year contract, which involves both the delivery of software and production services, is part of Natural Resource Canada??s (NRCan)$2.4 million award to Iunctus Geomatics and TELUS Corporation for the creation of new, high-quality images of Canada from SPOT 4 and 5 satellite data.
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Diode laser stacks to brave 'space' conditions
- August 18, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
With the restructured company set on seeking out new markets, Jenoptik subsidiaries are partnering to develop a “space compatible” pump laser intended for use in a satellite-mounted atmospheric analysis lidar system. (Credits Optics.org)
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China To Launch 1st Environment Monitoring Satellite
- August 17, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
In the second half of 2007, China will project its first satellite for monitoring environment and natural disasters, the “HJ-1”, to improve the country’s abilities in monitoring environmental changes and reducing calamities.(Credits Spacemart)