(Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, July 10, 2008).
This agreement will allow for the promotion of RapidEye’s products and services in the Ukraine.
“We are excited about this agreement, as it will further enhance awareness of RapidEye, and provide us with expert insight into the Ukrainian markets,” commented Axel Penndorf, one of RapidEye’s European Sales Representatives. “Dr. Voloshyn and his team at Dniprocosmos have an incredible knowledge base and may eventually assist with some of our product development specific to eastern Europe. We’re proud to have them as a partner.”
Collaboration between the two companies has already begun with the discussion of pilot projects designed especially for the agriculture and cartography industries.
About Dniprocosmos State Company:
Dniprocosmos State Company, located in Dnipropetrovsk, provides earth observation technologies for commercial and administrative use in Ukraine. Being a special-purpose branch of the National Space Agency in Ukraine, it introduces technologies for use of Earth observation data, thus linking space systems products with end users.
Dniprocosmos also provides preliminary processing of “raw” data received from national and foreign satellites, including multispectral image processing using non-standard
methods and algorithms and processing of satellite images in order to classify geographical areas (landscape, land cover elements classification etc.). The archive of Dniprocosmos provides operative and long-term satellite images storage, data search and Internet access to its electronic catalog and satellite images distribution.
Further information may be obtained from:http://dniprokosmos.dp.ua
About RapidEye:
RapidEye is an ISO-certified geospatial information provider focused on integrating customized and industry specific solutions into the workflow of global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy, infrastructure, government, security and emergency. In the summer of 2008, RapidEye will launch a constellation of five satellites capable of downloading over 4 million km² of high resolution, multi-spectral imagery per day. For more information please visit www.rapideye.de
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