| 2007-05-28 | To bloggers |
ScanEx closed the loop of operational radar data
UniScan stations in Moscow and Magadan, acquiring RADARSAT-1 and ENVISAT-1 satellites data in real-time
In March 2007, R&D Center ScanEx signed a reseller agreement with INFOTERRA GmbH (incorporated into EADS Astrium GmbH) for the distribution of TerraSAR-X radar data and its end-products. It’s common knowledge that this satellite will provide the users with unique X-band data at spatial resolution of up to 1 meter opening new possibilities for wide application of such images.
In the same month ScanEx signed a license agreement with Eurimage S.p.A. for the direct reception and commercial distribution of C-band ENVISAT-1 radar data by the ground stations in Moscow and Magadan. In addition to RADARSAT-1, this real-time radar data program supplies all-weather round-the-clock images at resolution from 1 km to 28 meters. In May ScanEx’s UniScan technology was successfully certified for the reception and processing of ENVISAT-1 data. On May 25, 2007 ScanEx signed an agreement on the distribution of ENVISAT-1 data supplied by Eurimage S.p.A. for the region beyond the Moscow and Magadan stations coverage. ScanEx Center also started the commercial project on oil spills monitoring in Caspian Sea using RADARSAT-1 and ENVISAT-1 radar data.
R&D Center ScanEx together with MDA Geospatial Services Inc. has a framework agreement that they will sign RADARSAT-2 satellite data distribution contract once it is launched this summer. Its predecessor – RADARSAT-1 – put into orbit back in 1995, is functioning properly and delivering high quality images. ScanEx Center equipped 10 ground stations in Russia and Kazakhstan with the firmware allowing for this kind of data reception. Signing an agreement on the new generation satellite data distribution will be the result of multiyear mutual cooperation between MDA Geospatial Services Inc. and R&D Center ScanEx. RADARSAT-2 satellite will enable to get unique images, for example, C-band radar data at 3 meters and better resolution with the scene size of 18x18 km; sea water imagery mode (ice situation, oil spills monitoring) with 29 m resolution and 450x450 km scenes. Multiple instruments onboard this satellite will present new technology that will be tested for the first time (for example, detection of ship, sea currents, ice fields drifting and glacier movement speed).
ScanEx Center provides for a unique possibility – real-time imagery from RADARSAT-1 and ENVISAT-1 radar satellites within the footprint of UniScan ground stations in Moscow and Magadan. Requests for images can be sent to sales@scanex.ru.
In the same month ScanEx signed a license agreement with Eurimage S.p.A. for the direct reception and commercial distribution of C-band ENVISAT-1 radar data by the ground stations in Moscow and Magadan. In addition to RADARSAT-1, this real-time radar data program supplies all-weather round-the-clock images at resolution from 1 km to 28 meters. In May ScanEx’s UniScan technology was successfully certified for the reception and processing of ENVISAT-1 data. On May 25, 2007 ScanEx signed an agreement on the distribution of ENVISAT-1 data supplied by Eurimage S.p.A. for the region beyond the Moscow and Magadan stations coverage. ScanEx Center also started the commercial project on oil spills monitoring in Caspian Sea using RADARSAT-1 and ENVISAT-1 radar data.
R&D Center ScanEx together with MDA Geospatial Services Inc. has a framework agreement that they will sign RADARSAT-2 satellite data distribution contract once it is launched this summer. Its predecessor – RADARSAT-1 – put into orbit back in 1995, is functioning properly and delivering high quality images. ScanEx Center equipped 10 ground stations in Russia and Kazakhstan with the firmware allowing for this kind of data reception. Signing an agreement on the new generation satellite data distribution will be the result of multiyear mutual cooperation between MDA Geospatial Services Inc. and R&D Center ScanEx. RADARSAT-2 satellite will enable to get unique images, for example, C-band radar data at 3 meters and better resolution with the scene size of 18x18 km; sea water imagery mode (ice situation, oil spills monitoring) with 29 m resolution and 450x450 km scenes. Multiple instruments onboard this satellite will present new technology that will be tested for the first time (for example, detection of ship, sea currents, ice fields drifting and glacier movement speed).
ScanEx Center provides for a unique possibility – real-time imagery from RADARSAT-1 and ENVISAT-1 radar satellites within the footprint of UniScan ground stations in Moscow and Magadan. Requests for images can be sent to sales@scanex.ru.
