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Sarcom consortium to distribute ERS and Envisat data worldwide
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the Sarcom consortium a contract to distribute data
worldwide from the ERS and Envisat radar satellites.
The consortium, formed by Spot Image in response to the call for proposals issued by ESA in 1999, has
brought together eight major players in the Earth observation market, all of whom distribute SPOT, ERS
and RADARSAT data. The consortium members are:
Spot Image, France,
Geoserve BV, Netherlands,
National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), Netherlands,
NPA Group, United Kingdom,
Radarsat International, Canada,
Satellus, Sweden,
Spot Asia, Singapore,
Tromsoe Satellite Station (TSS), Norway.
The broad range of expertise and the complementarity of Sarcom partners will give users a full spectrum of
image processing services from reception right through to distribution of radar data.
The consortium will also offer innovative and sophisticated products and services tailored to pollution
monitoring, natural hazard management, marine applications and mapping through joint product and service
offerings.
This agreement is anchored in a sales strategy geared to providing multisource, complementary optical
and radar at low, high and very high resolutions to boost development of the global market for satellite
imagery.
In pursuit of this aim, Sarcom will be leveraging its large international sales network, formed by Spot
Image's subsidiaries and the consortium partners' distribution networks.
The Envisat system will ensure continuity of service for ERS data users with a launch scheduled for
mid-2001. Envisat is a multimission satellite that will carry a payload of several science instruments and a
high-performance radar antenna providing enhanced acquisition flexibility (in terms of mode, resolution and
viewing angle). The system will also provide onboard storage capacity.
Envisat's revisit frequency will ensure faster response to fast-evolving events such as natural disasters.
For further information, contact:
Spot Image - Corporate Communications
Anne-Marie Bernard
Tel : +33 (0)5 62 19 40 10
E-mail : Anne-Marie.Bernard@spotimage.fr
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