| Pléiades 1A Images Hurricane Sandy Destruction |
 Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012 just south of Atlantic City, New Jersey as a Category 1 storm. In the United States, New Jersey and New York saw the brunt of the storm with extensive damage all along the coast.
It is estimated that the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy could be as much as $20 billion, making it the second most costly Atlantic storm, right behind Hurricane Katrina.
Astrium GEO-Information Services began imaging the area just days after the storm. Astrium's very high-resolution satellite, Pléiades 1A has acquired images over some of the areas with the worst damage.
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| Spatial Energy Becomes First Astrium Services Oil/Gas Global Reseller |
 Spatial Energy has signed a strategic reseller agreement with Astrium Services in Chantilly, Va. This agreement establishes Spatial Energy as the first global reseller of Astrium products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry. "Astrium Services is the only geo-information data provider today with a full spectrum of satellites acquiring multi-resolution optical and radar imagery from which a variety of products and services are derived, including elevation data, global oil seeps, and geologic studies," said Bud Pope, Spatial Energy President.
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WorldDEM - Reaching New Heights
By William Van Rensalier Parker - Courtesy of Directions Magazine
|  With the successful launch of the German radar satellite TanDEM-X on June 21, 2010, a new era of global digital elevation information provision has commenced. Together with TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X forms a high-precision radar interferometer acquiring the data basis for a global homogeneous digital elevation model (DEM). The two satellites form a unique satellite formation flying in a closely controlled helix formation with distances down to only a few hundred meters.
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Another Successful DRS Meeting for Astrium
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In early November, Astrium's GEO-Information Services division brought together its Direct Reception Services (DRS) partners in Napa, California. For three days, over 60 participants engaged in a substantial information exchange and vivid discussions, while enjoying beautiful Napa Valley.
Astrium's DRS network has come a long way since the first partner signed up in 1986. With 27 DRS partners operating 48 stations around the globe, Astrium has today's largest DRS network worldwide - and all these partners are preparing for new opportunities.
With Astrium's latest additions to the satellite fleet, Pléiades 1A and SPOT 6, as well as their respective upcoming twins - Pléiades 1B and SPOT 7 - a genuine four-satellite constellation offers DRS partners access to fresh imagery on an intraday basis.
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Pléiades 1B Satellite on the Road to Launch
Pléiades 1B, the second dual-use, very high-resolution satellite in the Pléiades family built by Astrium for the French space agency CNES (prime contractor for the system and system architect), has left the Astrium Satellites facilities in Toulouse en route for its launch site in French Guiana. Pléiades 1B will be lifting off at the end of November 2012 on board a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Sinnamary site at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG). Read More
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| The Top 10 Considerations for Buying and Using SAR | |
By William V. Parker - Courtesy of Earth Imaging Journal
The last two decades have witnessed unprecedented growth in the satellite-based Earth observation industry. Although the market is still strongly biased toward electro-optically derived imagery, a rising tide of acceptance and usage of satellite-derived synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data has occurred during the last few years. This trend is the result of the increasing availability of commercial SAR satellite data; development of sophisticated processing and analysis tools; and industry-driven training initiatives to familiarize image analysts with SAR imagery, including its interpretation and utility.
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