Infoterra and its Malaysian partner IMS have nowinstalled a TerraSAR-X Virtual Ground Station at the Malaysian Remote SensingAgency in Kuala Lumpur: Following the delivery and installation of all necessarytechnical equipment as well as thorough training on the planning and ordering tool, Nikolaus Faller, Chief Operations Officer of Infoterra GmbH, officially handed the access key to Nik Mazlina Nik Mustapha, Head of Remote Sensing Data Services at MRSA, on Friday, Dec 4.
The contract includes not only the Virtual Ground Station, but large volumes of TerraSAR-X data that will be acquired and delivered throughout 2010. This data will be used for flood management purposes, as Malaysia is regularly affected by severe flooding along its coasts as well as inland, and damages are often significant. Based on TerraSAR-X data, Malaysians experts will create an up-to-date database for those regions regularly affected by flooding.
The privileged access to TerraSAR-X acquisition capacities via a Virtual Ground Station is exclusively provided by the German EADS Astrium subsidiary Infoterra GmbH, holder of the commercial marketing rights for the satellite’s data and services. Around the globe, particularly customers that receive large amounts of data and/or require a quick and flexible tasking option, make use of this access concept.
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