European Space Imaging & Indra Espacio successfully complete multi-year supply project to the Spanish Ministry of Defense

European Space Imaging, a leading provider of very high-resolution satellite imagery,and Indra Espacio, a leading company in the Spanish space sector today announced that the two companies successfully completed a multi-year supply project to theSpanish Ministry of Defense.

The supply project, with Indra Espacio as main contractor, started in September 2008 and involved the provision of more than 1.2 million km² of very high-resolution satellite imagery to the Cartographic Coordination Service for the Multinational Geospatial Co-production Program (MGCP) initiative.

Twenty-eight countries are working together in this multinational program under thecoordination of the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Indra Espacio, in cooperation with European Space Imaging supplies images for 124 1ºx1º cells withquality certificates.

The satellite imagery was provided by European Space Imaging, the only company in Europe that owns and operates regional ground receiving stations for direct tasking and data downlink from commercial, very high-resolution optical satellites.

European Space Imaging supplied more than 13 Terabyte of data. Indra Espacio was in charge of satellite image quality control, using their complete workflow for image acquisition, cataloguing image processing and quality acceptance tests.

The Cartographic Coordination Service of the Spanish MoD used the data for vector data extraction in a scale of 1:50,000 according to the MGCP Technical Reference Documentation (TRD) for international interoperability between the different national co-producers of this cartography.

Through multinational cooperation MGCP seeks to provide geospatial information to all participating countries concerning different areas of the planet. This information will be useful for coordinating responses in the event of natural catastrophes or humanitarian crises and will also contribute to the assessment of the natural resources of a given area.

“The Cartographic Coordination Service (CCS) of the Spanish Ministry of Defense is responsible for carrying out the MCGP initiative of Spain. We are very pleased with the timelines and quality of the data delivery through European Space Imaging and Indra Espacio”said Colonel Justo Bernaldo de Quirós, chief of the CCS.

“We have succeeded in this challenge in time and quality thanks to our robust image processing chain and skills” said Indra Espacio’s Remote Sensing Director Victoriano Moreno.

“EUSI is proud to have contributed to yet another key MGCP project in Europe and enjoyed working with the Spanish Ministry of Defense and our close business partner INDRA. The customer’s trust in us emphasizes once again our capability to deliver large volumes of very high resolution satellite imagery in a consistent manner and ahead of schedule.” said European Space Imaging’s General Manager Adrian Zevenbergen.