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Apr2015

DigitalGlobe Makes Available 30-cm Satellite Imagery to Customers

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Geoinformation, Space and aviation
DigitalGlobe is making available its 30-cm satellite imagery products. The high-resolution commercial satellite imagery is captured by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite and will improve decision making, enable more efficient operations, and enhance a variety of applications for customers in the civil government, defense and intelligence, energy, mining and global development sectors. ... Weiterlesen
17 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann

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Apr2015

U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Geospatial Data Act

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Geoinformation
United States Senators Orrin Hatch, R-UT, and John Warner, D-VA, have introduced the bipartisan Geospatial Data Act in the U.S. Congress. In 1994, Executive Order 12906 was issued by President Clinton to direct the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). Many of the requirements of EO 12906 were never ... Weiterlesen
17 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann

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Apr2015

Georeferenced Full Motion Video: Mitigating a Difficult ‘Big Data’ Problem

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Geoinformation, Security and defense
The military has been struggling with cataloging and retrieving its huge libraries of full motion video (FMV) for more than ten years. The video, captured by both manned and unmanned aircraft, rapidly reached unmanageable levels. Without some way to catalog the video, critical details can be lost, because finding the right ... Weiterlesen
10 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann

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Apr2015

BHO Legal supporting Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2015

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / BHO on the road, Satellite communication and navigation, Space and aviation
The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2015 was held on March 24 – 26 at the Residenz München. Organized by the Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications (ISTA) at Munich University, this yearly summit brings together the key players in satellite navigation to discuss future prospects for cooperation in space ... Weiterlesen
1 April 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann

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Mar2015

EU successfully launches two Galileo satellites

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Satellite communication and navigation, Space and aviation
Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, placed two more satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place on 27 March at 22.46 CET from the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. ESA received signals proving that they were positioned as expected. Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and ... Weiterlesen
31 March 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann

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Mar2015

FAA Gives Amazon Go-Ahead for Delivery Drone Tests

von Dr. Oliver Heinrich / / Space and aviation
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon Logistics, Inc. UAS design that Amazon will use for research and development and crew training. Amazon says it wants to use drones for the delivery of packages. The FAA typically issues experimental certificates to manufacturers and technology developers ... Weiterlesen
27 March 2015Dr. Oliver Heinrich

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Mar2015

BHO Legal supported ITU Small Satellite Workshop

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / BHO on the road, IT law, telecommunications law and frequency regulations, Space and aviation
The ITU Symposium and Workshop on Small Satellite Regulation took place in Prague from March 2-4. BHO Legal contributed with a presentation “Ensuring regulatory compliance for small satellites through procurement and grant conditions”(please see presentation here). As a result of the Symposium, the ITU issued the “Prague Declaration on Small Satellite ... Weiterlesen
17 March 2015Dr. Ingo Baumann