News

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May2014

ESA-Greece agreement on Sentinel data

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Uncategorized
ESA and Greece agreed on an arrangement that establishes access to Sentinel data, marking a significant step forward in their exploitation. The Sentinel satellites are developed to meet the operational needs of Europe’s environment monitoring programme, Copernicus. Under the agreement, the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) intends to set up a ... Weiterlesen
12 May 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann

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May2014

Russian-Iranian space cooperation

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Uncategorized
Russia and Iran have reportedly signed a secret deal on wide cooperation in space exploration. The alleged deal covers training of Iranian cosmonauts in Russia, and possible production of Earth observation and telecommunication satellites for Iran. “A protocol on cooperation was signed on April 10 in Tehran after the fifth ... Weiterlesen

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May2014

DESCA Model Consortium Agreement for Horizon 2020

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Uncategorized
The DESCA (Development of a Simplified Consortium Agreement) Core Group – represented by ANRT, EARTO, Eurochambres, KoWi, LERU, VTT, ZENIT and coordinated by Fraunhofer and the Helmholtz Association – has developed a comprehensive Model Consortium Agreement for Horizon 2020. The Model Consortium Agreement was initiated by key FP7 stakeholders and updated for Horizon ... Weiterlesen

28

Apr2014

New Zealand’s aerial imagery available online

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Open Data
New Zealand’s most current publicly-owned aerial imagery, covering 95% of the country, is now available online under an open license through the LINZ Data Service. This policy is well in line with the government’s goal to make publicly-owned data available on a free, full, and open basis. “Releasing publicly held ... Weiterlesen
28 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann

25

Apr2014

Copernicus Regulation published in the Official Journal

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Uncategorized
Today the Copernicus Regulation has been published in the Offical Journal of the European Union (L 122/44). The Regulation establishing the Copernicus Programme has been adopted by both the European Parliament and the Council. The EU’s Earth Observation Programme Copernicus will provide valuable data for various environmental and security applications ... Weiterlesen
25 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann

16

Apr2014

Another major GLONASS disruption

von Dr. Ingo Baumann / / Luft- und Raumfahrt, Satellitenkommunikation- und Navigation
Just two weeks after all satellites of Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system broadcast inaccurate data for more than 10 hours the system suffered another major disruption. As reported by the Moscow Times eight GLONASS satellites malfunctioned for half-hour period beginning shortly after 1 a.m. Moscow time on April 15, 2014. ... Weiterlesen
16 April 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann

09

Apr2014

The Court of Justice declares the Data Retention Directive to be invalid

von Dr. Roderic Ortner / / Europa- und Völkerrecht, IT- Recht, Telekommunikationsrecht und Frequenzregulierung
With a most recent decision the ECJ declares the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC invalid. Already in 2010 had the German Federal Constitutional Court declared the unwarranted retention of telecommunication data incompatible with the German Constitution. Accordingly, Germany stopped its national data retention requirements under the German Telecommunications Act (TKG) and ... Weiterlesen
9 April 2014Dr. Roderic Ortner