Market Watch "at glance"

July 2015

• Aid for Trade at a Glance 2015
• Astron partners with satellite imagery specialist Geoimage
• Belarusian-Russian remote sensing satellite soon
• BlackBridge and EarthSTAR bring RapidEye to China

• BlackBridge to be Acquired by Planet Labs

• Bluesky Mapshop Now Serving British Geological Survey Data
• Bluesky, Ordnance Survey Ireland sign mapping contract

• China satellite technology soars ahead

• Copernicus: launching companies, not just satellites


• Environment Agency to make LiDAR data freely available
• EU invests 10 million euros into a research infrastructure for aerosols, clouds and trace gases
• European Commission signs up with China on remote sensing 
• GeoVille Sàrl, Luxembourg Announces Management Buy-Out  
• India Launches EO Constellation for UK-China Project
• Is the geospatial-intelligence sector at the heart of the geospatial revolution? 
• Harris Corporation announces new organizational structure
• Hexagon Geospatial and BlackSky Global Establish Partnersh
•  How outer space is becoming the next Internet 

• ISRO to undertake biggest commercial launch on July 10ip 

• Malaysia Signs Radarsat 2 Deal with MDA 

• MDA to operate Canada's ground station infrastructure and expand its international business

• MENASAT GULF GROUP PLC in Joint Venture with NASDRA to develop a USD $250M program for the design and build of "NIGERIA SAR 1", the first Nigerian SAR high-resolution earth observation satellite

• NASA Releases Detailed Global Climate Change Projections
• NASA Leads Development of a New System to Manage Low Altitude Drones

•  New satellite constellation gives improved data to South African users

• PlanetiQ and Blue Canyon Technologies Partner to Transform Weather Satellite Industry and Dramatically Improve Weather Forecasting
• PeruSat-1 Heralds New Era In Earth Observation
• Smallsat Developers Enjoy Growth In Launch Options

• SmallSat Entrepreneurs Eye Commercial Market Over Government

• Spaceflight Teams with Spire, Radio Developers on SmallSat Ground Communications

• Spire Raises $40M in Series B Financing

• Successfully Launched Sentinel-2A will Provide Colour Vision of Earth

• Supergeo Confirms Dealership with National Space Organization for Satellite Imagery

• Teledyne Awarded $15 Million Contract for Space-based Imagery 

•  The DMC3/TripleSat Constellation in the Orbit 
• UNOOSA, Israel signed satellite remote sensing cooperation agreement

• UrtheCast's New Satellites Provide Big Data

• UrtheCast Acquires Deimos Imaging for $83 Million
• US debates commercial weather data purchase
• USGS Ups Ease of Use for Landsat Data