Market Watch "at glance"

May 2016

Market

• Airbus Defence and Space to build Biomass – the European Space Agency’s forest mission

• BlackSky inks US deal to enhance global decision-making

• Contract signed by Airbus, Space UK and ESA to deliver Biomass satellite

• Deimos-1 data of the contiguous United States, cloud-free, every month, now flowing to the UrthePlatform
• e2v selected to develop innovative CMOS devices for METimage weather satellites

• East View Partners with DigitalGlobe to Deliver GBDX Analytic Solutions

• Exelis Acquisition Boosts Harris Corp Revenues
• Google, FAO partner to offer environmental literacy for the world
•  Google and Apple Might Soon Need a License for Satellite Mapping in India

• Harwell satellite data startup Rezatec plants £1 million seed investment

• Hexagon, Airbus sign contract to share content for Smart M.App
• How are small satellites changing the EO industry?
• Imagery market moving towards commoditization, says Kumar Navulur
• ORBIT Case In Point: New Opportunities For EO 
  
• Optech Eclipse to be Introduced to International Audiences at GEO Business UK

• Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners focus on Earth observation with $21 million in new funding

• Sentinel Imagery Now Works Inside ArcGIS

• SCS AG Signs Earth Observation Contract with UrtheCast

• Small satellite market to hit 19.14% CAGR to 2021: microsatellite segment witness highest growth

• Southland's earth observation institute proposal shortlisted for $25m government injection 

• Technological Advances in Satellite Imagery Will Drive the Satellite-based Earth Observation Market in Europe Through 2020, Says Technavio 

• UrtheCast's US$65M Contract Amended so that Entire Amount now for Engineering Services

• UrtheCast Announces Invitation to Discuss Potential U.S. Partnership to Serve U.S. Government Customers and Plans to Issue Request for Information (RFI)
  

• UrtheCast’s SAR Technology Passes Prototype Testing
• UrtheCast’s satellite provides cloud-free data to US

• What is the Impact of Geospatial Information on Society and Economy?

• Yaogan-30 Satellite Is Launched By China