Ready For Russia: German Satellite Imagery Provider RapidEye Partners W/ Russian Distributor Sovzond
doshli i do post-sovetskix rinkov:) rossiyskiy distributor budet prodavat' tak je na territorii armenii, pri nadobnosti obrashat'ca.
Remote Sensing / Earth Observation / Satellite Images / GIS / Partnership / Distributor
Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, April 2, 2009 - RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider
to own and operate their own constellation of Earth observation satellites, announced today their partnership
with the Moscow based company Sovzond. They will be the only distributor of RapidEye satellite imagery
for markets in Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
Uszbekistan, Kyrgystan, and Turkmenistan. The agreement was signed this week between Mr. Vladimir I.
Mikhaylov, Sovzond's Director General, and RapidEye's CEO, Wolfgang G. Biedermann.
“We are happy to work with RapidEye,” said Mr. Mikhaylov. “We see huge revenue potential as we have
customers from different markets such as agriculture, forestry, water resources, topographic mapping,
emergency and local government. They are waiting for the data and we are looking forward to expedite the
business for RapidEye in our markets. The role of remote sensing and geospatial solutions in the countries
we are serving is growing every year. People want to know more about the world they live in, governmental
projects on spatial data infrastructures are underway and the need for more information, quicker and of
higher quality is expanding and growing.”
John Ahlrichs, Vice President of RapidEye, comments: “Sovzond is a perfect match for us to reach out to this
region that covers both Europe and Asia. There is an enormous demand for satellite imagery in these
markets and we are happy to team up with Sovzond to leverage their expertise in selling satellite data and
reaching out to our potential customers. Their team is also well experienced and RapidEye as well as our
customers will benefit from their motivated team.”
RapidEye will mark the start of its commercial operation in Russia at the III International Conference Remote
Sensing - the Synergy of High Technologies. The conference will be held on April 15 - 17, 2009 in Moscow
and RapidEye will give a presentation, show imagery samples and demonstrate how RapidEye imagery and
services can be combined with projects.
Currently, RapidEye is working on completing its worldwide network of distributors in order to facilitate their
customers easy access to RapidEye products in their own language and region. For a full list of RapidEye's
distributors, please visit www.rapideye.de/home/about-us/distributors-partners/.
About SOVZOND
SOVZOND JSC, a private sector enterprise founded in 1992, began its activities by providing services
centering around digital remote sensing data processing and mapping. These services were soon combined
with information system technologies. Today, SOVZOND offers a broad range of applications, ranging from
geodata procurement (satellite data, DEM, land use and land cover data), value adding processing, data
processing and software development to the provision of turn-key technical assistance projects and
customized spatial land management and monitoring systems. For more information about Sovzond please
visit http://www.sovzond.ru/en
About RapidEye AG
RapidEye is an ISO 9001:2000 certified geospatial information provider focused on integrating customized
and industry specific solutions into the workflow of global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy,
infrastructure, government, security, and emergency. RapidEye experts and the satellite system - a
constellation of five satellites capable of downloading over 4 million km² of high resolution, multi-spectral
imagery per day, and a ground segment for processing and archiving data - allow for cost-effective
customized services. The unique combination of large area coverage, high spatial resolution and the
possibility of daily revisit to an area provide for superior management information solutions. Currently, more
than 100 experts from more than 20 countries are employed by RapidEye, with plans to grow the team to
140 by early 2009.
RapidEye benefits from a public-private partnership with the Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center
(DLR), which is supported by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. RapidEye is also
cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). For more information on ERDF please
contact efreinfo@mw.brandenburg.de
For more information about RapidEye, please visit http://www.rapideye.de
Remote Sensing / Earth Observation / Satellite Images / GIS / Partnership / Distributor
Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, April 2, 2009 - RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider
to own and operate their own constellation of Earth observation satellites, announced today their partnership
with the Moscow based company Sovzond. They will be the only distributor of RapidEye satellite imagery
for markets in Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
Uszbekistan, Kyrgystan, and Turkmenistan. The agreement was signed this week between Mr. Vladimir I.
Mikhaylov, Sovzond's Director General, and RapidEye's CEO, Wolfgang G. Biedermann.
“We are happy to work with RapidEye,” said Mr. Mikhaylov. “We see huge revenue potential as we have
customers from different markets such as agriculture, forestry, water resources, topographic mapping,
emergency and local government. They are waiting for the data and we are looking forward to expedite the
business for RapidEye in our markets. The role of remote sensing and geospatial solutions in the countries
we are serving is growing every year. People want to know more about the world they live in, governmental
projects on spatial data infrastructures are underway and the need for more information, quicker and of
higher quality is expanding and growing.”
John Ahlrichs, Vice President of RapidEye, comments: “Sovzond is a perfect match for us to reach out to this
region that covers both Europe and Asia. There is an enormous demand for satellite imagery in these
markets and we are happy to team up with Sovzond to leverage their expertise in selling satellite data and
reaching out to our potential customers. Their team is also well experienced and RapidEye as well as our
customers will benefit from their motivated team.”
RapidEye will mark the start of its commercial operation in Russia at the III International Conference Remote
Sensing - the Synergy of High Technologies. The conference will be held on April 15 - 17, 2009 in Moscow
and RapidEye will give a presentation, show imagery samples and demonstrate how RapidEye imagery and
services can be combined with projects.
Currently, RapidEye is working on completing its worldwide network of distributors in order to facilitate their
customers easy access to RapidEye products in their own language and region. For a full list of RapidEye's
distributors, please visit www.rapideye.de/home/about-us/distributors-partners/.
About SOVZOND
SOVZOND JSC, a private sector enterprise founded in 1992, began its activities by providing services
centering around digital remote sensing data processing and mapping. These services were soon combined
with information system technologies. Today, SOVZOND offers a broad range of applications, ranging from
geodata procurement (satellite data, DEM, land use and land cover data), value adding processing, data
processing and software development to the provision of turn-key technical assistance projects and
customized spatial land management and monitoring systems. For more information about Sovzond please
visit http://www.sovzond.ru/en
About RapidEye AG
RapidEye is an ISO 9001:2000 certified geospatial information provider focused on integrating customized
and industry specific solutions into the workflow of global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy,
infrastructure, government, security, and emergency. RapidEye experts and the satellite system - a
constellation of five satellites capable of downloading over 4 million km² of high resolution, multi-spectral
imagery per day, and a ground segment for processing and archiving data - allow for cost-effective
customized services. The unique combination of large area coverage, high spatial resolution and the
possibility of daily revisit to an area provide for superior management information solutions. Currently, more
than 100 experts from more than 20 countries are employed by RapidEye, with plans to grow the team to
140 by early 2009.
RapidEye benefits from a public-private partnership with the Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center
(DLR), which is supported by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. RapidEye is also
cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). For more information on ERDF please
contact efreinfo@mw.brandenburg.de
For more information about RapidEye, please visit http://www.rapideye.de