e-GEOS, the company created by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Telespazio (a Finmeccanica /Thales company) is fully operational from today. The shareholders’ meeting of the company approved the capital increase of e-GEOS via the transfer of the earth observation division from Telespazio and the rights to the commercial distribution of COSMO-SkyMed data from ASI.

Following the transfers approved today, e-GEOS will have the know-how, operational staff and financial assets to be able to operate successfully on both the Italian and international markets.

e-GEOS (owned 80% by Telespazio and 20% by ASI), with main sites in Rome and Matera, aims to become a leading player in the geospatial information sector, with an integrated range of application solutions, content and services, based on radar and high-resolution optical data.

Specifically, thanks to the system’s unique and innovative characteristics, data acquired from the radar satellites of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation, which can operate in any atmospheric conditions with very frequent revisit times, will enable the company to offer operational monitoring services that up to now were impossible. The first three satellites of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation are already in orbit and operational. The launch of the fourth satellite is planned for 2010.


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