Astrium enters agreement with Russian R&D for a decade of SPOT satellites

September 20, 2010 at 2:03 pm | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a comment

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty

Source: SatNews.com

Astrium Sees Spots… Signs With Russian R&D For a Decade Of SPOT Sats

Astrium Services has signed a 10-year partnership with the Russian research and development center ScanEx for the reception and distribution rights on the upcoming SPOT 6 and 7 satellites. This partnership, which also provides ScanEx the exclusive reception and distribution rights on the SPOT 5 satellite, is part of a long term cooperation programme between Astrium and Russian industry.

ScanEx is a remote sensing company offering a complete set of services ranging from the acquisition to the processing of Earth observation images from space…more