Partners

DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider of commercial, high-resolution, world imagery products and services, the headquarters is in Longmont (Colorado, USA). The company was founded in 1992 under the name WorldView Imaging Corporation.

DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider of commercial very high-resolution satellites WorldView-1 (resolution - 50 cm), WorldView-2 (46 cm), WorldView-3 (31 cm) and  GeoEye-1 (41 cm). Sourced from own advanced satellite constellation and aerial network, DigitalGlobe imagery solutions support a wide variety of uses from mapping and analysis to navigation technology. With advanced collection sources, a comprehensive ImageLibrary and a range of online and offline products and services, the company enable clients to access and integrate imagery seamlessly into business operations and applications.

Planet is designing, building and launching satellites company which use commodity consumer electronics to build highly capable satellites at drastically lower costs. In 2016 «Planet Labs» changed its name to «Planet». The company has the largest satellite imagery collection capacity. Planet’s Doves, which make up the world’s largest constellation of Earth-imaging satellites, are launched in Flocks and provides a whole-Earth dataset that is unmatched in its breadth and freshness.

Planet was founded in 2010 by a team of scientists who worked together at NASA Ames, a major research center in Silicon Valley. In 2015 Planet purchased BlackBridge Corp.’s geospatial business, including five RapidEye satellites and an archive of imagery.

As of 1 January, 2014, the defense and space businesses – Airbus Military, Astrium, and Cassidian – of the EADS Group are consolidated into one division, Airbus Defence and Space while EADS is rebranded.

As one of the three divisions of the Airbus Group, Airbus Defence and Space is Europe’s No.1 defence and space company. Worldwide, it ranks second for space and is among the top ten defence companies.

Based on an exclusive access to DMC Constellation, KazEOSat, Pléiades, SPOT (1 – 7), TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X (radar and optical satellites), the company's extensive portfolio spans the entire geo-information value chain. Airbus Defence and Space provides decision makers with sustainable solutions to increase security, optimize mission planning and operations, boost performance, improve management of natural resources and, last but not least, protect our environment.  With a worldwide presence through 20 offices and more than 100 distributors and partners around the globe, Airbus Defence and Space remains fully committed to continuously improving its services and solutions and contributing to the success of its partners and customers.

UrtheCast Corp. is an international technology company that is developing the world’s first Earth video platform, with data captured from space in full color. Working with prominent aerospace partners across the globe, UrtheCast has built, launched, installed, and now operates two Earth Observation (EO) cameras aboard the International Space Station. Video and imagery data captured by these cameras — one Ultra HD video camera, Iris, and one medium-resolution camera, Theia — is downlinked to ground stations across the planet and distributed directly to partners and customers, or displayed on the UrtheCast web platform.

UrtheCast announced plans to develop the world's first commercial optical+SAR EO constellation (OptiSAR™), slated to be deployed in 2019 and 2020. In combination with UrtheCast’s suite of cameras aboard the ISS, and its two recently-purchased EO satellites, Deimos-1 and Deimos-2, the UrtheCast Constellation will help the company realize its vision of democratizing the view of Earth from space.

To make these powerful resources more accessible and user-friendly, UrtheCast’s intuitive web-based platform will harness the cloud to provide access to camera tasking, data archives, analytics, and specialized EO applications. By opening up access to its deep trove of EO data, UrtheCast will allow organizations and individuals alike to monitor the environment, manage humanitarian relief efforts, organize social events, manage natural resources, and much more.

Deimos Imaging, a subsidiary of UrtheCast Corp. (Canada), is a private Spanish company headquartered in Tres Cantos (Madrid) and with satellite control and processing facilities in Boecillo (Valladolid) and Puertollano (Ciudad Real).

Deimos Imaging, one of the world leading satellite imagery provider, owns and operates the DEIMOS-1 and DEIMOS-2 satellites with a 24/7 commercial service from their three facilities in Spain and through their own network of ground stations in Canada, Sweden and Norway. All the ground segment software, from mission planning to image processing, has been co-developed in-house, allowing a unique capacity to customize the service to best suite all customer needs.

Deimos Imaging provides high-quality services to clients worldwide, including imagery from their own constellation of satellites and from the satellites of the partners like the PanGeo Alliance, and value-added applications in a wide range of fields.

SI Imaging Services (SIIS) is a new satellite imagery provider for Remote Sensing and Earth Observation. SIIS is the exclusive worldwide marketing and sales representative of KOMPSAT series which is KOMPSAT-2 (1.0 m optical), KOMPSAT-3 (0.7 m optical), KOMPSAT-3А (0.5 m optical), KOMPSAT-5 (1.0 m SAR) and DubaiSat-2  (1.0 m optical). SI Imaging Services provides the Satellite Imagery Worldwide through over 80 sales partners. DubaiSat-2 was developed by its parent company, Satrec Initiative (SI) in cooperation with MBRSC (Before EIAST).

SIIS has vision of providing satellite imagery to the worldwide customers as well as governments and international agencies from its very high resolution satellites. SI Imaging Services (SIIS) is  in charge of commercial marketing of KOMPSAT series that Korean aerospace research institute (KARI) has developed and operated along with the first Korean SAR satellite, KOMSAT-5.

SIIS was founded in April 2014 as a subsidiary of Satrec Initiative with the mission of “Fair Access to Space”. SIIS has established the global business network with more than 55 resellers and partners. In the capability of providing both optical and radar imagery as well as the collaborative business with worldwide network, SIIS offers better and fair imaging services to customers.

Beijing Space Eye Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.(“BSEI”) is a professional customer-oriented consultance and service company with the capability of integration “3S” technology , namely, Remote Sensing (RS), Global Satellite Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS), which is based on the technology of high resolution satellite imagery. Profit from both oversea and domestic commercial partners, BSEI is capable of supplying a package of service including the collection of satellite remote sensing imagery, PCI Geomatica and PCI GXL image processing system, production of 4D surveying and mapping products based on remote sensing data, extraction of geo-spatial information, image processing, software development, integration of information system as well as related technical training.

BSEI is consisted of North China Division, South China Division, Customer Service and Training Center and Management Division. BSEI has provided large quantity of high resolution imagery, imagery analysis software, data processing training and consultant service to more than 1000 local customers. 

Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) provides innovative system solutions to government, commercial, defense, and industrial customers worldwide.  With a presence in more than 30 cities in 20 countries, ST Electronics markets its solutions to more than 100 countries internationally.  It specializes in the design, development and integration of advanced electronics and communications systems, such as broadband radio frequency and satellite communication, e-Government and eco-enabling ICT solutions, information communications technologies and IT, rail and traffic management, real-time command and control, modelling and simulation, interactive digital media, intelligent building management and information security. 

Beijing Space View Technology Co., Ltd. is a government certified Hi-Tech Enterprise. It is controlled by China Siwei Surveying and Mapping Technology Co., Ltd. Based on various satellite data and industry requirements, the company offers customized geospatial solutions on demand of various vertical markets, including mapping, land use & planning, energy exploration, maritime, security, defense & intelligence, media, engineering construction, forestry, agriculture etc..

Authorized by Chinese government, Space View is a main distributor of Chinese EO satellite data including GF-2, GF-1, ZY-3 and HJ-1A&B etc.

The Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd (21AT), was founded on 6th June 2001 in Beijing and was the first independent commercial satellite operator and non-governmental investor in remote sensing satellite system in China. It is the first private company that vertically integrated EO satellite operator and services businesses. It owns several low cost EO small satellites, including the 1m optical EO small satellite constellation, and the satellite control & image tasking and receiving stations. It owns several low cost EO small satellites (Beijing-1) , including the 1m optical EO small satellite constellation (TripleSat Constellation), and the satellite control & image tasking and receiving stations. Their main products and services are imaging data including programmed & archiving data; value added images, geo-information services and spatial remote sensing services. In addition, 21AT are offering image data processing software, database, web portal development, smart satellite resource management & operation and automatic & intelligent tasking software development, as well as direct image receiving for the fast delivery.

The Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) was established in August 1975, with the aim of implementing basic and comprehensive research and development of remote-sensing technology for investigating global phenomena and Earth resources using data obtained from satellites, and disseminating knowledge of remote-sensing technology and other utilization of space technology, in order to promote economic growth and social development as well as the well-being of the nation.

Since then, RESTEC has been receiving and processing data from Earth-observation satellites from both Japan (ALOS family of satellites) and overseas, and providing the data to users and researchers entrusted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other related agencies. In parallel with these activities, RESTEC also conducts research and development activities on remote-sensing technology and endeavors to disseminate the results of its R&D efforts.

e-GEOS, an ASI (20%) / Telespazio (80%) company, is a leading international player in the Earth Observation and Geo-Spatial Information business. e-GEOS offers a unique portfolio of application services, also thanks to the superior monitoring capabilities of COSMO-SkyMed constellation, and has acquired leading position within European Copernicus Program. Application services include: monitoring for environmental protection, rush mapping in support to natural disaster management, specialized products for defense and intelligence, oil spill and ship detection for maritime surveillance, interferometric measurements for landslides and ground subsidence analysis, thematic mapping for agriculture and forestry. In support to its operational applications, e-GEOS operates the Matera Space Centre for acquisition, archiving and processing of multi-mission satellite data including COSMO-SkyMed and ESA Sentinels.

MDA was established in 1969 by two British entrepreneurs - John MacDonald, Werner Dettwiler. The company's headquarters is located in Richmond, Canada.   MDA’s Geospatial Services (MDA) is a market leader in the operational delivery of time-sensitive, business process-specific, geospatial information to customers with operational needs for essential decision making. The company is  the leading provider of advanced geospatial information solutions derived from the high-resolution RADARSAT satellites, commercial optical satellites, and aerial systems. Their extensive experience in successfully delivering near real-time information solutions for complex and demanding operational support has made them a primary source of geospatial solutions for the Oil and Gas, Defence and Security, Disaster Management, Aviation, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining markets.

Russian Space Systems is one of the global leaders in the space systems & equipment industry. For over 70 years we have been designing, developing, testing, supplying, and operating space-related on-board and ground equipment and information systems. Our products and services for governmental and commercial customers in Russia and throughout the world set new standards in GNSS, telecommunications, meteorology, Earth observation and remote space research projects. We have created and keep developing the GNSS GLONASS. The unrivaled RSS expertise is implemented in the state-of-the-art satellite ground control systems. Our latest technologies ensure the highest level of safety for cargo and manned spacecraft launches and flights. Due to our highly-skilled team, exceptional experience and advanced manufacturing capabilities, we are one of the leading on-board equipment and intelligent systems suppliers for ISS and the majority of national space programs.

International Space Technologies is a joint Russian-Belarusian enterprise established in 2014 by Research and Production Corporation ‘Space Monitoring Systems, Information & Control and Electromechanical Complexes’ named after A.G. Iosifian’ (VNIIEM Corporation). The enterprise is a national operator of Belarusian remote sensing system. The company provides imagery products acquired from BKA (Belarus) and Canopus-B (Russia) satellites.

National Company «Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary» JSC was established in 2005. The company's headquarters is in Astana. Main activities are participation in elaboration and realization of current, long-term interindustrial space programs of Kazakhstan, implementation of space technologies directed onto solving social and economic problems, carrying out development activities in creation of space systems and complexes. Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary provides imagery from national satellites KazEOSat-1 and KazEOSat-2 as well as world-leading foreign satellite constellations.

Harris Corporation is an American communications company, defense contractor and information technology services provider that produces wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision equipment and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense and commercial sectors. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $8 billion of annual revenue and more than 23,000 employees—including 9,000 engineers and scientists. In June 2015, Harris acquired Exelis Inc. and subsequently reorganized the company.

Waterloo Hydrogeologic is a world renowned leader in the development and application of easy-to-use numerical and analytical modeling techniques for groundwater flow and contaminant transport interpretation. For the past 25 years, we have been setting the standard with our user-friendly software solutions for environmental data management, analysis, plotting, modeling and visualization.

Though best known for GPS technology, Trimble integrates a wide range of positioning technologies including GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide complete commercial solutions. Its integrated solutions allow customers to collect, manage and analyze complex information faster and easier, making them more productive, efficient and profitable.

Trimble products are used in over 150 countries around the world. Employees in more than 35 countries, coupled with a highly capable network of dealers and distribution partners serve and support our customers.

For over 35 years, Trimble has created unique positioning products that help customers grow their business. Our portfolio includes over 1,100 patents and serves as the basis for the broadest positioning offerings in the industry. Trimble augments its organic product development with strategic acquisitions to bring the latest positioning technologies to a wider market.

Esri is a leading GIS professional Services Provider. Esri has managed to maintain its superiority over the years achieving a prominent regional and international position through its commitment to excel in the field of GIS. Founded in 1969 by Jack Dangermond Esri has evolved from a small consulting firm to the largest research and development company dedicated to GIS technology. Esri offers project consulting and implementation services. These include knowledge transfer to help users deploy GIS on their own, customization of off-the-shelf GIS technology, and delivery of ready-to-use enterprise systems. Esri headquarters is in Redlands, CA, USA).  Beginning with January 1, 2010, Esri CIS becomes an Exclusive Distributor of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (esri).

 Esri uses the name ArcGIS to refer to its suite of GIS software products, which operate on desktop, server, and mobile platforms. ArcGIS also includes developer products and web services. In a general sense, the term GIS describes any information system that integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares and displays geographic information for informing decision making.

Founded in 2002, Resonon is located in Bozeman, Montana in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. They provide the industry's most affordable hyperspectral imaging systems, as well as custom solutions for complex hyperspectral and optical applications. Their hyperspectral imaging cameras are lightweight, easy to use, have extremely low stray light, low distortions, high throughput, high SNR, and excellent image quality.

Resonon is currently partnered with distributors around the world. Resonon airborne, benchtop, and field hyperspectral systems are currently operating on every continent.

Resonon has extensive in-house specialized design and engineering capabilities. These include optical design and manufacturing, electrical engineering and electronics design, software development (for both hyperspectral imaging and machine vision), CNC machining, and laboratory, testing, and calibration facilities.

Cubert GmbH is a high-tech start up from the university of Ulm founded 2011. The technology of the company is a result of a multinational research project which began 2005. Cubert GmbH develops innovative optical sensors for spectral analysis and provides the first of its kind, high resolution full frame imaging spectrometer. The hyperspectral frame camera combines advantages of a digital camera with spectral resolution and accuracy of a spectrometer enabling real-time spectral imaging for a wide range of applications.

Group of companies "Geoscan"  is a developer and manufacturer of professional aerial imaging systems, Agisoft Photoscan photogrammetric software and GIS Sputnik — spatial data visualization and analysis software. Geoscan high-end technologies allow our users to obtain highly accurate orthophotos, DEMs and 3D surface models quicker than ever. We provide training, technical support and  offer services in aerial photography and data analysis.

Unmanned Systems designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be used for video surveillance and aerial photography. Also they offer unmanned oil and gas pipelines surveillance services to fuel and energy companies and real-time mapping services using their drones.

The main production facilities are located in Izhevsk. The company also has service centres and dealers in more than 20 cities and towns in Russia. 

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics company. It is the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group, the world's largest information technology company by revenue since 2009. Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 80 countries and employs around 370,000 people.

Samsung has long been a major manufacturer of electronic components such as lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, chips, flash memory and hard drive devices for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC and etc. In recent years, the company has diversified into consumer electronics.It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and smartphones. The company is also a major vendor of tablet computers.

Excel Geomatics Private Limited is an ISO 9001:2008 (QMS) & ISO 27001:2013 certified consultancy company specializing in the exploitation of Earth Observation data and delivering geographic information solutions to private and public organizations worldwide. Excel Geomatics provide Consultancy and Value Added Services in the fastest-growing technology sectors using the tools and techniques such as Satellite Remote Sensing, LiDAR, Photogrammetry, GIS, and Survey (Ground and Airborne), that can help clients to address problems and opportunities in different domains.

CartoDB was launched in 2012 with the goal of providing a set of tools and APIs that would allow for the easier development of spatial applications on a user experience-focused platform. In 2016 CartoDB has been rebranded to CARTO.  The company has two offices based in Madrid and New York.  Carto is a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud computing platform that provides GIS and web mapping tools for display in a web browser.

PJSC Rostelecom is one of the largest national telecommunications operators in Russia and Europe. The Group operates in all segments of the telecommunications market and covers millions of households in Russia.

Rostelecom is an undisputable leader of the broadband and pay-TV markets in Russia with over 11.9 million fixed-line broadband subscribers and over 8.8 million pay-TV subscribers, over 3.7 million of which are subscribed to Rostelecom’s IPTV services.

The Group is a market leader in providing telecommunications services to government bodies and corporates of all levels. It is also an important innovator that provides solutions in the field of medicine, E-Government, cloud computing, education, security and housing & utility services.

The Skolkovo Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in September 2010 by the Russian government with the objective of accelerating Russia’s transformation from a resource-intensive to an innovation-based economy. To achieve this objective, the Foundation is overseeing the creation of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, composed of more than 1,000 high-tech startups, Skolkovo Technopark, the Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech) - a new graduate research University established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - and Skolkovo city, located near Moscow. Together, these entities establish a vibrant ecosystem of technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Fifty global corporations including Boeing, Cisco Systems, EADS, GE, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Siemens, Nokia, Samsung, and Panasonic have already recognized the opportunity Skolkovo presents by signing R&D partnership agreements with the Foundation. The cumulative revenue of Skolkovo’s startups through December 2014 reached $1 billion. They brought in more than $220 million in investment, creating 13,500 jobs and filing over 1,300 patent applications along the way. By 2020 over 2 million square meters of residential and office space will be built in Skolkovo with 35,000 people working daily in the Innovation Center.

Space Research Institute is one of the leading organizations of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of investigation of Outer Space, Solar System planets and other objects of the Universe. It is primary in charge of long-range planning and elaboration of space research programs of which a considerable part is performed within the framework of international space research cooperation.

The institute is engaged in many activities but the most outstanding is satellite monitoring. It includes the elaboration of methods, technologies and systems for remote monitoring of environment, natural and man-made objects. It creates and maintains satellite data achieve and various objects for researching different natural processes and analysis. The department “The Technologies of Satellite Monitoring” has elaborated IT remote system monitoring for Federal Forestry Agency etc.

Federal State Budgetary Institution All-Russian Research Institute of Agrochemistry named after D.N.Pryanishnikov has several priority fields:

1. Development of fundamental and applied research in the field of plants mineral nutrition, improvement of the efficiency and environmental safety of fertilization, application of new instruments and equipment for carrying out agrochemical analyses, etc.

2. Development and improvement of scientific research in geographical experiments with fertilizers and in the state centers and agrochemical service stations.

3. Testing and registration of new types and forms of chemicals and growth regulators.

4. Agricultural production, conservation and reproduction of soil fertility; regulatory base for consultancy and agrochemical services.