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 by Staff Writers Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Sep 04, 2020
exactEarth Ltd. reports the successful launch of the ESAIL microsatellite. Developed under ESA's ARTES Partnership Project for global ship tracking, the ESAIL satellite was launched September 3rd onboard the Arianespace Vega (VV16) flight, from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will undergo commissioning testing over the next few months and then will be brought into service to provide advanced high-performance vessel detection and tracking capability as part of exactEarth's industry-leading global constellation of more than 70 high performance automatic identification system (AIS) satellites providing real time monitoring of the global shipping fleet. VV16 is Arianespace's first Vega Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) rideshare flight that injected a total of 53 satellites into orbit. At approximately 52 minutes after launch, ESAIL was released into a sun-synchronous orbit with Local Time at Descending Node (LTDN) of 10:30 am at an altitude of 515 km. ESAIL is a high-performance microsatellite, built by LuxSpace with the support of the Luxembourg Space Agency under an ESA Partnership Project with exactEarth and the support of the Canadian Space Agency. It will track ships worldwide by detecting messages that ships radio-broadcast via AIS. As part of exactEarth's Satellite-AIS constellation, ESAIL will provide AIS data for the monitoring of maritime traffic on a global basis. It will improve fishery monitoring, fleet management, environmental protection, and security monitoring - making the seas safer. The first contact with the ESAIL satellite was successfully made by the ESAIL project team within hours after launch. The project team, consisting of team members from exactEarth (mission operator and owner), LuxSpace (prime contractor) and the European Space Agency (project sponsor) have gained control of the satellite, which is in good health. In the coming days and weeks, the satellite will undergo commissioning and in-orbit testing prior to being put into service as part of exactEarth's Satellite-AIS constellation. The ESAIL satellite is designed for a mission life of approximately four years. "We are very excited to add this advanced technology satellite to the exactEarth constellation," said Peter Mabson exactEarth CEO. "ESAIL incorporates advanced antenna and receiver designs which, together with exactEarth's advanced decollision processing technology is expected to set a new standard for Satellite-AIS vessel detection. I would like to thank ESA, the CSA and the Luxspace-led European satellite manufacturing team for helping to achieve this important milestone. Onwards and upwards!"
Commercial satellite imagery market is growing. London, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 According to a recent research, in the coming years, the global growth of this segment will exceed 11% per year. Climate change, environmental protection, disaster monitoring - these are only a few of many areas where satellite imaging is used. As the technology develops, the quality of images is constantly improving and the cost of getting them is falling, analysts predict a dynamic growth of this segment in the years to come. The analyses by the Allied Market Research show that the global import ... read more
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