DigitalGlobe Successfully Completes First Phase of Remote Ground Terminal Expansion
September 02 2011 - 8:30AM
Marketwired
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of
high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that it
has activated its fourth new remote ground terminal (RGT) this
year, completing the first phase of its RGT expansion initiative
on-plan and on-schedule. The initiative, begun in 2010, calls for
the construction and activation of seven new RGTs by mid-2012.
"I'm proud to say that we are executing flawlessly on our RGT
expansion," said Walter Scott, executive vice president and chief
technical officer at DigitalGlobe. "Once the expansion is complete,
we will have added as much total capacity and refresh capability as
if we had launched an entirely new satellite, but at a fraction of
the cost and complexity. This will allow us to substantially
increase the frequency and speed at which we can deliver refreshed
imagery to our customers, and from a larger number of regions
worldwide."
RGTs are used to download imagery data that has been captured by
DigitalGlobe's constellation of satellites. As RGTs are added,
satellites come into RGT range more often, allowing data to be
downloaded more frequently. This effectively increases the total
capacity for image collection, because satellite memory is freed
more often, allowing each satellite to capture more imagery.
Further, because imagery is being downloaded more frequently, the
time span from image capture to final delivery to customers is also
reduced. This fourth new activation brings the company's total
number of RGTs to eight.
About DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe is a
leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery
products and services. Sourced from our own advanced satellite
constellation, our imagery solutions support a wide variety of uses
within defense and intelligence, civil agencies, mapping and
analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration,
infrastructure management, Internet portals and navigation
technology. With our collection sources and comprehensive
ImageLibrary (containing more than one billion square kilometers of
earth imagery and imagery products) we offer a range of on- and
off-line products and services designed to enable customers to
easily access and integrate our imagery into their business
operations and applications. For more information, visit
www.digitalglobe.com.
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