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The Pléiades system was designed under the French-Italian ORFEO Programme (Optical and Radar Federated Earth Observation) between 2001 and 2003. [2]The Pléiades programme was launched in October 2003 with CNES (the French space agency) as the overall system prime contractor and EADS Astrium as the prime contractor for the space segment.
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Astrosat-1000 is the largest option in EADS Astrium's Astrosat family of satellite buses. Astrosat-1000 provides the basic structure for building satellites between 800 and 1200 kg in mass. It is the satellite bus used for the Pléiades-HR series of satellites. [1] [2] [3]
COSMO-SkyMed (COnstellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation) is an Earth-observation satellite space-based radar system funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and Ministry of Defence and conducted by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), intended for both military and civilian use. [3]
WorldView-3 (WV 3) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.It was launched on 13 August 2014 to become DigitalGlobe's sixth satellite in orbit, joining Ikonos which was launched in 1999, QuickBird in 2001, WorldView-1 in 2007, GeoEye-1 in 2008, and WorldView-2 in 2009.
Pleiades is part of NASA's High-End Computing Capability (HECC) Project and represents NASA's state-of-the-art technology for meeting the agency's supercomputing requirements, enabling NASA scientists and engineers to conduct high-fidelity modeling and simulation for NASA missions in Earth studies, space science, aeronautics research, as well ...
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