RapidEye Covers Lithuania in Multi-Year Contract

RapidEye, a provider of wide area, repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of satellites announced that a second full coverage of Lithuania has been delivered and accepted by the Institute of Aerial Geodesy (AGI) in Kaunas, Lithuania.

This fulfills two-thirds of a multi-year, full coverage contract that was negotiated last year.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture plans to use RapidEye's satellite images for monitoring agricultural land use and particularly for detection of abandoned agricultural land.

Environmental monitoring by the Environmental Protection Agency and maintenance of nature protection areas network will be yet another priority area for the use of high resolution satellite imagery.

AGI currently takes part in a ICT-PSP project “HLanData”, which – among other activities - is focusing on the development of practical solutions for implementation of an integrated land monitoring system in a trans-boundary pilot area of Latvia and Lithuania.

The third and final coverage of Lithuania to complete the contract is scheduled for delivery to AGI by this time next year.

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