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Orbimage Ramps Up Operations And Expands Staff
Dulles - Apr 01, 2004 Orbimage Inc., the Dulles, VA based satellite imaging company, announced today that it has expanded its staff by approximately 50% to support commercial operations of OrbView-3, its first high-resolution earth observation satellite, and that the company's regional distributor partner in Japan, NTT Data Corporation, has begun routine commercial operations. In addition to Orbimage's two ground stations, in its Dulles headquarters and Point Barrow, Alaska, NTT Data Corporation now operates a ground station in Yorii, Japan to receive and process imagery from OrbView-3 and has begun distributing OrbView-3 imagery products under a long term agreement with Orbimage. NTT Data began receiving OrbView-3 imagery in December. In addition, as announced yesterday in a separate press release, the National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded Orbimage a contract to deliver OrbView-3 imagery and related products under the ClearView program. Since OrbView-3's launch in June, the company has expanded its staff by approximately 50%, as previously planned. In addition to expansion of its staff in Operations, the company hired William Warren as General Counsel after emerging from Chapter 11 on December 31, 2003. Mr. Warren joins Orbimage after working at Latham & Watkins LLP, where he spent considerable time representing Orbimage in its capital restructuring and general corporate matters. "We are very pleased that NGA awarded us a ClearView contract and that commercial operations have begun sooner than planned at NTT Data in Japan," said Matthew O'Connell, Orbimage's Chief Executive Officer. "While our Chapter 11 proceeding took longer than expected and our start under the ClearView program was delayed, we are delighted that we have concluded negotiations and can now begin supporting NGA's mission. We are also grateful to our Japanese partner, NTT Data, and proud of our dedicated employees for working so hard to bring them on line early. And I am pleased to welcome our new General Counsel, Will Warren, and all of our new staff to Orbimage." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Orbimage SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
New Legislation Initiated To Support Commercial Remote Sensing Industry
New York NY (SPX) Jan 11, 2006The importance of remotely sensed data and technologies to support natural disasters has prompted attention and action in Washington. New initiatives and legislation authorizing appropriations to the remote sensing industry will be discussed at Strategic Research Institute's U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Industry conference, scheduled for February 9-10, 2006 in Washington D.C. |
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