Technology multinational Indra has reached an agreement with the European Space Agency (that) by which he will host at his facilities in San Fernando de Henares, in Madrid, the main image processing and file center of the Sentinel-2 mission, where you'll store some 1.000 terabytes of new images a year.

Indra satellite

The contract between Indra and the European Space Agency, with which the Spanish technology multinational strengthens its position as operator of satellite image processing centers and its portfolio of solutions and services in the space sector, is part of the 'Copernicus' program, With which Europe will be equipped with Earth observation capacity to serve the needs of different users.

Indra satelliteIndra pone a disposición de los satélites Sentinel su centro de procesamiento y archivo, ubicado en las instalaciones que la compañía tiene en la localidad madrileña de San Fernando de Henares, que entrará en servicio en septiembre de 2014, coincidiendo con el lanzamiento de Sentinel-2, que podrá ampliarse posteriormente para gestionar los datos del segundo satélite, Sentinel-2B, que se lanzará al espacio en 2016.

Estos satélites, de órbita polar, captarán imágenes de alta resolución en trece bandas, en visible e infrarrojo, con una útil de unos siete años, Respectively, aunque están preparados para que pueda extenderse hasta cinco años más.

Indra satelliteIndra también se encargará del almacenamiento de datos a largo plazo, and are expected to be archived every year until 1.000 terabytes of new images, to be stored in the CPD of San Fernando de Henares, which currently has 5.000 square meters and offers an uninterrupted percentage of service 99,98%.

Based on the information extracted from the images, the company will be able to offer high value-added services in national and international projects that require environmental-related data, agriculture, land use, urban systems, security and emergencies, water management, Etc.

The team specialized in inshore observation of Indra will be responsible for the management and complete operation of the center, including the processing of images and their distribution to users, a line of business that the company strengthened last year after closing an alliance with RapidEye to access its constellation of five satellites.


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By • 29 Nov, 2013
• Section: Communications, Systems control, Infrastructure, Networks, Computer security