InfoAg 2009

The RapidEye Satellite System: Benefits for Precision Agriculture Through Multi-Temporal Image Acquisition

Timeliness and accuracy of information is key to success in agriculture. Satellite imagery, mapping services and GPS are becoming common place throughout the industry. RapidEye, with its own constellation of five satellites, launched on August 29, 2008 is positioned to provide critical information to the precision agriculture industry. RapidEye's team of agronomists, remote sensing experts, software programmers and system engineers processes its satellite images to generate products and services for the entire agricultural sector. They are used to watch crop production, optimize fertilizer applications, improve logistics and monitor food safety and quality. Our customers range from wheat growers in the US, crop insurers in Lithuania, wine producers in Chile, sugar cane millers in Brazil, grain traders in the USA to European government agencies. RapidEye's highly automated processing system guarantees customers a fast turnaround and high quality standards. RapidEye's constellation of five satellites has the unrivaled ability to image individual fields, counties, states or countries frequently. Customers can receive field based information including crop identification, crop area determination, crop condition monitoring, and growth stage determination based on RapidEye's proprietary algorithms and data processing system. RapidEye images over four million square kilometers every day and is able to provide frequent, up-to-date and reliable analyses of crop status worldwide. The RapidEye satellite system was designed to meet the needs of precision agriculture. It is currently the only commercial satellite system that acquires data in the red-edge spectral band, which delivers unique information for the chlorophyll content in vegetation.

Speakers

Ms. Stefanie Gruener

RapidEye