DMCii approved by US Department of Agriculture
28.10.2009
 DMCii has been approved as a supplier of satellite imagery to the Office of Global Analysis, USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service (OGA USDA FAS) through its procurement agency Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC).
DMCii was invited to supply satellite imagery to the OGA USDA FAS because it provides a unique combination of technical advantages for agricultural monitoring.
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DMC archive imagery Sale!
28.08.2009
To mark the successful launch of UK-DMC-2 and Deimos-1 on 29th July 2009, DMCii
is offering unprecedented access to our archive imagery from the existing DMC
constellation at heavily discounted rates, for a limited period only.
Until 31st October receive...
50% reduction on normal catalogue
licence pricing for 2009 Global catalogue images >1 year old
75% reduction on normal catalogue licence
pricing for Global catalogue images <1 year old
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DMCii wins 3.9m Euro ESA contract to image sub-Saharan Africa
28.08.2009
DMCii has won a €3.9 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to acquire satellite imagery of sub-Saharan Africa and other GMES imaging campaigns. The data will constitute an essential part of the European funded Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security (GMES) programme and the contract includes changes to the company’s systems to interface with the GMES standard service infrastructure.
Dr Volker Liebig, Director of Earth Observation Programmes commented “The DMC constellation delivers multi satellite imagery for monitoring rapidly changing phenomena, complementing the data that will be made available by the ESA Sentinel missions.”
New DMC satellites provide 1st images
28.08.2009
 The new DMC satellies (UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1) are currently undergoing extensive calibration of the high performace DMC Imagers. In the mean time we are pleased to provide a preview of 20m DMC imagery over Texas and Oklahoma states (USA) and central Spain.
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PLEASE NOTE: Imagery shown below is provided for illustration purposes only and is downsampled for web display. Significant further improvments in data quality will be introduced during calibration and full samples will be provided shortly.
Agriculture in Kay County, Oklahoma. UK-DMC2 image (c) 2009 DMCii
Dallas Fort Worth (airport), Texas. UK-DMC2 image (c) 2009 DMCii
Central Spain. Deimos-1 image (c) 2009 DEIMOS Imaging, S.L.
DMCii launches UK International Charter Website
27.08.2009
 Through the DMC Satellite Constellation, the UK is a Member of the International Charter ‘Space & Major Disasters’. To serve the UK emergency response community and UK based International Charter stakeholders DMCii today launched a new information website.
http://www.internationalcharter.uk.com/
New satellites upgrade DMCii global imaging service
29.07.2009
 DMCii is pleased to announce the successful launch of next generation DMC imaging satellites UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1. The new satellites increase the DMC imaging capacity twenty-fold and now provide 20 metre optical imagery resolution at the standard DMC 650km swath width, doubling the number of pixels per hectare.
A direct downlink reception service is also now available for customers with compatible ground stations. The two new satellites launched into the DMC satellite constellation on 29th July 2009 ensure data continuity for existing customers and enhance DMCii’s satellite-based imaging services. The service will be further enhanced when two new satellites, NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X, are launched in 2010.
Science projects win DMC imagery
30.06.2009
DMCii today announces the selection of 5 science projects that will receive free satellite imagery from the DMC satellite constellation.
 In December 2008, scientists were invited to compete for the opportunity to use the DMC multi-spectral satellite image data in their research projects.
Applications were judged on their contribution to international environmental research by a panel of scientists chaired by Professor Alan O’Neill, Director of the UK’s National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) the panel included Dr Arwyn Davies, Head of Earth Observation at the British National Space Centre (BSNC), Dr Paul Aplin (Chairman of RSPSoc and Associate Professor Nottingham University), Dr Steve Mackin, Chief Scientist DMCii and David Hodgson, Managing Director DMCii.
The winning projects cover a wide range of important topics: from monitoring changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet and the UK wetlands and forests, to pioneering new techniques for integrating satellite Earth observations with computer models to improve measurements of how the Earth’s vegetation ‘breathes’ carbon dioxide. Congratulations to the following winning science teams:
Monitoring Dynamic Change in the Greenland Ice Sheet
A. Luckman (Swansea University)
Testing Data Assimilation Schemes
JJ Settle (University of Reading), P North (University of Swansea), T Quaife (University College London)
Assessing Seasonal Water and Restoration Status of Wetland Habitats
Dr G Smith (Specto Natura Ltd), Dr F Hughes & Dr P Stroh (Anglia Ruskin University), Dr P Aplin (University of Nottingham)
Validation of MODIS NPP (Net Primary Productivity) Product for Tropical Areas
Dr M Cutler (University of Dundee), Prof A Cracknell, Assoc Prof AL Ibrahim, Dr K Haron
Monitoring of Vegetation Phenological Change and Health
Dr R Guida (University of Surrey), Dr R Pitman (Centre for Forestry & Climate Change (FR))
Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal.
New DMC satellites set to launch 25th July 2009
26.06.2009
DMC imagery leaps forward to 20 metre resolution and a major increase in area coverage with the launch of two next generation DMC satellites (UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1) on 25th July 2009. The 2 new satellites offering unprecedented global imaging capability will launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Systematic Wide Area Forest Monitoring in Indonesia
16.04.2009
DMCii is leading a new project within the European Space Agency (ESA) VAE programme to develop services for systematic wide area forest monitoring. The project supports international demand for new services in global forestry management.
 The project is focused on service needs in Indonesia and working with local stakeholders active in areas including sustainable forest management and certification. Indonesian forests represent the 3rd largest tropical forest area in the world and play an important role in the global carbon cycle.
To deliver the project objectives, DMCii leads a team that includes international experts from Leicester University and the World Resources Institute (WRI). The year long project provides forestry management information products based on high temporal (frequently updated) optical and radar satellite imagery and is one of only 10 projects selected from 140 submissions.
Images (c) Leicester University and WRI
Rising Flood Waters mapped in Caprivi Region, Namibia
02.04.2009
 UNOSAT the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) operational satellite applications programme has prepared maps that use DMC imagery to illustrate Rising Flood Waters in Caprivi Region, Namibia. One map show satellite-detected increase in flood water extent along the Chobe River between the dates 17, 20, 25 and 29 March 2009.
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A second map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters as of 29 March 2009 over the affected region of Caprivi, which have significantly increased in extent over a 9 day period. The maps are scaled for A3 with the following at 1:375,000 in a projection of UTM Zone 34 South WGS 1984.
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DMCii Trains Nigeria in use of EO satellites for emergency response
31.03.2009
 DMCii led a training team consisting of members of the International Charter for Space and Major disasters to train the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of Nigeria in activating the Charter. NEMA is the Charter authorised user in Nigeria who can request satellite imagery for emergency response from an international satellite fleet. Training was held over two days (25-26 March 2009) in Abuja, Nigeria and conducted by staff from DMCii and the US Geological Survey.
DMC free imagery for Science offer Extended
20.03.2009
Due to popular demand DMCii has extended the proposal deadline for the free imagery for Science until 30th of April 2009. (Read More...)
DMCii March 2009 Events
06.03.2009
The DMCii team looks forward to meeting you at...
ASPRS 2009 (Baltimore, Maryland) 9-13 March 2009
Booth 316
12.3.09 Commercial session 5
13.3.09 Technical session 88
JACIE 2009 (Fairfax, Virginia) 31 March - 2 April 09
31.3.09 at 2.55pm
1.4.09 at 11.05am
Map Middle East 2009 - (Abu Dhabi, UAE) 26-28 April 2009
Booth and presentation times TBC
Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology visits DMCii
20.02.2009
Honourable Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku, visited DMCii and parent company SSTL for two days of meetings accompanied by Dr. Seidu Mohammed, Director General of the Nigerian Space Agency (NASRDA), and senior NASRDA officials.
Key discussions were held to review preparations for the NigeriaSat-2 VHR (2.5m) imagery to be distributed internationally by DMCii in 2010. As well as NigeriaSat-2 the delegation viewed progress on the DMC class satellite NX also to be launched in 2010. That makes two ministerial visits in two weeks to the busy DMCii headquarters in Guildford, UK.
UK Science Minister visits DMCii
06.02.2009
Lord Drayson, the UK Science Minister visited DMCii's headquarters in Guildford, UK. Lord Drayson toured DMC mission operations and was impressed by the vital role DMC satellites play in high frequency commercial imaging and global disaster response. The minister was also able to see how difficult the journey home would be from this mornings images of snow covered UK.
Free DMC imagery supports global environmental research
29.11.2008
Free high resolution multispectral satellite imagery from the next generation DMC satellites (UKDMC2 and Deimos-1) will be provided to the UK and Spanish research communities in support of important earth observation based projects.
A one day workshop at the Royal Society in London on the 11th of December will outline the opportunity and highlight examples of important research projects undertaken with DMC satellite imagery. (Read More...
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Over 2000 CHRIS images processed since 1st Jan 2008
09.06.2008
In Guildford, UK DMCii staff are responsible for the scheduling and image processing for the CHRIS Hyperspectral instrument onboard the ESA earth orbiting satellite PROBA
. In support of the mission the DMCii team has now processed over 2,000 images since 1st January 2008. The PROBA mission was launched in October 2001 and is controlled from Redu, Belgium. PROBA was built by Verhaert for ESA to include the SSTL made CHRIS Hyperspectral instrument.
CHRIS is used to measure biophysical and biochemical data, and information on land surfaces. Multiple images of the same target area under different viewing and illumination geometries are possible. Up to 19 spectral bands can be acquired simultaneously at 20 metres spatial resolution. CHRIS imagery is used by more than 60 Earth observation Principal Investigators from scientific institutes within Europe.
Burma flood imagery from DMC
07.05.2008
DMC imagery taken today by the UK-DMC satellite of Burma (Myanmar) shows the Rangoon (Yangon) area and southern costal regions. DMC imagery acquired of the region is supplied to project managers of the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" to be processed into information products that determine flood extents. DMCii has also supplied pre-disaster archive imagery to enable comparisons with post-disaster imagery for the production of emergency maps.
More maps and full details of the response can be found here
at the UNOSAT website.
DMC captures flooding in New Brunswick Canada
01.05.2008
DMC imagery captured by NigeriaSat-1 on the 1st May 2008 at the request of Public Safety Canada shows flood extents in the Fredericton region due to heavy flooding along the Saint John River. The imagery was acquired in response to a call from the International Charter: "Space and Major Disasters".
Visit DMCii at ASPRS 2008
01.05.2008
You can visit DMCii at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) annual conference
in Portland, Oregon from April 28 to May 2 2008. You can find us at booth 716 in the ASPRS exhibition hall, please come and say hello.
DMCii provides more Emergency on Call Officers
28.04.2008
Emergency on Call Officers (ECO) task the worlds earth observing satellite feet in the event of major natural disasters. Due to recent training events DMCii now provides 3 Emergency on Call Officers to service the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters. When the Charter is activated for a Major International natural disaster ECO's use their expertise to select and task different types of satellite appropriate to the disaster. So far In 2008 DMCii ECO staff responded to flooding in Vietnam, Bolivia, USA and the Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador.
DMC Satellite Downloading Imagery to Japan
25.04.2008
DMC satellite, UK-DMC successfully downloaded a complete image of Hiroshima prefecture to the National institute of Information and Communication Technology (NiCT) Groundstation. Imagery downloaded on the morning of April the 25th, including a clear picture of Hiroshima city, used the standard internet protocols that make receiving imagery from DMC satellites a routine task.
DMC hands leadership of International Charter: "Space & Major Disasters" to Canadian Space Agency (16th April 2008, Montreal, CANADA)
14.04.2008
At the 19th board meeting of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters in Montreal the DMC will hand the leadership of the Charter to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). During the DMC's 6 month period as lead agency (primus inter pares) from October 2007 to April 2008 the Charter has responded to 18 disasters and finalised the integration of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) as a new Charter member.
The DMC is been represented on the Board of the Charter by the British National Space Centre (BNSC) and within the executive secretariat by DMCii. Leadership of the International Charter Board and secretariat rotates among the member agencies every six months.
DMCii Chief Scientist leads international task force to improve satellite image quality
06.03.2008
Dr. Stephen Mackin, DMCii Chief Scientist, was invited to speak on behalf of the DMC at the annual Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) working group meeting for Calibration and Validation (WGCV). At the WGCV/WGISS meeting held 26th-29th February in Sanya, China Dr. Mackin presented a novel architecture for automated Quality Assurance and Quality Control of DMC level products and the calibration of the DMC Constellation.
DMCii is committed to the continual improvement in the quality of its satellite imagery based products and there is strong interest in the achievements in this area of the DMC. In recognition of his unique expertise Dr. Mackin was asked to run a small task force (including members from India, China and the United States) to help explore elements of how calibration methodologies and standards could be endorsed for use by the whole international community.
DMCii thanks the British National Space Centre (BNSC) for supporting Dr. Mackin's attendance.
Latest DMC Disaster Response
25.01.2008
DMC International Imaging was on regular 24/7 duty as the Emergency On-Call Officer (ECO) for the International Charter; Space & Major Disasters from 21st to 28th January 2008.
Gary Crowley, DMCii Operations Manager, coordinated the scheduling of images from DMC satellites as well as Envisat, Radarsat, ALOS, SPOT-5, IRS (Pan & LISS-3), Ikonos and QuickBird, for the Charter response to two disaster activation calls;
25 January 2008 Flooding in Bolivia
22 January 2008 Volcanic eruption in Ecuador
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