Indra will process and store 1.000 TB of images per year during the Sentinel-2 satellite mission

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.

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 makes its processing and archiving centre available to the Sentinel satellites, located in the company's facilities in the Madrid town of San Fernando de Henares, which will enter service in September 2014, coinciding with the launch of Sentinel-2, which can be expanded later to manage the data of the second satellite, Sentinel-2B, that will be launched into space in 2016.

These satellites, polar orbiting, will capture high-resolution images in thirteen bands, in visible and infrared, with a useful one of about seven years, Respectively, although they are prepared for it to be extended up to five more years.

Indra will also be in charge of long-term data storage, 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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