[Satellite Today 05-28-09] RapidEye has collected more than 69 million square kilometers of at least 80 percent cloud-free images during its first 100 days of operation, the company announced May 27. The imaging campaigns were concentrated in Europe, the U.S., Brazil and China.
    “Even more remarkable is the fact that our system capacity has not been reached yet. We expect our library to grow to even higher rates in the coming months by expanding our imaging campaigns to other areas around the globe,” Michael Oxfort, RapidEye’s head of operations and engineering, said in a statement.
    RapidEye said it is in the process of imaging most of the agricultural land in the United States and Europe and will be repeatedly collecting throughout the growing season to provide data for agricultural service customers.