Sovinformsputnik Association (Russian Federation), Space industry - Joint ventures

Current status
Companies and organisations responsible for military Earth observation satellites formed Sovinformsputnik in 1991 with authority to distribute high-resolution images of foreign territory. Much of the inventory of images came from early military reconnaissance satellite systems and was a direct marketing attempt to provide high resolution imagery in competition with the European Spot Image and US Landsat systems with much lower resolution. The majority shareholder is the State Research & Production Space Rocket Center "TsSKB-Progress", builders of "Resurs-F", "Kometa" series mapping satellites and other Remote Sensing satellites to acquire 1 and 2 m resolution data, as well as the stereoscopic 10 m resolution images over the different territories. Other shareholders include "Krasnogorski Zavod" joint stock company and "Priroda" Center. Sovinformsputnik has the licensed right to distribute products/services from all these satellites. Multi-year collected archives of space imagery stretch back to 1981. Sovinformsputnik works directly with Russian Industry and Russian Aviation-Space Agency. All three organisations are pooling resources to develop a new and advanced earth resource and remote-sensing package for adaptable interface with several bus designs already in production in Russia.Sovinformsputnik Profile (products and services): space data acquisition, DEMs and DTMs generation, aero- and space-data orthorectification, GIS layers creation, 3-D modeling, 3-D animation, maps and image scanning and digitalising, software designing for data processing, training, topographic and thematic maps creation, space data/value-added products distribution worldwide.

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Publication Title	Jane's Space Systems and Industry
Publication date	Oct 16, 2006
Section	Space industry - Joint ventures
Publication synopsis	Profiling hundreds of spacecraft, launchers, manufacturers and operators, Jane's Space Systems and Industry provides a global view of the development, application and support of space-based systems. Human, communications, imaging, scientific, Research & Development and other space applications are covered. Key objectives, developments and technical specifications of launch vehicles and in-service spacecraft are reviewed, including microsatellites and the new generation of small launchers. Space system prime contractors and major suppliers are profiled, with detailed listings of their space-related activities. Civil, military and commercial enterprises that buy, operate and support space technology and systems are covered in detail, supporting market research and procurement requirements.
The depth and breadth of information covers	Civil, commercial, scientific and military satellites Civil, commercial and military space operators Human spaceflight programmes Launch vehicles Space launch and spacecraft industry Space launch logs Worldwide launch facilities
Different sections provide in-depth detail covering	Analysis Civil Space Organisations - Launch Facilities Civil Space Organisations - Multi-National Agencies Civil Space Organisations - National Agencies Civil Space Organisations - Research & Development Civil Space Organisations - Satellite Operators Commercial Space Services - Launch Facilities Commercial Space Services - Satellite Operators Contractors Glossary Space Defence - Bases Space Defence - Operators Space Defence - Research & Development Space Industry - Joint Ventures Space Industry - Major Sub-Contractors Space Industry - Prime Contractors Space Launch Vehicles - Orbital Space Launch Vehicles - Sub-Orbital Space Logs - Logs Spacecraft - Communications Spacecraft - Defence Spacecraft - Earth Observation Spacecraft - Human Spacecraft - Navigation Spacecraft - Scientific Spacecraft - Technology Demonstration

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