Case Studies

Managing trees, shrubs and plants alongside the railway is essential for any network company. With its partner FLAC Airbus developed a solution to prevent the danger of trees falling onto the tracks to keep the railways safe and operational.

Five years ago, SPOT 6 entered orbit

SPOT 6 was the first satellite constellation entirely designed, financed, built and operated by a private company to enter the Earth observation market. This Airbus initiative is now repeated with the investment in the Pléiades NEO Constellation.

Currently sea levels rise around 3mm / year on a global scale and the rate is expected to intensify in the future. Detailed elevation data of the coastal regions is needed to determine areas prone to inundation in case the sea levels continue to rise at the current scale.

To date, Ghana has lost 90% of its native rain forest. TerraSAR-X's unique geo-location accuracy, very high-resolution and radiometric stability support the monitoring and mapping of even small-scale forest disturbances.

The Sargasse, a toxic seaweed, is invading and polluting Martinique beaches, impacting both the environment and local economic activity. SPOT 6/7 supported the detection and observation of this curse fed by climate change and oceans heating up.