RapidEye Making Strides on Global Distribution Network

摘要

Commercial remote-sensing company RapidEye AG expects to finish establishing a global network of distributors for its satellite data by the end of the year. At the same time, a strategic partnership with Canada's MacDon-ald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) will give customers the option of downloading imagery directly from the five-satellite constellation.rnRapidEye Vice President John Ahlrichs said the business model is to have one distributor for each territory, although those firms would have some rights to sell datarnworldwide on a non-exclusive basis. Due to the nature of the market, RapidEye will have multiple distributors in the United States. "We are well into the process of selection of our distributors in Japan, Australia and Scandinavia and have just started the process for the rest of South America, U.S., Canada and Europe," Ahlrichs noted. "Other regions will follow as our expectation is to have the world covered by the end of the year."