Not sure about BIS. This is from the EU Sentinel satellites. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Overview4
The EU has paid for them, the data is free for EU people and businesses. We are simply working out the least cost way of making it freely available. -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Harrowell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 02 May 2014 10:51 To: John Bourke Cc: Richard Halfpenny; [email protected] Subject: Re: [uknof] Here is a Challenge (Not operational but) Does this mean the UK has acquired that imaging satellite BIS was talking about a couple of years ago? On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:15 AM, John Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > Considering we are the *Satellite Applications* Catapult I should > consider this :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: uknof [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Richard Halfpenny > Sent: 02 May 2014 10:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [uknof] Here is a Challenge > > On 02/05/2014 09:15, Andy Davidson wrote: >> Another note - It is likely to be significantly cheaper to try to >> avoid having to lay large capacity into London from Harwell, e.g. by >> serving content out of racks in region and populating/feeding the >> data cache on smaller links from your office for example. IOW, run >> the fatter pipes the shortest distance. > > Hi John, > > Is there a reason you couldn't stick a dish or two up on the roof of a > central London DC? We had a customer do something similar in > Manchester > (IFL2 / Reynolds) a few years ago. Their method of ingest (a rack > full of digiboxes) was, ahem, interesting to say the least though ;) > > Rich. > > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the > use of the recipient(s) to whom they are addressed. If you have received it > in error, please destroy all copies and inform the sender. This email and any > attachments are believed to be free from viruses but the Satellite > Applications Catapult accepts no liability in connection therewith. Any views > or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of Satellite Applications Catapult. > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient(s) to whom they are addressed. If you have received it in error, please destroy all copies and inform the sender. This email and any attachments are believed to be free from viruses but the Satellite Applications Catapult accepts no liability in connection therewith. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Satellite Applications Catapult.
