Conveners
New Trends in Commercial Satellite Imagery
- Minyo Hong (Korea, Republic of)
- Irmgard Niemeyer (Germany)
New Trends in Commercial Satellite Imagery
- Minyo Hong (Korea, Republic of)
- Irmgard Niemeyer (Germany)
Michael Johnson
(IAEA Department of Safeguards (SGIM/ISI))
21/10/2014, 14:10
oral
This abstract is focused on new and emerging commercial satellite imagery (CSI) capabilities. For more than a decade, experienced imagery analysts have been exploiting and analysing CSI in support of the Department of Safeguards. As the remote sensing industry continues to evolve, additional CSI imagery types are becoming available that could enhance our ability to evaluate and verify...
Dr
Nikolaos Spyropoulos
(URTHECAST Corp)
21/10/2014, 14:30
oral
URTHECAST is a multinational industrial initiative that tasks, downloads, processes and commercially exploits a medium resolution multispectral sensor and high-resolution wide area motion colorful video camera.
URTHECAST’s Earth Observation imaging system includes a pair of multispectral color cameras installed on the ISS. The High-Resolution Camera (HRC-Iris) is mounted on a pointing...
John Clark
(Skybox Imaging, Mountain View, CA, USA)
21/10/2014, 14:50
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Skybox and European Space Imaging have partnered to bring timely, Very High-Resolution imagery to customers in Europe and North Africa.
Leveraging Silicon Valley ingenuity and world-class aerospace expertise, Skybox designs, builds, and operates a fleet of imaging satellites. With two satellites currently on-orbit, Skybox is quickly advancing towards a planned constellation of 24+ satellites...
Minyo Hong
(SI Imaging Services)
21/10/2014, 15:10
oral
Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite images are used to verify the correctness and completeness of declarations provided by member States, and to generate preparatory information for on-site inspections and technical visits. VHR satellite images are also used for collect data for nuclear monitoring in inaccessible areas of interest. Most satellites acquire image in the morning, and the better...
Jean-Michel Lagrange
(Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, France)
21/10/2014, 16:00
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Satellite imagery is now a very performing tool for the monitoring of human and industrial activity. Due to the multiplicity of modalities, its scope is very broad and it participates actively in the monitoring of proliferation activities. In this paper, we focus on quantitative or pseudo quantitative exploitation of indicators or afferent signatures of these activities extracted from various...
Morton Canty
(Juelich Research Center)
21/10/2014, 16:20
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This paper investigates the application of multivariate statistical change detection with high-resolution polarimetric SAR imagery acquired from commercial satellite platforms for observation and verification of nuclear activities. A prototype software tool comprising a processing chain starting from single look complex (SLC) multitemporal data through to change detection maps is presented....
Pablo d'Angelo
(German Aerospace Center)
21/10/2014, 16:40
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This paper provides an overview of the investigations performed in the last three years at DLR and highlights the application of SAR and optical data for 3D analysis in the context of Safeguards. The Research Center Jülich and the adjacent open cut mines were used as main test site, and a comprehensive stack of ascending and descending TerraSAR data was acquired over two years. TerraSAR data...
Irmgard Niemeyer
(Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
21/10/2014, 17:00
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Under the Additional Protocol of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) complementing the safeguards agreements between States and the International Atomic Energy Agency, commercial satellite imagery, preferably acquired by very high-resolution (VHR) satellite sensors, is an important source of safeguards-relevant information. Satellite imagery can assist in the evaluation of site declarations,...
