Dauria Aerospace, a key partner of the Skolkovo project, is launching a new satellite imaging cloud service that allows clients to track changes to terrain and vegetation for a variety of purposes.
Dauria Geo advertises “fast and easy access to satellite imagery and rich data layers that feed directly into your applications and decision tools.”
By comparing live imagery with images from Dauria’s vast archive, hooking up to the cloud will allow users to track storm damage, reveal the extent of deforestation and assess costs prior to construction in remote areas, for example.
Dauria founder Mikhail Kokorich wants to provide easier access to satellite imagery.
The focus is on the easy integration of the data gleaned from satellites into new or existing software applications.
It is not clear exactly when the Dauria Geo will come online; a tweet from the company on Friday said it was “about to launch.”
Dauria, founded by CEO Mikhail Kokorich, has the goal of making space and satellite imagery more accessible to people and companies in order to make smarter business decisions, faster.
It is creating an entire constellation of satellites in order to bring to commercial markets the capability of providing imagery of the entire arable surface of the earth, Kokorich said in a recent interview.
Dauria recently made history by sending three satellites into orbit, officially bringing Russia into the new space economy of private operators. Before Dauria and a partner company Sputnix, the Russian space program had been solely a state-backed enterprise.
Dauria has offices all over the world and conducts a significant amount of research at Skolkovo through its R&D spinoff, Dauria Satellite Systems.
Dauria is present in Munich and at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.