[Satellite Today – 2-18-08] Astrium has joined forces with a pair of Spanish organizations to create an Earth observation joint venture, Astrium announced Feb. 18.
    Astrium entered into a joint venture with the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC), the Catalan official mapping agency, and Hisdesat, a space services provider, to create Infoterra Servicios de Geoinformación SA (Infoterra SGSA), which will form part of the Infoterra Group, a provider of geoinformation products and services based on Earth observation data.
    Infoterra SGSA will offer customers a portfolio ranging from data acquisition and processing to geo-information services. The new company will expand an already strong European organization present in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Hungary, Astrium said.