Madrid, 24 October 2011. The Deimos-1 Earth observation satellite, launched in space by Elecnor in July 2009, captured an image of the volcanic sea stain caused by the submarine eruption occurring over the past few days at El Hierro Island.
As the Deimos-1 satellite image displays, captured only yesterday, the large sea stain is extending south from the island towards the Atlantic Ocean. It has not affected the rest of El Hierro but is now larger than the island’s total surface area.
The Deimos-1 satellite is the first European Earth observation satellite to be privately funded in its entirety. It was developed by Elecnor Deimos, the Elecnor technology division, to obtain high- resolution images of the Earth for subsequent processing and use in various applications, such as agriculture, the environment, defence, climate change, deforestation, the fight against natural disasters and water resources control.
640 km, among other factors.
Elecnor implements projects related to infrastructure, renewable energy and new technology. It has 10,000 employees and operates in over 20 countries.