Brandenburg/Havel, Germany, March 31, 2011 – RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Ramani Geosystems located in Kenya.

The contract allows Ramani to distribute RapidEye products throughout the entire continent of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara.

“Ramani is our first sub-Saharan distributor and we are very excited about expanding our awareness and finding new customers on this continent,“ commented John Ahlrichs, Vice President of RapidEye. “Ramani's market position in East Africa, their willingness to form partnerships with other companies and their interest in agressively promoting our data products were impressive and significant factors in our decision making process.“

"We are very excited about being distributors for RapidEye", said Daniel Haywood, Managing Director of Ramani Geosystems. "Offering the available products to our clients here in East Africa, we feel that they are ideal for many key applications required in this part of the world. The large constellation of satellites enhances maximum acquisition opportunities which can be a challenge in this region. The 5m imagery is a great decision aid and we use the products to help design detailed areas of interest before undertaking aerial photography and LiDAR surveys. This saves on time and money having ensured that the appropriate areas are flown.“

Currently, RapidEye is working on completing its worldwide network of distributors in order to facilitate easy access to RapidEye products in their customers' own language and region. For a full list of RapidEye's distributors, please visit www.rapideye.de/distributors.

About Ramani Geosystems
Ramani Geosystems is a multi-disciplinary Geospatial Services firm offering professional land surveying, aerial photography, satellite imagery acquisition as well as GIS and mapping services. It is dedicated to providing professional services in the greater Eastern Africa Region in order to effectively meet its client's business requirements in a timely manner. For more information, visit www.ramani.co.ke.

About RapidEye AG
RapidEye is an ISO-certified geospatial information provider focused on integrating customized and industry specific solutions into the workflow of global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy, infrastructure, government, security and emergency. RapidEye experts and the satellite system – a constellation of five satellites capable of downloading over 4 million km² of high resolution, multi-spectral imagery per day, and a ground segment for processing and archiving data – allow for cost-effective customized services.

The unique combination of large area coverage, high spatial resolution and the possibility of daily revisit to an area provide for superior management information solutions.

Currently, more than 130 experts from more than 20 countries are employed by RapidEye.

For more information about RapidEye, please visit www.rapideye.de.

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