[SatNews] This is the fourth such activation for the Company...

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, has activated its fourth new remote ground terminal (RGT) this year, completing the first phase of its RGT expansion initiative on-plan and on-schedule. The initiative, begun in 2010, calls for the construction and activation of seven new RGTs by mid-2012. "I'm proud to say that we are executing flawlessly on our RGT expansion," said Walter Scott, executive vice president and chief technical officer at DigitalGlobe. "Once the expansion is complete, we will have added as much total capacity and refresh capability as if we had launched an entirely new satellite, but at a fraction of the cost and complexity. This will allow us to substantially increase the frequency and speed at which we can deliver refreshed imagery to our customers, and from a larger number of regions worldwide."

RGTs are used to download imagery data that has been captured by DigitalGlobe's constellation of satellites. As RGTs are added, satellites come into RGT range more often, allowing data to be downloaded more frequently. This effectively increases the total capacity for image collection, because satellite memory is freed more often, allowing each satellite to capture more imagery. Further, because imagery is being downloaded more frequently, the time span from image capture to final delivery to customers is also reduced. This fourth new activation brings the company's total number of RGTs to eight.