UrtheCast Releases World's First Full-Color HD Videos of Earth from Space

UrtheCast Releases World's First Full-Color HD Videos of Earth from Space

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --



Videos of London, Boston, and Barcelona showcase life on Earth viewed from the
International Space Station.



UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) ("UrtheCast" or the "Company"), the Earth Observation (EO)
company aiming to open the world to anyone with an internet connection, today announced
that it has released the first-ever, full-color HD videos of Earth, filmed from the
International Space Station (ISS) at roughly one-meter resolution.



Captured by UrtheCast's Ultra HD camera, Iris, from aboard the ISS, the release of the
'First Light' video footage reinforces the Company's mission to democratize the Earth
Observation industry - with the vision of providing the world with a new, dynamic
perspective on our evolving planet.



Videos of London, Boston, and Barcelona were today released worldwide on the Company's
website, blog.urthecast.com [http://blog.urthecast.com ]. Showcasing daily life and
revealing the diverse nature of our remarkable planet, the videos display the unique
utility of UrtheCast's unprecedented technology.



Ranging in length from 34 to 47 seconds, and covering areas of up to 1.19 x 0.67 miles
(1.92 x 1.08 kms), the Iris camera has captured 'First Light' videos of unparalleled data:




- London, England
- Boston, United States
- Barcelona, Spain


"Today, we are continuing our advancement towards democratizing the Earth Observation
industry, making timely Earth video and imagery from space accessible to everyone,"
explained Scott Larson, UrtheCast Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. "With the
ultimate goal of connecting the planet and highlighting what unites us all, we're
revealing a perspective of Earth from space that was previously reserved for a small few.
By opening up our API to the web development community, we're providing collaboration
tools that will help people monitor, protect, and benefit our world and will lead to the
democratization of Earth Observation imagery."



Wade Larson, UrtheCast Co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer, added: "We
are realizing UrtheCast's mission to bring something really quite unique to the Earth
Observation industry. With today's video release, we continue to move towards being able
to deliver fast, scalable, and affordable Earth Observation imagery to our customers, and
ultimately broadening the market appeal and utility of space-based remote sensing."



The achievement of Initial Operation Capability (IOC) status of the Ultra HD Iris
camera is expected to occur in the summer of 2015, and will complement the existing
Medium-Resolution Camera (MRC), Theia, which reached IOC status in 2014 and is actively
filling orders for imagery and data.



About UrtheCast Corp.



UrtheCast Corp. is a Vancouver-based technology company that is developing the world's
first Ultra HD video feed of Earth, streamed from space in full color. Working with
prominent aerospace partners from across the globe, UrtheCast has built, launched,
installed, and will soon operate its Ultra HD video camera, Iris, on the ISS alongside its
MRC which reached IOC in 2014. Video and still image data captured by the cameras will be
downlinked to ground stations across the planet and displayed on the UrtheCast web
platform, or distributed directly to partners and customers. UrtheCast's cameras will
provide Ultra HD video and still imagery of Earth that will allow for monitoring of the
environment, humanitarian relief, social events, agricultural land, etc. Common shares of
UrtheCast trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange as ticker 'UR'.



For more information visit UrtheCast's website at http://www.urthecast.com.



About UrtheCast's High-Resolution HRC Camera, Iris



The HRC is a multispectral imager mounted on a bi-axial pointing platform that
provides a pitch/roll pointing capability to image points between plus or minus52 degrees
latitude. This allows it to capture full-color video sequences approximately 60 seconds in
length through a wide range of oblique-look angles. Upon reaching IOC, video captured from
UrtheCast's HRC will be made available on an individual basis and also processed and
constantly streamed to the interactive UrtheCast web platform.



About UrtheCast's Medium-Resolution MRC Camera, Theia



UrtheCast's MRC, Theia, is a conventional linear Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) pushbroom
camera. It produces strips of medium-resolution, 4-channel multispectral imagery with a
GSD of approximately 5m and a swath width of approximately 50km. Theia's daily collection
capability is approximately 29-million kmsquared.



Forward Looking Information



This release contains certain information which, as presented, constitutes
"forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws.
Forward-looking information involves statements that relate to future events and often
addresses expected future business and financial performance, containing words such as
"plan" or "expect", statements that an action or event "will" be taken or occur, or other
similar expressions and includes, but is not limited to, statements about the
commissioning of the HRC and the timing thereof, plans to operate camera components on,
and stream video footage from, the ISS, proposed image and video product offerings,
expectations regarding the growth of commercial operations and expected partners and
customers. Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various known and
unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the ability of UrtheCast to
control or predict, and which may cause UrtheCast's actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied thereby,
including, but not limited to, damage which may have occurred to the HRC and MRC cameras
during launch or installation, delays in the commissioning process, , unexpected changes
in Russian or Canadian government policies, as well as those factors discussed in the
Company's annual information form dated March 20, 2015, (the "AIF") and the Company's
amended and restated short form base shelf prospectus dated May 11, 2015 (the
"Prospectus") which are available under UrtheCast's SEDAR profile at
http://www.sedar.com . Forward-looking information is developed based on assumptions
about such risks, uncertainties and other factors set out herein, in the AIF and
Prospectus, and as otherwise disclosed from time to time on UrtheCast's SEDAR profile.



Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and
opinions on the date that statements are made and UrtheCast undertakes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other
circumstances should change, except as may be required by applicable Canadian securities
laws. Readers are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking
statements.




For further information:
Contact:
Scott Larson, CEO
slarson@urthecast.com
+1-(604)669-1788


UrtheCast Corp.


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