Madrid 10/01/2010 (Infodefensa.com ) .- The Development Center of Industrial Technology (CDTI) has been confirmed at the third edition of the International Conference on Remote Sensing held in Torrent (Valencia) this week, launching and Peace Ingenio in 2012 and 2014, respectively, the first two satellites will form part of National Earth Observation Satellite (PNOT) .
P az Ingenio and are the first satellite earth observation made in Spain used to identify and catastrophes natural as well as for applications in security missions English Army. Both devices will be managed by the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), which this summer hosted a Day on "English Observation Satellites" , where industry experts presented a comprehensive and detailed program, exposing the needs of users and the technological solutions the industry can provide
The satellite Peace -in-picture will be financed by the Ministry of Defence and will launch in 2012 . Will weigh 1,200 kilos and will capture 64 images per day even in clouds or in darkness, through a radar five feet long. For its part, Ingenio -bottom-image map is an optical three-meter long, to be launched in 2014, funded by the Ministry of Industry , which will 100 images a day from planet to observe the Earth's global changes. Both satellites, polar orbit, will be located at an altitude of between 400 and 700 kilometers from the Earth's surface.
The project, included in the PNOT, is a significant participation of English industry in the design and construction of satellites and ground-based , and in their operation and the generation of products demanded by users. The program also includes the participation of government as the main user of the products generated.
professor at the University of Valencia, Jose Moreno-in-picture, representing the Ministry of Science and Innovation, said in his speech "the strong commitment of Spain by aerospace sector, which will ensure fast and secure data both our scientists and our military. " And, through this initiative, our country will have more control of environmental hazards and natural resources and can detect, among other things, the rate of plant mass of the peninsula or the areas burned by fire.
"Spain will participate in all international programs of the European Space Agency (ESA) and acting in harmony with their own infrastructures," said Moreno And he added: "I had a large number English scientists working in the field of Remote Sensing and now these researchers will have access to secured data. " Thus, in 2014, Spain will be the first country in the European Union will have a dual system of observation, which operate in complementary and provide real time images of any part of the world, 24 hours a day.
(*) As a summary of the English satellite project, we discuss:
· ; The English government took the important decision to have autonomy in the acquisition of satellite imagery of its territory, and break the dependence on foreign systems, which is exactly what has also been identified recently in Peru.
· are the first satellite earth observation built in Spain, indicating further that will be built in part by them, ie satellites not be built entirely by English, but have a "participation" in the design, construction of some components and if the terrestrial infrastructure.
· It follows that Spain has no personal experience in building satellite earth observation, this being his first direct experience, so a likely offer of a technology transfer program our country would really be "a fantasy" and not a reality ... As you can teach something that you yourself are just learning to do?.
· About Ingenio or SEOSAT optical satellite, it will have a level of detail of 2.5 m mode panchromatic (b / n) and 10 m in multispectral mode (color) and 5 years of life, and taking into account that will be launched in 2014, could say that a sensor will be far outweighed technologically by the Peruvian system to its release date.
· On the cost of the joint, wit and Peace satellites will have a total cost of 325 million Euros (US. 451'M dollars), a project that is very expensive considering the greatly reduced cost of current satellite systems based on mini satellite platforms, which has superior technical performance than the SEOSAT and longer life useful. http://www.insa.org/node/555
(*) The intent of this note is to public knowledge, the advantages and disadvantages of different satellite systems available or under implementation in the world, with the objective of these observations are taken into consideration when evaluating potential suppliers for the purchase of our next system satellite earth observation, in which process we hope to have the best technology possible at the best cost-benefit analysis.
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