Lima, March 28, 2011. DEFENSE MINISTRY CONFIRMS THE GREAT NEWS
After the March 26 is published in the official media as the agency Andina and the official gazette "El Peruano", the big news bounced in various national media as El Comercio, La Republica, Peru 21 and RPP, and then be international media also hung from Chile, Spain and Mexico.
On 27 March the news was confirmed at 100% to be posted on the website of the Ministry of Defence finally the current government took the momentous decision to purchase a satellite system Earth observation itself, which as announced, would be implemented meeting the highest standards tecnológicos.El footnote of MINDEF can be seen in detail by clicking on the image in the top of the note.
BACKGROUND TO CONSIDER
It should be noted that according to what is stated in the note, it is a satellite system itself, therefore definitively rule proposed satellite shares, which do not give you any control over the satellite and in practice are actually providing a service of images of a very high cost, and whose proposal was said, was offered by companies English to share the future satellite system SEOSAT or Ingenio, which would come into operation recently in 2014, with a spatial resolution of only 2.5 meters at a cost of 190 million euros. http://www.intelpage.info/satelites-ingenio-y-paz.html
On the other hand it should also comment on how close history, the experience of Brazil, which together with China, recently built the satellite CBERS-2B (China Brazil Earth Satellite resorces) at a cost of U.S.. $ 200 million, with a maximum spatial resolution of 5 m and only had 3 years of life. See details at: http://microsateliteperuano.blogspot.com/2010/07/satelite-brasilero-cbers-2b-dejo-de.html
should also take into account the experience of Chile, which has its satellite ready for launch in February 2010, however due to an inappropriate choice of a new and untried system with the contractor Arianespace launch its satellite built by EADS Astrium SSOT, it takes more than 1 year late and according to various media, indicated that it will be released only in the second half of 2011, where the obsolescence of their components will obviously pass the bill. See details at: http://www.infoespacial.com/?noticia=satelite-ssot-de-chile-un-ano-de-retraso
has also been discussed a lot about a South Korean offer at this point would only comment that this country has developed independently in only 2 Earth observation satellites, and although this is high tech even do not know for sure its operational capacity and would really be a high risk for an alternative country with so little experience in a specialized field. See details at: http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/rok/kompsat.htm
For those who at some point have read or followed this blog it is clear that there is every reason to consider the proposal Surrey Satellite UK as the most technically solid , offering unique features such as: immediate access and ownership of a satellite in orbit, the earth station implementation of control mission in Peru, the construction of a satellite of the latest technology by British engineers, a comprehensive technology transfer program including the construction of a satellite by Peruvian engineers and the construction and licensing of satellite exports from Peru , which would position to Peru as aerospace power in the region.
should also be recalled that SSTL is number 1 in the world in technology of mini-satellites, with 34 satellites launched to date, more than 200 years of life in space, in addition to this proposal supported British government and its implementation through an agreement between governments. See details : http://www.sstl.co.uk/
the outstanding role of CONIDA
I can not conclude this note without special recognition to the National Aerospace Research and Development, and in particular its Chief institutional FAP Colonel Enrique Barriga Pasco and his team of collaborators, which act with the utmost professionalism, have developed over 4 years and 7 months all necessary technical studies to reach this point, a process that began with the profile-level study in October 2006, through the appropriate pre-feasibility study feasibility and finally, to achieve the economic viability of the MEF to start this year 2011.
Thus, this final stage of implementation is therefore only of a process, and in no way be taken as a hasty decision, but is rather a corollary of a long technical process carried out brilliantly by CONIDA, which is backed by its inclusion in government plans of 2 candidates the presidency. In this last stage, we hope that the final decision is correct and we can all celebrate the hand with economic development, let's be aerospace power in the region, one more reason to feel proud to be Peruvian.
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