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Algeria ‘on track’ to launch second satellite system

November 11, 2007 – 4:47 am

Hichem Bouledjout
2 November 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Algeria is on track to launch its second satellite system, Alsat-2, in late 2008, revealed a top space official this week (30 October).
The director-general of Algeria’s space agency ASAL, Azzedine Oussedik, was speaking at an international workshop, ‘Weather change and the role of space technologies’, held in Algiers.
Alsat-2 will collect high-quality [...]

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R.I.P TOMS: NASA OZONE INSTRUMENT LAID TO REST AFTER THREE DECADES

August 20, 2007 – 4:31 am

August 15, 2007
NASA
During its almost 30-year lifespan, the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) program provided unique and valuable information that shaped public policy and international perspectives on the environment. The instrument was important because its data established the geographical extent of the “ozone hole” over the Antarctic, and monitored its year-to-year evolution.
With the recent decommissioning [...]

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Maps help manage Zambian water resources

August 12, 2007 – 2:06 pm

Michael Malakata
10 August 2007
Source: SciDev.Net

Zambia’s Kafue River

[LUSAKA] Zambian water authorities are using information from satellite images to improve management of water resources in the country.
The project, Integrated Water Resource Management for Zambia (IWAREMA), is part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) TIGER initiative (see African mapping highlights risk of drought and flood) which aims to [...]

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Mapping can save forests, say African scientists

July 29, 2007 – 2:38 am

Deforestation can be tracked by satellite images
Zablon Odhiambo
27 July 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Mapping and remote sensing technology can be used by developing countries to conserve forests and biodiversity, say experts.
Such ‘geospatial’ technology is helping African countries to conserve forests and identify areas in need of intervention, said scientists at a [...]