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UN-SPIDER Updates July 2013

Download the July 2013 Updates (273 KB)

In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

  • Astronauts, DLR and the UN discuss Space and Sustainable Development
  • UN-SPIDER co-organizes training on space technologies for floods

News from our Regional Support Offices

  • Pakistan: SUPARCO hosts COSPAS-SARSAT Search and Rescue Exercises
  • EMERCOM joins forces with US Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • IGAC: Applying the Land Cover Classification System in Colombia
  • SUPARCO contributes to 2013 National Monsoon Contingency Planning

News from our Community

  • India: First navigation satellite launched
  • International Charter activated four times in July
  • NASA/CNES Ocean satellite retired after succesful mission
  • Astrium and CNES improve Pléiades image quality
  • India: GIS used in the flood Mapping Project to prevent damages
  • GPS helps to measure and map hurricane wind speeds

Upcoming events

  • 2-4 September 2013: United Nations/Indonesia International Conference on Integrated Space Technology Applications to Climate Change
  • 23-25 October 2013: United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management - "Disaster risk identification, assessment and monitoring" - apply now 
  • 18-29 November 2013: International Training Course on Small Satellite Missions 
 
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 12:00
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