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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
