03 Oct 2010 Kathmandu
A new Japanese satellite receiving station was inaugurated at ICIMOD on Sunday by Shinichi Mizumoto of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), José Achache, Executive Director of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), and Andreas Schild, Director General of ICIMOD। The satellite receiving station has a high speed communication link and will receive data from satellite systems in Japan, India, Thailand, Taiwan and Korea, especially to guide response efforts in emergency situations like floods and where the communication infrastructure is poor. The system is the first of a series being set up in South Asia. More details....
