Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean Sergio Camacho

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1 Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean Sergio Camacho Space Conference PANEL OSSERVAZIONI DELLA TERRA Moderatore: R. IBBA ASI February, CIRA Headquarters Italian Center for Aerospace Reserches, Capua, Italy

2 Contents - Brief information on Interests and needs in the field of EO Country organization in the EO field Main programs (name, main features) Main national players On-going international cooperation programs Areas of interest for international cooperation (education and training)

3 Secretaria de Marina (SEMAR) Ground receiving station EVISMAR Estación Virtual de Imágenes Satelitales de muy Alta Resolución) - Cooperation SEMAR, INEGI, AEM - EVISMAR ground station in México City; receives GeoEye-1) o Processed and used for SEMAR & INEGI functions o Available to all government levels & academia

4 Secretaria de Marina (SEMAR) Ground station ERMEXS (Estación de Recepción México de la Constelación SPOT) - MOU to receive SPOT-5 ( ) Ground station ERMEXS NG - Coop. SAGARPA, SEDENA, SEMAR (SIAP) - MOU to receive SPOT-6, 7 ( ) o Processed and used for SIAP purposes (Sistema de Información Agroalimentaria y Pesquera) - Available to all government levels & academia

5 Updates thru interinstitutional coop: SEMAR, SEDNA, SAGARPA) For (LANDSAT, RAPIDEYE, GEOEYE-1, TERRA, AQUA, NOAA-AVHRR y RADARSAT) Map repository (main themes) - Political units - Landscape - Agricultural areas - Vegetation Instituto Nacional de Estadística Y Geografía (INEGI) Base thematic cartography done in 70 s & 80 s (Landsat, airphotos)

6 Cooperation - With DLR developed a national hot spots detection system for forest fire prevention. Provides daily national coverage. - With Google, developed 3-D viewer of the structural characteristics of mangroves in Mexico. Sistema de Monitoreo de los Manglares de México (SMMM). Google used it for pilot project at global level on Google Earth. Since 2005, continuously updates Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) Ground station daily reception NOAA s AVHRR, MODIS, Terra-1 & Aqua-1, VIIRS (Suomi-NPP)

7 CRECTEALC Created under auspices of the Programme on Space Applications, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs. Objectives Expand knowledge in the various disciplines of space science and technology of Member States (regional and international) and thus increase their scientific, economic and social development. Organize programs of teaching, research and development of practical applications, initially oriented to remote sensing, satellite communications and geospatial information.

8 Regional Centres established in: Asia and the Pacific (India, 1995) Latin America and the Caribbean (1997 by Governments of Brazil and Mexico) Francophone Africa (Morocco, 1998) Anglophone Africa (Nigeria, 1998) Western Asia (Jordan, 2012) Asia and the Pacific (China, 2014)

9 CRECTEALC Programs Courses of 9 and 12 months, supplemented by projects Workshops, short courses; scientific, technical, on space policy and outreach seminars: Held at the Campi Brazil and Mexico as well as Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador Projects: Remote sensing and satellite communications; related with the 9 and 12 months courses Construction and integration of nano satellites (Ulises I) Tele-medicine and cyber health Data mining applied to human environmental history Formation flying (model & control) EO-POWER Project (use of EO for economic dvelopment) Participate in NEOs observing network (IAWN)

10 CRECTEALC Courses in both Campi Brazil and México Remote sensing and GIS (12 months) 1. Remote Sensing Module Tele observation Interpretation and analysis of images Photogrammetry 2. GIS Module Geographic Information Systems Photogrammetry 3. Application Project

11 CEOS WGCapD CRECTEALC was accepted as a member of the CEOS WG on Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD) Established contact with other key national and international space entities that directly support GEOSS and agreed to organize a series of capacity-building workshops to promote access to EO data and to build capacity in use of open-access software and satellite data, initially for countries in the Mesoamerican region. This partnership includes CEOS WGCapD, UN-SPIDER, Secure World Foundation (SWF), NOAA, NASA, USGS, the Mesoamerican Centre for Theoretical Physics (MCTP) and INAOE. Through WGCapD, WP12 informed and received the endorsement of the GEO Secretariat.

12 Some projects of the RS and GIS course Campus México Tool for generating graphos from spatial queries Implementation of an energy balance model (SEBAL) for determining the daily and monthly evapotranspiration on flat areas of Cuba from LANDSAT 5 TM images Methodological design for developing landscapes maps with GIS using ArcGIS 9.3: application to mountain massif of the Sierra Maestra. Cuba Determination of recent territorial occupation strategies in the Havana (Cuba) region through use of ICT: impact on territorial and resource implications for development. Estimating a turbidity index for the Central Zone of Chile, during the Spring of Detection of high-risk areas for floods in the southern region of the State of Veracruz, Mexico

13 Some projects of the RS and GIS course Campus México Application of remote sensing for the development of urban agriculture in the Central Valley Region in the State of Oaxaca Remote Sensing applied to the Barragán - St. Lucia Moor, Japan and Peñas Blancas, Central Cordillera of the Andes, Valle del Cauca. Data mining for a GIS Prevention and control of forest fires through satellite imagery and GIS Tools Characterization of changes in the coverage of land use in the districts: Obliged, Hohenau, Bella Vista, Pirapó and Captain Meza (Itapúa Department, Paraguay) in the period Estimation of real daily evapotranspiration using satellite images, applied to the Central Region of Mexico Prevention and control of forest fires through GIS tools and satellite imagery.

14 Some projects of the RS and GIS course Campus México Evaluation of flood hazard in the Cauto River Basin. Granma Province, Cuba. Structural description of vegetation in the polygon of Cerro Colorado-La Hierbabuena, and the plant associations in the core zone. Proposal of an aquifer management plan for the Tecamachalco Valley, Puebla. Tutorial-viewer-application for importing S57 navigation charts to Postgis Identification of potential areas for reforestation with the use of remote sensing and GIS. Case study: Sierra Maestra. Cuba Implementation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the use, management and conservation of coastal ecosystems. Case study: Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba Using remote sensing techniques and GIS in the study of

15 Satellite Communications

16 CRECTEALC Courses - Campus México Satellite Communications (9 months) Module 1 Communications systems theory Fundamentals of information theory Basic theory of microwave systems Modulation techniques and multi-channeling Theory of antennas and propagation Module 2 Satellite Communications Systems Elements and modules of a satellite communications system Satellite links and transmission techniques and satellite access Applications of satellite communications Regulation and standardization Module 3: Application Project

17 Some projects from the Satellite Communications course Calculation of losses in coaxial lines and rectangular waveguides Antenna design software Development of a computer program for calculating links via satellite. Calculation of satellite links Design and performing of a communication system in the 2.4 Ghz band Sensors and telemetry

18 Ulises I nano satellite Designed and integrated at CRECTEALC/INAOE

19 Developments in GNSS Control of trajectories, rotations and direction of spacecrafts Quadrotor testing Space flight simulator Satellite orbits Formation flying CRECTEALC Projects

20 Recent workshops and courses CRECTEALC/SWF/AEM - Space for Human and Environmental Security in the Americas: Space policy, Long-term sustainability and Cyber-health, 23 to 25 April 2012, Mexico City. CRECTEALC / CLIRSEN International CRECTEALC course-workshop: Risks from Slope Instabillity. 26 to 30 November 2012, Cuenca, Ecuador CRECTEALC / SWF / MCTP - Workshop on the Use of Space Science and Technology for the Prevention of and Response to Disasters in Mesoamerica, from 19 to 22 November 2013, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico CRECTEALC / SWF / MCTP - Workshop on the Use of Open-Source Software and Satellite Data in the Prevention of, and Response to Disasters in Mesoamerica, from 19 to 23 May 2014, Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico.

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22 Courses for the term In 2016, Mexico Campus CRECTEALC offers: The course in remote sensing and GIS, started in October The course on satellite communications, beginning in May Proposals for new courses (2015): Space law GNSS

23 For the near future National and regional levels Optimize the use of national and regional resources (industrial, academic, goverment) Participate in the training of human resources at INAOE and other institutions. Promote the exchange of students, professors and experts between campi ( )

24 M. Sc. In Space Science and Technology in collaboration with INAOE: Starting on August 2014 In its 10 years of existence al INAOE, CRECTEALC has: Established a reputation of providing quality capacity-building and of being an honest broker, both among space agencies and space related-entities in the space-faring nations as among the emerging space nations and those who are the potential beneficiaries of the use of space science and technology in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Brought to the forefront the need for high level education and research programs in space science and technology; and The awareness that the capacities exist at the local level INAOE has the physical facilities and human resources needed for the implementation of a space science program, including research and education at the graduate level (M. Sc. & PhD) in Astrophysics, Optics, Electronics, Computer Science and Instrumentation.

25 The postgraduate education program includes: Space and interplanetary environment Earth Observation Positioning, Navigation and Timing Systems Satellite Systems.

26 CRECTEALC Luis Enrique Erro No. 1 Santa María Tonantzintla, Puebla 72840, México Secretary General Tel: + (52 222) Ext sergio.camacho@inaoep.mx Campus Mexico Director Tel: + (52 222) Ext jguich@inaoep.mx