Earth observation--A French priority

From: Interavia | Date: June 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

France invests as much in Earth observation as in launch vehicles

It is a major thrust of national space policy, and one that France embarked on very early in Europe; it is an area in which our industry is particularly active and competitive," remarks Gerard Brachet, director general of Cnes, the French space agency. Cnes first came up with the idea of the Systeme Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) in the early 1970s. The project was submitted to the Council of the European Space Agency in 1976 but was not adopted as an ESA programme, prompting France, Belgium and Sweden to go it ...

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