Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization
Sher-e-Bangla Nogor, Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
Owner | Bangladesh |
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Website | www |
The Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (
Activities
Broad Category of SPARRSO Activities
Category 1: Operational Activities towards National Interest
Category 2: Research & Technological Development Activities
Category 3: Activities to Support National Development
Category 4: Nation Building Mile Stone Activities of SPARRSO
Category 5: Human Resource Development on RS & GIS Technology
Commandment
- SPARRSO has been applying space and remote sensing technology, in the field of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Geology, Cartography, Water Resources, Land use, Weather, Environment, Geography, Oceanography, Science, Education, science-based Knowledge and other related space research areas. It also performs research on these activities for developing this technology and its practical application.
- Provides necessary information and disseminates research results to the Government and different relevant user agencies.
- It provides the Government information about the development of space and remote sensing technology in other countries and gives advice for the formulation of national policy to the Government.
- Conducts training, technical research, and surveys, and cooperates with national or international organizations or institutes in the relevant matter.
- SPARRSO creates development projects to perform research activities on space and remote sensing technology and implements them with approval from the Government.
- SPARRSO takes measures regarding the above-mentioned work as it feels necessary.
Divisions
At present, there are total 17 working divisions in SPARRSO(স্পারসো). They are:
- Atmospheric Division
- Agriculture Division
- Agro-hydrometeorology Division
- Forestry Division
- Water Resources Division
- Oceanography Division
- Fisheries Division
- Cartography Division
- Ground Station Division
- Photographic Division
- Ocean Physics Division
- Instrumentation and Data Processing Division
- Ground Truth Division
- Geology Division
- Rocket Technology Development Division
- Space Physics & Rocket Dynamics Division
- Regional Remote Sensing Center (RRSC)
Ground stations
Here is the list of total ground stations at SPARRSO:[2]
- Geostationary Satellite
- MTSAT-2 of Japan
- FY-2D & FY-2E of China
- WINDS of Japan.
- Polar Orbiting Satellite.
- NOAA Series of USA
- Terra & Aqua of USA.
- MetOp of Europe
Research
SPARRSO conducts research works on various aspects of geo-disciplinary subject areas of RS-GIS technologies.
The research items includes technological development on RS-GIS algorithms, with the aim to develop better techniques for geoinformation retrieval along with effective approaches towards fruitful application of such technology.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "SPARRSO - Banglapedia".
- ^ "Activities". SPARRSO. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Research SPARRSO.