Australia Looks to Launch Earth Observation Satellites

by Matt Ball on October 30, 2009

A new federal government-sponsored report on the Strategic Plan on Earth Observations from Space outlines a 15-year timetable to collect imagery and data using satellites. The report stated that the country has been a “freeloader” on programs launched by other countries, and that the country should be able to monitor their own critical data for climate, rising sea levels and greenhouse gas emissions.

Read more about the report in this story from the Canberra Times.

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