The Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization ('')'', or SPARRSO (), is a state agency concerned with astronomical research and the application of space technology in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
. SPARRSO works closely with
JAXA
The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into o ...
,
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
and the
ESA in environmental and meteorological research. Using Japanese and American satellites, SPARRSO monitors agro-climatic conditions and water resources in Bangladesh.
In 2018, Their 1st satellite
Bangladesh Satellite-1 was released, and
Bangladesh Satellite-2 came soon after
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
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an physical object, object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring inform ...
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
Hydrometeorology is a branch of meteorology and hydrology that studies the transfer of water and energy between the land surface and the lower atmosphere for academic research, commercial gain or operational forecasting purposes.
Whilst tradition ...
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:
* 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.
Research
''SPARRSO''.
See also
* Bangabandhu-1
* List of government space agencies
References
External links
Official website of SPARRSO
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Space agencies
Bangladeshi research organisations
Government agencies established in 1980
Government agencies of Bangladesh
1980 establishments in Bangladesh
Science and technology in Bangladesh
Remote sensing organizations