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SGAC Mauritius
Welcome to the page of SGAC Mauritius! Our country situated in the southern part of West Indian Ocean, slightly over the tropic of Capricorn and some 2,000 km off the east coast of Africa. For Mauritius, the question of whether the country could adopt a meaningful role in selected space activities remains an open question. Can space related activities benefit Mauritius, laying the foundation for more future work in the space sector? Other island nations around the world, most notably Gibraltar and the Isle of Man, have adopted a number of specific measures to attract the space industry to their economies with various levels of success. The intriguing question is if Mauritius can learn from their examples and successfully adapt to meet these challenges. Mauritius is ideally placed to support the international space industry, through both the use of its applications and through the provision of services to it. SGAC Mauritius helps to provide a network for the young people on this beautiful volcanic island. If we have sparked your interest, join us! Young Space Activities Overview in Mauritius Radio Astronomy: The Mauritius Radio Telescope, a joint venture of The University of Mauritius (UOM) with the Raman Research Institute and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics is currently one of the largest space related projects conducted in Mauritius. The Remote Sensing/Geographical Information Systems is another joint venture of the UOM, with the Philips University of Marburg (Germany), aiming to carry out various studies. These studies are mainly of agricultural, environmental and coastal zone mapping and management nature, using Land Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT), Satellite pour l’Observation de la Terre (SPOT) and Radar Satellite
(RADARSAT). A National Remote Sensing Center for Mauritius (NRSCM) has been set up, functioning in conjunction with Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS). Recently the preparations for the ground station for the Flying Laptop-microsatellite of the Institute of Space Systems (Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme, IRS) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, have begun. For more information make sure to check out our interesting link section below, and the national report of Mauritius in SGAC's annual report 2009!
Country-Specific Events in 2010
Interesting Web Links for the Young Generation in Mauritius Institutions The Mauritius Radio Telescope which is a joint project of the University of Mauritius and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and the Raman Research Institute: http://www.uom.ac.mu/mrt/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius_Radio_Telescope University of Mauritius: http://www.uom.ac.mu/mrt/ Documents National report of Mauritius in SGAC's annual report 2009
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