UN/China Forum on Space Solutions Alliances in Space Cooperation to Create New Capabilities in Space: The Mexican Experience - Jesús Roberto ...

UN/China Forum on Space Solutions

Alliances in Space Cooperation to Create New
Capabilities in Space: The Mexican Experience

           Jesús Roberto Romero Ruiz
             Mexican Space Agency

         Changsha, China, 24-27 April 2019

National Program Objectives of Space Activities (PNAE)

Objective 1: Defining opportunity areas on the International
Space Community with significant impacts in Mexico, as well
   as the relevant space forums and with prominence to
      successfully promote the Mexican engagement.

   Objective 2: To encourage and to seek support through
 international partnerships, regarding scientific projects and
space technology as driver of know-how transfer in the area.
  Likewise, to reinforce the position of Mexico in the space
           matters, in the international framework.

International cooperation in space matters

Bilateral agreements

                                                5 partnership agreements
                          •   Workshop of image processing for natural disasters
                          •   Workshop about weather, oceans and environment

                                                             1 MoU
                          •   Joint workshop about the best practices in space technology use for
                              disaster management

                                                               1 MoU
                          •   Acquisition of radar technology (4 people)
                          •   Workshop about Earth Observation
                          •   ASI - Cosmo-SkyMed images, Digital Elevation and vulnerability

                                                            1 MoU
                          •   Development of Bacalar’s ecological corridor of protection project
                          •   Project forest 2020

International cooperation in space matters
Bilateral agreements

          MoU                          MoU                         MoU

        MoU                                     Letter of intent
                           MoU               (trading) agreement     Letter of intent

         MoU                     MoU                                     MoU

International cooperation in space matters

Forums
                 To participate in defining space policies at the international level
                 •    Record of objects launched into outer space
                 •    Sustainability of space activities
                 •    Chair 2018

                 Platform for access to space-based information for risk management and emergency response
                 •     Establishment of the regional office in Mexico
                 •     An Early Warning Systems for Droughts (FOSAT-S)
                 •     Regional gathering of Experts in Mexico

             Discussion and exchange of practical improvements for the statistical recording of space activities and
             for promoting the industry
             •       Space Forum Members

International cooperation in space matters

Partnerships

                       Initiative GEONETCast-Americas
                       •    Donation of 10 receiving stations
                       •    Training workshops about satellites GOES and GEONETCast uses

                   Work with GEO in the AmeriGEOSS initiative
                   •       The plenary session 2015 was held in Mexico
                   •       Activities in the 4 priority areas (water, farming, ecosystems and disasters)
                   •       Training workshops

                   Associate member of the Committee for Earth Observation Satellites
                   • To strengthen the space activities in the region
                   • To share technical data related to Earth Observation and working together with other CEOS agencies to
                     develop projects.

                   Regional Integral System of Satellite Information (SIRIS)
                   •       To enhance the agricultural, wood and ichthyology productivity; environmental and productive risk
                           prevention at the regional level
                   •       Promotion and dissemination of leading technological products usage that contains information of a
                           satellite source

The United Nations/Mexico Symposium on Basic Space Technology

Satellite applications through international cooperation :

I.   European Space Agency(ESA) – Integral Applications Program:

a)   Vessel Monitoring - In development, implementation Second semester 2019;

b)   Pipeline Monitoring

II.   United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) - International Partnerships Program

a)    Flood Defenders Project - early warning system for floods through satellite systems in Veracruz and Tabasco.

                          GOES-R          SENTINEL 1     SPOT 6/7
                         INSAT-3DR
                                            LIDAR         OTHER
                           SEVERI

                           WEATHER       HYDROLOGY      SOCIO-ECON

                                           INTEGRATED
                        Risk maps                            Recovery Assessment
                                         IMPACT MODEL

                                Alerts                  Damage Prediction

III. Inter-American Development Bank - Regional Public Goods :
a)    SIRIS Project - GIS Platform that will provide information for agriculture, disasters and health among others.

Another important example of cooperation: International support during September 2017
earthquakes through the distribution of donated satellite images for emergency assistance.

Internacional cooperation earthquakes 2017

  • Obtaining products such as Damage Proxy Maps and interferograms
  • Susceptibility products of landslide slopes.

  • Cosmo-Skymed satellite images-elevation and vulnerability maps
  • Products based on RADAR images

  • The information exchange was activated with the Copernicus team, who immediately
    began the processing and analysis of information from this fleet of satellites.

  • Products based on space technology called Grading maps, which provide an assessment of
    the degree of damage and these maps are derived from satellite images after the event.

  • Activation of the Digital Globe open data platform was performed for the acquisition of
    images before and after the earthquakes in very high quality resolution.

  • Images of satellite FASat-Charlie were obtained only for the earthquake of September 19
  • Images with a panchromatic, multispectral resolution

Processed images of certain zones of Mexico City, provided by Chile

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

           GRACIAS

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      romero.jesus@aem.gob.mx
         www.aem.gob.mx