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 eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

. SPARRSO works closely with

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and the ESA in environmental and meteorological research. Using Japanese and American satellites, SPARRSO monitors agro-climatic conditions and water resources in Bangladesh.

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. 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: * 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
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References

External links

Official website of SPARRSO
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Space Research And Remote Sensing Organization Space agencies Bangladeshi research organisations Government agencies established in 1980 Government agencies of Bangladesh 1980 establishments in Bangladesh Science and technology in Bangladesh