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Global Satellite to be Named After Kalam
By: Tupaki Desk | 7 Aug 2015 1:23 PM GMT
Indian missile man Abdul Kalam who died on July 27 th gets a rare honour. A global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction ''GlobalSat for DRR'' proposed is to be dedicated to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
This was announced officially today. Chairman of CANEUS (CANada-EUrope-US-ASia) Organization on Space Technologies for Societal Applications; Milind Pimprikar announced the news in office which was headquartered in Canada. Pimprikar said the goals of UN GlobatSat are the same as those of Kalam.
Kalam had imagined space faring nations joining hands to find solutions to major problems such as natural disasters, energy and water scarcity in his “World Space Vision-2050. Therefore we now plan to dedicate the UN GlobalSat initiative as a tribute to Late Dr. Abdul Kalam by renaming it 'UN Kalam GlobalSat', Pimprikar said.
The "GlobalSat for DRR" is a UN-driven global initiative on sharing space technology for disaster risk reduction. This is great a tribute to the vision of the rocket scientist and former Indian President.
This was announced officially today. Chairman of CANEUS (CANada-EUrope-US-ASia) Organization on Space Technologies for Societal Applications; Milind Pimprikar announced the news in office which was headquartered in Canada. Pimprikar said the goals of UN GlobatSat are the same as those of Kalam.
Kalam had imagined space faring nations joining hands to find solutions to major problems such as natural disasters, energy and water scarcity in his “World Space Vision-2050. Therefore we now plan to dedicate the UN GlobalSat initiative as a tribute to Late Dr. Abdul Kalam by renaming it 'UN Kalam GlobalSat', Pimprikar said.
The "GlobalSat for DRR" is a UN-driven global initiative on sharing space technology for disaster risk reduction. This is great a tribute to the vision of the rocket scientist and former Indian President.
