1. Projects involving the application of space science and technology

64. The application demand was an important driving force for the development of space industry and space technology.

It has emerged against the background of greater US space capability superiority, wider application of space based assets and the development of a commercial space industry.

(ii) Status and application of the five United Nations treaties on outer space

(ii) Status and application of the five United Nations treaties on outer space

Malaysia actively participates in the ESCAP led Regional Space Application Programme for Development (RESAP).

A systematic application of space technology in support of national development needs strong government support.

Such a vision made it imperative for India to adopt an application driven space programme.

We advocate the application of the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space to all space objects since this will provide guarantees for the identification of space objects and their origin, and consequently for the determination of responsibility arising from them and facilitate the application of international obligations in the space field. General Responses

Those sessions served to highlight the potential application of space technology in meeting local development needs.

13. Space application projects had resulted in both short and long term direct and indirect benefits.

The United Nations has played a major role in promoting space cooperation between developing and developed countries through several of its regional space application programmes.

Mr. Kazykhanov (Kazakhstan) said that the use of outer space and the application of space technologies to promote sustainable development were important areas for international cooperation.

(c) Space Technology Application Capabilities, Facilities and Activities in the ESCAP Region A Regional Inventory, in 1998

28. Another major application would be the contribution of space based systems for disaster prevention and mitigation.

Outside assistance and expert advice was therefore essential to the successful application of space technology for sustainable development.

The abstract of the thesis claimed that (the simulated study) has provided the necessary theoretical basis for the application of space debris removal by using space based laser.

Fairly sophisticated scientific and technological experiments, as well as application missions, can be flown in space at modest costs.

Mr. Sen (India) said that it was important to highlight the benefits of the application of space based technologies.

(a) New space application initiatives of ISRO Village Resource Centres (VRC) and Edusat networks , by the representative of India

Those projects demonstrated that the application of space technologies for peaceful purposes did not benefit only the developed countries.

(a) Promotion of the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of basic space science and its application to human welfare

China actively supported the work of relevant departments to carry out projects involving the redevelopment and application of space technology.

This should help catalyse appropriate forms of coordination, collaboration and communication on space, promote the universal application and utilization of space science, and assist in demonstrating the need for continuity and complementarity of data in applications of space technology.

7. The sessions focused on opportunities for and examples of establishing space technology applications in developing countries, the economic benefits of satellite communications and Earth observation applications, specific remote sensing application projects, training and education opportunities in space technology and space sciences and emerging space applications.

With the benefits of the widespread application of peaceful outer space technology, comes the urgent need for the international community to understand, communicate and cooperatively regulate activities in the outer space.

More specifically, these include the application of new technological solutions designed to preclude the generation of space debris due to technological operations in orbit and to prevent explosions of space objects.

(a) Space application programmes, using outer space as a tool for Earth observation, management of natural resources and of disasters, telecommunications and transport, such as navigation via satellite and related liability issues

(d) Advise institutions from developing countries on how to prepare space technology application projects to attract international cooperation and funding opportunities.

(e) Application of radar data (ERS SAR) for soil moisture assessment (in cooperation with the European Space Agency ESA pilot project).

The areas of application include space physics, astronomy, astrophysics, technology demonstrations, communications experiments and acquisition of Earth resource data, including disaster information.

Coordination of plans and programmes and exchange of views on current activities in the practical application of space technology and related areas

Furthermore, non governmental organizations should be involved in the application of space technology to various economic sectors where savings could be made.

At present, the application of space related technology in Lebanon is restricted to the use of satellite capabilities in the following areas

INDIA India continues to make progress in the development and application of space technology for rapid socio economic development of the country.

A. General themes The Workshop featured a series of presentations on relevant space application fields by experts from both developed and developing countries.

2. Coordination of plans and programmes and exchange of views on current activities in the practical application of space technology and related areas

2. Coordination of plans and programmes and exchange of views on current activities in the practical application of space technology and related areas

(c) Help institutions from developing countries to define their specific needs for cost benefit analyses of using space technology in local application activities

It was related to industrial challenges such as the application of supersonic flows in space technology (entrance in the planetary atmospheres, turbines etc.).

1. Coordination of plans and programmes and exchange of views on current activities in the practical application of space technology and related areas

While space experts in a few countries had been quite successful in gaining the political support of decision makers in implementing pre operational and operational space technology application programmes, space experts in other countries had been less successful and had achieved little progress over the years.

Developing countries should give higher priority to active participation in, and the application of, space technology in the fields of health care and education.

One important area for the application of space technology was the prediction and prevention of natural disasters through the improvement of early warning systems.

ITU is currently undertaking the SPACECOM Project in order to promote the widest application of space technology to the communication problems of developing countries.