SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, December 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) plans to launch the first Canary satellite into space this Friday, under the name ALISIO-1, which will orbit the earth in order to help develop prevention and action plans against natural disasters.
Takeoff will take place from the Vandenberg Base of the US Air Force located in California (USA) and is scheduled to take place at 6:00 p.m. if weather conditions permit.
The launch will be viewed from the IACTEC headquarters by the director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, the president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, and the president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, among other authorities.
The satellite will make it possible to monitor environmental phenomena, such as fires, desertification and humidity in crops, floods, fuel spills in oceans and many other effects related to climate change.
Currently, the IAC is in the process of installing a control ground station that will be located at its headquarters and will provide the institution with great autonomy to control ALISIO-1 and receive information from this and other satellites.
This will mean a great advance for the research activity of the archipelago, having total independence to react to natural events and catastrophes.
Until this ground control station is established, Open Cosmos, as part of its comprehensive mission management service, will operate the satellite and extract data on behalf of the IAC.
