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Maritime Surveillance and Security – India and France
August 24 , 2019
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- India and France have formalised the development and launch of constellation of around 10 low-earth orbit satellites that will continuously provide maritime surveillance and security.
- It will cover a wide belt around the globe and specifically focus on the Indian Ocean region where France, with its Reunion Islands, has a strategic interest.
- The satellite-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) will
- detect, identify and track a range of vessels moving in the ocean region.
- guard against aggression, terrorism, piracy, smuggling, and also be useful for rescue.
- Other climate and ocean weather monitoring satellites jointly developed by India and France are
- Megha-Tropiques in 2011
- SARAL-AltiKa in 2013.
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