Good morning,

Disaster management experts of the European Union tested a satellite based system for monitoring disaster areas:

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Exercise_For_Rapid_Disaster_Relief_Using_Space_Based_Technologies_999.html

Perhaps this will someday present another rideshare opportunity for offering an amateur radio emergency communications package?  Or, hopefully not, “No thanks, we already have our own …”

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73 de JoAnne K9JKM

k9jkm@amsat.org