Monitoring Disaster Mitigation And Foreign Fishing Boats, New Zealand Will Launch Satellite

Illustration. Satellite launch. (doc. KCNA)

JAKARTA - New Zealand plans to launch a tiny satellite as part of a project to explore outer space.

New Zealand's Minister of Spaceurine Collins said the date related to the mission could not be disclosed.

"Actions to achieve large-scale missions are being advanced," Collins said, Wednesday, November 5, quoted from AFP.

The mission will involve sending "one or more government-owned satellites" to "routinely cover areas of national interest, such as disaster emergency responses and monitoring of illegal fishing or illegal fishing."

"This will reduce the government's dependence on external providers for this important information," he added.

Based on the documents obtained, this mission is progress for the New Zealand science sector and commercial opportunities.

The project will involve all sectors, ranging from research and development of new sensors, to the manufacture of satellite components, launch, and use of data in the downstream sector.

"The mission is an opportunity to support the development of innovative products for commercialization and exports in the future," the document reads.