Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Accompanied by the RA ministers of Defense, Economy, Emergency Situations, the head of the State Committee on Immovable Property Cadastre by the Government, the head of National Assembly Standing Commission on Defense, Security and Home Affairs, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited the Geodesy and Mapping Center by the State Committee on Immovable Property Cadastre and took part in the cosmic radio receiving station commissioning ceremony. The Prime Minister walked round the cabinets and talked to the staff.
With the use of spatial technologies, the radio receiving center will get accurate data on Armenia’s territory. The station allows access to data from man-made satellites with less than 1000 km orbital distance from the Earth. It will help find out the lie of the land with such data having to be used in mapping and surveying activities, as well as for national security and economic purposes.
