Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication, Mário Oliveira, highlighted, in Luanda, the action of the National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN) with a view to using satellite systems to support the national economy.
According to the minister, the GGPEN has a laboratory with very capable, hard-working young people, which allows the ministry to present applications whose main objective is to support the national economy in the most varied sectors, from industry, agriculture, the environment and also works public.
The official, who was speaking to the press at the end of a visit to the Space Applications Development Laboratory, explained that the ministry, within the scope of the national space programme, through GGPEN, created this laboratory from which a set of applications were developed and certified.
“We have been developing applications to support the oil industry, agriculture, infrastructure, among which, for example, applications that allow control of road construction, control of afforestation and deforestation, as well as agricultural control”, he said.
In turn, the head of the GGPEN space applications development department, Luciano Lupedia, said that his portfolio has more than four applications developed.
According to Luciano Lupedia, two applications are actually in use, one of which has been in testing for over a year and the second with satisfactory results.
Among the applications, the head of GGPEN highlighted TECH-GEST, which is an application that makes use of artificial intelligence in satellite and drone image that allows the monitoring of assets, construction works, roads, as well as the monitoring of infrastructure in general.
This application, according to Luciano Lupedia, was classified with the seal of excellence at the top of the 100 best projects in the world in application in artificial intelligence focused on the objectives of sustainable development.
Other available services are TECH-ECOLOGIA, which is a solution that uses satellite radar images to detect, monitor and warn about the occurrence of possible oil spills in the national offshore, as well as TECH-AGRO, which is aimed at farmers, which makes it possible to analyze the state of agricultural fields from monitoring vegetation development, using the Normalized Difference Index (NDVI) and biophysical parameters (LAI, Fcover, FAPAR).
These services bring benefits such as optimization in the use of resources, added value in the provision of services,
payment in national currency, reduction of operating costs and increased productivity.
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