Buenos Aires – Italy and Argentina renew their space contract. The agreement was signed as part of the business mission led by Ivan Scalfarotto, undersecretary at the Ministry of Economic Development and follows the visit of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of last February. The Italian delegation was made up of 120 companies and 30 universities, in addition to the Italian Space Agency. Yesterday afternoon, the Casa Rosada, the President of ASI, Roberto Battiston, and the Minister of Research and President of the Argentinian Space Agency (CONAE), Lino Barañao, signed a letter of intent to extend and strengthen collaboration in the field of space activities. In particular, the use of the Earth observation system SIASGE (Italian Argentine Satellite System for Emergency Management)it has been renovated and expanded, which will respond to the different needs of the civilian community of the two signatories of the agreement and for the international community, in the monitoring and management of environmental risks, emergency management, and applications in both scientific and commercial fields. (9Colonne)
