The Launch of Sentinel-1C The Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite successfully launched from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 5 December 2024. As the only radar satellite mission delivering data on free and fully open basis, the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission plays
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The training will take place for 5 days. Participants from 9 countries will gather in Guatemala City to strengthen their capacities and contribute to better resilience in the region in the face of disaster risk. Guatemala, 4 November 2024. The
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Over the last few months, the development of the pilot service related to wildfires has progressed significantly, now reaching the final design phase. This service will provide a comprehensive solution for wildfire management by leveraging Copernicus satellite data to develop
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The CopernicusLAC Panama Hackathon took place over 19 days. More than 448 participants from 33 countries, distributed in 50 teams, addressed the Hackathon’s 3 challenges The Centre awarded $8,000 in prizes among the winning teams. Panama City, 30 October
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On 29 October 2024, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre pilot service related to Flood Event Mapping for Preparedness officially kicked off its activities. This service will generate a catalogue of detailed maps of past floods by leveraging images from the Copernicus
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The Hackathon will take place online from 11 to 30 October 2024. More than 400 participants have already registered. The theme will focus on Earth Observation data for disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean. Panama City, 14
Read morePanama City, Panama, 27 September 2024. Today, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre completed an online training on Earth Observation and Digital Tools. This training is the second in a series that are part of the Centre’s knowledge and training roadmap and
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On 19 September, the first CopernicusLAC Matchmaking event took place in the context of the Industry Space Days 2024, which were organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) to promote cooperation among actors in the space sector. The event, hosted
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To complement existing activities in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region related to the use of Earth Observation (EO) data and technologies, and to support the continued development of local capabilities and capacity building, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre will
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On 8 July, the CopernicusLAC Panama Centre kicked-off the first in a series of trainings which aim to increase the knowledge in the LAC region on the use of Copernicus data and its different applications. This series of trainings are
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