Focus areas

Focus Areas of SSGI

Education, Training, and Capacity Building

  • Build internal and external human capacity development in space and geospatial sectors, focusing on technology and technology transfer.
  • Strengthen the training and education of postgraduate programs.
  • Introduce new demand-driven and tailored curricula in space and geospatial sectors.

Research and Infrastructure Development

  • Conduct research in space and geospatial sectors aimed at improving and modernizing economic development.
  • Expand infrastructure for space and geospatial sector projects.

Products and Services

  • Establish geodetic infrastructure, produce and modernize height data and horizontal and vertical points control stations.
  • Process and deliver aerial photos and LiDAR data for customers.
  • Produce thematic and topographic maps.
  • Process different satellite images, analyze the results, and deliver them.
  • Prepare platforms, databases, and applications.
  • Set standards for space and geospatial sectors, conduct quality control and assurance activities, and issue certificates according to the prepared standards for experts and organizations in the sector.
  • Develop medium to large-scale national land use and land cover maps.

Technology Development

Satellite Project Development

  • Design, build, and launch satellites (e.g., ETRSS-1, ET-SMART, ETRSS-2).
  • Develop space and geospatial technologies (instruments).
  • Build and install multipurpose ground satellite receiving stations, such as:
    • A 7.3M ground satellite receiving station built and completed at EORC with SSGI’s own resources and finance.
    • A new 12M ground satellite receiving station starting to be built with the support of the government of the Republic of China.

Space Commerce

  • Other focus areas: Commercialize space technology services and products to neighboring countries.