International Collaboration

Synonyms

Bilateral or multilateral collaboration; International cooperation

Definition

A variety of forms of participation in remote sensing missions by organizations or individuals from more than one country. This includes space-based missions whose hardware includes components from different countries, as well as science team participation by persons from countries other than the country of the Principal Investigator. International collaboration can also take the form of multilateral organizations in which program planning, education and outreach, calibration and validation, and other aspects of program coordination take place.

Introduction

International collaboration in remote sensing can take place in any or all elements of a typical mission: mission planning, spacecraft bus, instrument payload, launch vehicle, operations, data acquisition, and data analysis. From the simple sharing of an image acquired from space to the design of an integrated mission involving multiple partners,...