Integrated Space for African Society by Annette Froehlich

Author:Annette Froehlich
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030059804
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

This bodes well for the country’s space sector given its role in supporting many facets of Morocco’s socio-economic development as discussed in the next section. While the country has not yet produced a space policy—it was reported in 2017 that “Morocco is currently in the process of setting up a national space law”38—several pieces of legislation are nevertheless relevant to the analysis in this chapter. The first of these is the decree issued by the Prime Minister entitled Décret n°2-89-520 du 18 joumada I 1410 on the 18th of December 1989, which modified an earlier Prime Ministerial decree (Décret n° 2-82-673 du 28 rebia I 1403) of 13 January 1983 regarding the organisation of the administration of national defence. The decree of 1989 established the Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (CRTS), which has since been the “main national space entity”.39 It was stipulated that the CRTS would be “responsible to promote and coordinate the importing, exporting, treatment, the sale of product uses and services under all their forms with the exception of meteorological satellite images, detection techniques by satellite on the territory of the Kingdom and to preserve it”.40 This established the CRTS as the “national institution responsible for the use, promotion and development of remote sensing in Morocco”, being responsible for “coordinating and managing the national remote sensing programs in partnership with ministries, universities and private operators”.41 Five particular mandates were assigned to the CRTS by this decree, as listed in Table 9.1.Table 9.1Responsibilities of the Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (CRTS) as per Prime Ministerial decreea

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