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Photo 8 shows a starting of fire in the Monchique Bio-Park in 
Portugal, taken on August 2003, the 1 1" at the very beginning 
of the fire. A zoom of the image allows to identify the number 
of fire breaks and so to concentrate the means of intervention 
there to avoid a fatal progress as on photo 9 taken on the same 
area one week later on the19"". 
  
Figure 8: Alsat-1 image of Monchique Park (Portugal) 
taken on 12 Aug. 2003 © CNTS 2003 
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Figure 9: Alsat-1 image of Monchique Park (Portugal) 
taken on 18 Aug. 2003 © CNTS 2003 
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6. CONCLUSION 
The first tests showed satisfying results. The image quality is 
good. The artefacts were easily corrected. 
The specifications of the satellite are adapted to the mission 
(national needs in remote sensing and specific needs for the 
constellation) and the operation is quite flexible. 
We have more to do on radiometric calibration but that is 
another story. 
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