SINGAPORE, Feb. 2 -- Singapore will establish its first national space agency on April 1 in a bid to sharpen the country's capabilities in an increasingly competitive global space economy, reported the Straits Times.

The country's Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science and Technology Tan See Leng said the National Space Agency of Singapore (NSAS) will anchor the country's efforts to develop, deploy and safeguard its space assets.

The agency will also run a new multi-agency operations centre providing satellite tasking and geospatial analytics to support government work in areas ranging from port operations and urban planning to environmental monitoring and food security.

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