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China unveils first homegrown space mining robot
China's first space mining robot has been developed by...
North Korea rejects G7 call for denuclearization, vows to ‘strengthen’ nuclear forces
North Korea on Monday vowed to "steadily update and...
Taiwan showcases innovative technologies at Satellite 2025
Innovative technologies are on display at the Taiwan Space...
Japanese Astronaut Onishi departs with three others for 2nd Space Mission
Takuya Onishi has left for space for his second...
Saudi Arabia, Korea Sign Memorandum of Cooperation to Enhance Space Collaboration
Riyadh, SPA: The Saudi Space Agency (SSA) today signed...
UAE, Bahrain boost space and climate monitoring with satellite launches
The UAE and Bahrain successfully launched on Sunday their satellites, Etihad-SAT and...
UAE launches first SAR satellite Etihad-SAT
The satellite, weighing 220kg, was launched into space aboard...
China opens 2028 Mars sample return mission to international cooperation
HELSINKI — China is inviting interested parties to submit...
ISRO Chairman Inaugurates Research Centre At IIT Madras To Address Thermal Challenges In Space Applications
This will be nodal centre for research in heat...
Chandrayaan-5 Mission Approved, To Carry 250 kg Rover: ISRO Chief
The Chandrayaan programme has been instrumental in India's lunar...

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Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Borneo Rainforest Monitoring Tool Wins GMES Prize

The European Union's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme has recently concluded their GMES Ideas Challenge, which awards prizes to the best applications for new uses of earth observation images. The overall winner of this...

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

New Zealand Oil Spill Triggers Aerial Surveillance Charter

The break-up of a stranded cargo ship on the Astrolabe Reef in New Zealand has triggered the International Charter for Space  and Major Disasters. With cracks appearing the hull, and an estimate 1,900 tonnes of oil and...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

India Launches the Megha-Tropiques Earth Observation Satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the Megha-Tropiques satellite, along with three micro satellites, aboard their Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle today. The Megha-Tropiques earth observation satellite is an Indo-French Joint Satellite Mission that will study...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Japan Proves a Hotbed for Location-Based Services Growth

Location-based services has been an emerging market for more than ten years, with projected explosive growth worldwide that hasn't matched the hype. While new check-in services, such as Gowalla and Foursquare, were seen as a driver for...

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

The Continuing Evolution of 3D Cadastre in Asia

Continuing discussion and technological advances with respect to 3D cadastre are changing how cadastre are stored and used. By comparison, 2D cadastre have several disadvantages that updated and improved 3D products and services can provide. Both Nepal...

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Laser Scanning – Advancing 3D

Laser scanning has become increasingly popular from both airborne and terrestrial perspectives. New products are advancing the options for use and enabling the collection of 3D data from varied environments. This poses new challenges, but also solves...

Friday, October 7th, 2011

New HabiMAP Tool Factors Development Impacts to Marine Environments

The Perth, Australia office of international professional and environmental services firm AECOM has developed an new tool to assess the risks to critical marine habitats from development. HabiMAP provides new survey techniques to map and assess animals,...

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Malaysia Commits to Expanding Satellite Earth Observation Program

The Malaysian government has made a five-year and RM200 million (US$66 million) commitment to extend their RazakSAT earth observation satellite program that began with the launch of RazakSATE-1 on July 14, 2009. The Ministry of Science, Technology...

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