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Friday, July 20th, 2018

Dr Megan Clark details the priorities of the Australian Space Agency

The Australian Space Agency began operations on 1 July 2018, and has since been busy mapping the future of Australia’s space industry. Read More at SpaceTechAsia

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

Map of the Month: Retail Space Productivity, Europe 2017

Retail space productivity – gross retail turnover per m2 – varied widely across Europe last year. The top markets were Luxembourg (€7,067/m2), Norway (€6,525/m2) and Switzerland (€6,481/m2), while the lowest-ranking were Bulgaria (€2,515/m2), Romania (€2,550/m2) and Turkey (€2,587/m2)....

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

BARSC Welcomes Two New Earth Observation Companies as Members

The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC), the body that promotes the British earth observation industry, is delighted to announce that two UK-based, earth observation technology companies have joined as new members. isardSAT is a research and...

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

Russia to Launch 640 Satellites by 2028: Putin

MOSCOW, July 18 - Russia will launch 640 satellites in the framework of a new program "Sphere" in the next few years, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Read More at Xinhua

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

Maxar Technologies’ MDA to Provide Mission-Critical Sensors for the SPACE DRONE™ On-Orbit Servicing Spacecraft Built by UK’s Effective Space

FARNBOROUGH, UK, July 18, 2018 - MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), today announced that a contract was signed between its recently acquired Neptec UK Ltd. (Neptec) company...

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

Maxar’s MDA Brings World-Leading Space Robotics and Sensor Capabilities to the United Kingdom

FARNBOROUGH, UK, July 18, 2018  - MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), today announced it has received a commitment from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to develop leading...

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

Orbital Insight Data Now Available on the Bloomberg Terminal

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 18, 2018 - Orbital Insight, the leader in geospatial analytics, announced today that its U.S. Consumer Retail product is now available via the Bloomberg Terminal. Bloomberg subscribers can now access daily car counts...

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

Leica Geosystems Introduces New Detection Solution for Utility Construction

(Heerbrugg, Switzerland 17 July 2018) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, industry leader of measurement technology, announced today the newest solution for utility and excavation professionals - the Leica DD SMART utility locator series, signal transmitters and DX...

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

First Geospatial Industry Centre in Southeast Asia Launches in Singapore

SINGAPORE: Food delivery apps, ride-hailing firms and drone-flight programming platforms all have one thing in common: They use geospatial technology, which deals with location-based data. Read More at Channel News Asia

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

Thailand’s Space Agency Signs Imagery Contract

Planet signed a deal with the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), an agency under Thailand’s Ministry of Science and Technology, to provide satellite imagery to enable frequent monitoring in the country. Planet will provide GISTDA...