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Singapore unveils road map to help develop international business standards and conformance
Singapore has unveiled plans to help develop international standards...
Adelaide University to run space and defence venture launchpad ahead of Australian Space Forum
Adelaide University’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) will deliver...
Japan’s H3 rocket returns to space with successful launch after December setback
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket has returned to flight six...
KONGSBERG accelerates seabed mapping developments with Ocean Exploration Trust expedition aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus
KONGSBERG and the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) are set...
Russian satellites linked to mysterious GPS disruptions across several countries
Since 2019, GPS signals across Europe, Greenland and Canada...
Isro’s Bahubali LVM3 that launched Chandrayaan-3 to be handed to private sector
IN-SPACe has invited Indian companies to take over the...
India to host 13th UN Global Geospatial Information Management Asia-Pacific Conference
India is hosting the 13th United Nations Global Geospatial...
Unseenlabs’ BRO-22 to Become the First Foreign Private Satellite Launched Aboard Japan’s H3 Launch Vehicle
Scheduled for June 10, between 09:53 and 11:52 a.m....
PLD Space increases investment in its Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to €35M, strengthening Europe’s sovereign space infrastructure
The investment is expected to generate approximately €21 million...
India seeks Singapore capital to fuel its ambitious private space sector
India aims to grow its space economy to US$44...

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Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Iridium Completes Sixth Successful Iridium® NEXT Launch

MCLEAN, Va. - Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that at 12:47:58pm PDT (19:47:58 UTC) SpaceX successfully launched five Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  The Iridium satellites were joined by the twin...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Kratos Receives $55 Million in Space and Satellite Communications Contract Awards

SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has recently received a number of space and satellite communications contract awards totaling approximately $55 million.  Work...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Demonstrates Low-Cost, High Thrust Space Engine

REDMOND, Wash. - Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed hot-fire testing of a new in-space engine, designated ISE-100. Developed for commercial in-space applications, ISE-100 has the potential to be a critical element for future lunar robotic missions. Producing 100...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Esri Opens Additional Office in Charlotte, North Carolina

Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the opening of a new office in the up-and-coming Waverly neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, in addition to its 3325 Springbank Lane location. The site will be...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Esri Publishes Crime Analysis Tutorial

REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the publication of GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, second edition. Readers use Esri ArcGIS software and sample data as they work through step-by-step exercises and independent...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Map of the Month: Fashion’s share of retail turnover, Europe 2017

The fashion segment enjoyed a 13.5% share of the EU-28's total stationary retail turnover in 2017. According to GfK's recent study on European retail, stationary retail and particularly fashion retail are under pressure from e-commerce, off-price concepts,...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

First Kenyan Satellite Selected as Initial KiboCUBE Program

On May 11, 2018, the first CubeSat developed under the KiboCUBE program was successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station.   1KUNS-PF was developed as Kenya’s first satellite, and the University...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Stationary Retail in Europe to Grow by 2.1 Percent in 2018

Bruchsal, Germany, May 22, 2018 – GfK anticipates a 2018 nominal turnover growth of +2.1 percent for stationary retail in the 28 EU member states.  But trends within the individual countries under review vary widely. While real-value...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

TerraGo Launches New Mobile Application in NGA GEOINT App Store

TerraGo, a leading provider of dissemination and collaboration software for defense and intelligence agencies, announced today the availability of R3, a mobile data collection and collaboration app customized for the missions of reconnaissance, response and recovery. R3...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Boundless Introduces New Lightweight, Portable, Offline Basemap Server

St. Louis, MO – May 22, 2018 – Boundless, the leader in open and scalable GIS, today introduced Boundless Offline Tile ServerTM, a lightweight, portable, purpose-built map tile server that provides detailed global basemaps on demand while offline. With...