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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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Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

SimActive Software Saving Hours for DJI Drone Surveys

Montreal, Canada, May 15th, 2018 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is proud to announce an improved workflow for DJI users.  Hours of processing time per project are now saved, with volume measurement, pre-construction...

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

USDOT Announces Participants in National Drone Testing Program

​U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao officially announced the first 10 participants in the agency's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program at a May 9 event in Washington D.C.; a three-year test program led by the Federal Aviation...

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

Maptitude Team Provides Sponsorship for Applied Geography Conferences

NEWTON MA (USA) - The Applied Geography Conferences (AGC) annual conference will be held October 31 through November 2, 2018, at Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center (Kent, Ohio). AGC exists to promote the application of...

Monday, May 14th, 2018

China Confirms Reception of Data from Gaofen-5 Satellite

The Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed that one of its institutes has successfully tracked and received the data from the recently launched Gaofen-5, a the hyperspectral imaging satellite. Read More at Xinhuanet

Monday, May 14th, 2018

India’s ISRO To Take On SpaceX With Its Own Smart and Reusable Rockets

India’s premier space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has built a reputation for building homegrown Indian space technologies in a most cost-effective way, so much so that India’s Mars Orbiter Mission craft Mangalyaan costed less than...

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Satellite Data Archives Reveal Unrecorded Himalayan Floods

Almost 30 years’ worth of Landsat observations created a comprehensive inventory of catastrophic floods caused by glacial lakes bursting through their rock dams. Read More at EOS

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Supreme Court Directs Delhi Government To Buy Remote-Sensing Machines To Detect Pollution

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Delhi government if it could use the funds collected from the Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) to purchase remote-sensing machines to detect pollution emitted from diesel vehicles plying on the roads....

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Australian Government Announces Space Budget for Agency, PNT, and Earth Observation

The Australian government has announced inaugural seed funding of AUS$26 million over four years to establish an Australian Space Agency, as part of a larger AUS$41 million investment in space-related funding.  Read More at SpaceWatch

Monday, May 14th, 2018

China Launches New Earth Observation Satellite for Environmental Monitoring

China on Wednesday launched Gaofen-5, a hyperspectral imaging satellite, as part of the country's high-resolution Earth observation project. Read More at Belarus News

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Indian Geospatial Economy Value at INR 20,629 cr or $3.07 Billion

The Indian geospatial economy value is INR 20,629 crore (100 crore is 1 billion; $3.07 billion) and it employs over 250,000 people across the country. Of this, the domestic market is estimated at INR 7,670 crore ($1.14...