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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, February 13th, 2018

UK Satellites to Help Monitor ASEAN Forest Fires

The UK Space Agency will use satellite imagery and earth observation data to help countries in Asia tackle forest fires, dengue and illegal fishing, it was announced. Read More at Gov Insider Asia

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Singapore’s First Drone Estate to See Tests for Aerial Drone Parcel Delivery

SINGAPORE — Designated as Singapore’s first “drone estate”, the one-north area near Buona Vista is set to host trials involving the use of aerial drones to deliver parcels, as well as other tests involving the experimental use...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

UAE’s KhalifaSat Earth Observation Satellite Nears Completion, Receives Royal Seal of Approval

The first satellite to be indigenously built by Emirati engineers is nearing completion, and will be launched by Japan later this year. KhalifaSat, an Earth observation satellite that is being built by the Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Odisha Wins Geospatial World Excellence Award

Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (PTI) Odisha has bagged Geospatial World Excellence Award-2018 for successful IT application on tracking of mineral production, dispatch and value accrued on real time basis through its i3MS website based software. Read More at...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

India Establishing Satellite Tracking Station in Vietnam

Following a visit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 24, 2018, India and Vietnam have agreed to go ahead with the establishment of an Indian Space Research Organisation...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

India’s Total Forest Cover Increases by 1%: State of Forest Report 2017

India’s total forest cover increased by 0.94 per cent in the last two years, shows the State of Forest Report 2017, released today by the Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan and Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State, Ministry...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

China Adds Two More Satellites to Home-Grown Navigation Network

Two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites successfully lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket Monday on China’s seventh space launch in five weeks. Read More at Space Flight Now

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

e-GEOS to Supply Australian Maritime Safety Authority with Satellite Data for Oil Spills

On 7 February e-GEOS, a joint venture of Telespazio (a partnership between Thales and Leonard) and the Italian Space Agency, announced that it has won a contract to supply geo-information services to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

UAE to Launch First Astronaut Program, Thousands Apply

More than 3,000 UAE nationals applied to be the first Emirati astronaut in the UAE Astronaut Programme, the program’s manager said in the World Government Summit in Dubai on Sunday. Read More at Al Arabiya

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Russia’s Remote Sensing Satellites Send First Earth Images

MOSCOW: Russia’s remote sensing satellites Kanopus No. 3 and No. 4 launched and orbited on February 1 have sent their first images of the Earth’s surface, the press office of Roscosmos State Space Corporation reported on Monday....