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PLD Space increases investment in its Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to €35M, strengthening Europe’s sovereign space infrastructure
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ISRO to launch first unmanned Gaganyaan mission by year’s end
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ORF- RSIS Special Report Launch | India and Southeast Asia: Mapping Strategic Convergence in an Era of Great-Power Competition
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Israel defense ecosystem meets to accelerate fieldable counter‑drone tech
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Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine
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Haryana wins Geospatial Excellence Award for agricultural innovation in Netherlands
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South Korean, Singaporean Entities Partner To Support Space Startup Expansion
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Japan space startups to train engineers from India, Philippines, Indonesia
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Thursday, January 21st, 2016

India Launches Satellite, Moves Closer to Its Own GPS

New Delhi. India successfully launched the fifth of a constellation of navigation satellites on Wednesday, as part of a program that will reduce dependency on the United States' Global Positioning System (GPS) and other networks. Read More...

Thursday, January 21st, 2016

India Gears up to Launch Satellite Every Month

India is preparing to launch one satellite every month to meet growing needs from its space-based assets, including transponders and scientific instruments, a top space official said on Wednesday. Read More via Business Standard

Thursday, January 21st, 2016

Land-Grabbers Pose Hurdles in Survey of Stormwater Drains

The district authorities started surveying Bengaluru’s 750-km stormwater drain (SWD) network about three-and-a-half years ago. So far, they have surveyed just 410 km. Read More via Deccan Herald

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

IGI Launches a New Version of its AEROoffice & TERRAoffice with Several New Handy Features

Kreuztal, January 20, 2016 — IGI launches the new AEROoffice & TERRAoffice software in version 5.4.50.  This new AEROoffice & TERRAoffice version can do coverage maps for scanning sensors. But there is more. For example, the sensor footprint...

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

Eos Positioning Systems Announces RTK NTRIP App for Android

Terrebonne (Quebec), Canada, January 20, 2016 — Eos Positioning Systems introduced a comprehensive RTK NTRIP app for Android that works with its Arrow line of RTK GNSS receivers. An Arrow GNSS receiver combined with the NTRIP app...

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

1Spatial FME World Tour Coming to the UK & Australia in 2016

Cambridge, 20 January 2016 — (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, is hosting a series of free events in the UK and Australia, to help users to automate their processes, innovate and connect with FME...

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

Indonesian City Gears up Smart City Roadmap with Smart Mapping Tech

The City of Depok, located in the West Java Province, Indonesia, has cemented its commitment to achieve smart city status by 2025 by leveraging state-of-the-art mapping technology to boost government efficiency and productivity. Read More via Eco...

Wednesday, January 20th, 2016

As Baidu’s Self-Driving Car Hits the Road in Beijing, Velodyne LiDAR Guides The Way

MORGAN HILL, Calif., Jan. 20, 2016 — Velodyne LiDAR announced today that, in a milestone for China’s autonomous driving effort, a self-driving car from Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) has successfully completed rigorous, fully autonomous tests on one route...

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

India To Launch Fifth Navigation Satellite- Countdown Begins

Chennai:  The 48-hour countdown for the lift of an Indian rocket -- the first one for 2016 -- with the country's fifth navigation satellite as the sole passenger began at 9.31 am on Monday, senior ISRO officials...

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

CM Opens Portal for Mapping Natural Disasters

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a web portal named Hazard Vulnerability Portal here on Friday in order to enable people and Government officers know about natural disasters in advance. Read More via The Pioneer