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UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

Ethiopian Prime Minister visits CAST to inspect Ethiopia’s first satellite ETRSS-1

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) to inspect the ETRSS-1 earth observation satellite, according to the Office of the Prime Minister. Read More at Africa Space

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

ISRO Launch of RISAT-2BR1 Radar Imaging Satellite to Happen by End-May 2019

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch its latest radar imaging satellite (RISAT), the RISAT-2BR1, by the end of next month. The update comes through an IANS report, which cites unnamed sources within ISRO...

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

Pecora Award Honors Excellence in Earth Observation

Two awardees have been recognized with the 2018 William T. Pecora Award for achievements in Earth remote sensing. Barbara J. Ryan has been honored for her many contributions, including promoting public access to Earth observation data.  The...

Monday, April 29th, 2019

Arianespace to launch “SAR” satellite StriX-a aboard Vega for Japanese startup company Synspective

Synspective and Arianespace have signed a contract to launch the satellite StriX-a, Synspective's first SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) demonstrator satellite. On April 18, 2019, Arianespace announced the signing of a launch service contract with Synspective for the...

Monday, April 29th, 2019

China to announce rules soon to regulate commercial rocket industry

BEIJING  - China's national space agency said on Tuesday it will soon announce rules to regulate commercial rocket manufacturing, test flights and launches, state media reported, as the number of private startups in the nascent sector surged...

Monday, April 29th, 2019

Polish space startup selects Clyde Space as subcontractor for earth observation satellite project

WARSAW, Poland — Polish space industry startup KP Labs has awarded an order to Scottish cubesat manufacturer Clyde Space which will act as a subcontractor for the company’s Intuition-1 project. The cuboid-shaped 6U-class cubesat is to be the...

Monday, April 29th, 2019

Vega launches Italy’s PRISMA Earth Observation Satellite

Italy’s PRISMA Earth observation satellite launched aboard Arianespace’s Vega rocket Thursday. Vega lifted off from its launch pad at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana, at 22:50:35 local time (01:50 UTC on Friday). Read More...

Monday, April 29th, 2019

Two Chinese Earth observation satellites put into service

BEIJING - Two Chinese Earth observation satellites, the Gaofen-5 and Gaofen-6, were officially put into service on Thursday after completing in-orbit tests. Read More at Xinhua

Monday, April 29th, 2019

Geodata Provides the Basis, but Collaboration is Key

Karlsruhe/Munich, 29 April 2019. Municipal authorities are well aware when autumn starts. In the future, they will also know exactly where in a city each and every tree is located, its height and trunk diameter, and even...

Monday, April 29th, 2019

Velodyne Expert Addresses How Lidar Boosts Business Value of Mobile Mapping Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Frank Bertini, UAV and Robotics Business Manager at Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (booth #1420), will deliver a featured presentation on the business cases for 3D lidar technology in mobile mapping applications at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019,...