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US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
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Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
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Sunday, February 24th, 2019

Russia Launches Egyptian Earth Observation Satellite From Baikonur

MOSCOW-  Russia launched on Thursday Egypt's EgyptSat-A earth observation satellite on board a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Russian space industry source told Sputnik. Read More at Urdu Point

Saturday, February 23rd, 2019

EgyptSAT-A successfully launched as Egypt begins plan to acquire more satellites

Yesterday marked another historic feat in the African Space and Satellite industry as EgyptSAT-A was successfully launched (watch the launch here) in what was Africa’s 31st attempt to put a satellite in space. However, the latest news...

Friday, February 22nd, 2019

Egyptian observation satellite launched by Russian rocket

A Soyuz rocket, with the help of a Fregat upper stage, delivered an Egyptian Earth observation satellite into a polar orbit at an altitude of more than 400 miles (650 kilometers) Thursday, overcoming an apparent technical problem...

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

Cyient – BlueBird Joint Venture Launches its New Unmanned Aerial System, the Versatile WanderB VTOL at Aero India 2019

BANGALORE, India and HYDERABAD, India - Cyient Solutions & Systems Pvt. Ltd. (CSS), a joint venture between Cyient Ltd. and BlueBird Aero Systems, Israel, today launched its latest offering, the WanderB Vertical Take-Off & Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial...

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

Esri Publishes Switching to ArcGIS Pro from ArcMap

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the publication of Switching to ArcGIS Pro from ArcMap. The workbook offers existing ArcMap users a road map to successfully transition from using Esri ArcGIS Desktop...

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

GEO Jobe Continues Growth, Welcomes Timothy Michael as Sr. Solution Engineer

We’re pleased to have continued, sustained growth here at GEO Jobe. With it comes the addition of new team members! Consequently, we’re happy to welcome Timothy Michael as Sr. Solution Engineer. GEO Jobe is pleased to welcome...

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

New Digital Maps Available for 54 Countries in the Americas

Updated and enhanced 2019 GfK map editions for North, South and Central America Bruchsal, Germany – GfK has released a new, comprehensively overhauled map edition for the Americas. The included digital maps feature thousands of updates to...

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

Deseret UAS Partnership Awarded Highly Competitive NASA & FAA Programs

TOOELE COUNTY- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced that Deseret UAS and its partner, the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) have been awarded the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) Technical Capabilities Level (TLC)...

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

MyDefence introduces a modular anti-drone solution for airports, prisons and military bases

Cary, NC – February 19, 2019 – For the past three years, MyDefence has been hard at work with development of a new type of anti-drone system that can effectively solve the problem of protecting large scale areas...

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

Airbus turns imagery into insight with The OneAtlas Platform

Toulouse, 19 February 2019 – Airbus Defence and Space has released a brand new version of The OneAtlas Platform, its unique collaborative environment to easily access premium imagery, perform large-scale image processing, extract industry-specific insights and benefit...