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Tokyo is stepping up efforts to harness dual-use technologies...
South Korea’s Space Agency Seeks 47% Budget Hike for 2027; Regular Nuri Launches, Lunar Lander Development to Begin
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) has proposed a 2027...
Space42 launches Future Spacers Programme to develop UAE space talent
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has launched the...
US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
Amid the rapidly-evolving field of military space operations, Beijing...
ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05,...
China releases first nationwide geometric benchmark imagery, setting a unified ‘spatial scale’ for satellite remote sensing
China's Ministry of Natural Resources has released its first...
India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of IIT-BHU, ISRO...
Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka said Isro is moving launch...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more...
Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
Abu Dhabi-based satellite company Orbitworks has shipped Altair-1, the...

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Monday, December 10th, 2018

MapTiler Wins Airbus Challenge of the Copernicus Masters 2018

Toulouse – MapTiler, a maps API (Application Programming Interface) developed by the Swiss company Klokan Technologies, has been named the winner of Airbus Multi-Data Challenge organised as part of the Copernicus Masters 2018. Klokan Technologies receives a voucher worth € 100,000 for the acquisition...

Monday, December 10th, 2018

Esri Named a Leader in Location Intelligence Platforms Report by Independent Research Firm

REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in GIS, location intelligence, and mapping, today announced that market research firm Forrester recognized the company in The Forrester Wave™: Location Intelligence Platforms, Q4 2018 Evaluation. The report acknowledges, in our...

Monday, December 10th, 2018

Harris Corporation Successfully Launches Its First Smallsat; Showcases Company’s Complete Mission Solution

MELBOURNE, Fla.- Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) successfully launched and communicated with its first small satellite from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – showcasing the company’s ability to provide complete end-to-end mission solutions for the fast-growing smallsat market....

Monday, December 10th, 2018

Hummingbird Technologies Adds Iteris ClearAg to AI-powered Crop Analysis Platform

SANTA ANA, Calif.- Iteris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITI), the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, and Hummingbird Technologies Limited (Hummingbird), the UK’s leading drone and satellite-enabled data and imagery analytics business for precision agriculture, today...

Monday, December 10th, 2018

Broadband Mapping Pioneer, Michael Byrne, Joins Conexon as Vice President, Information Technology

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.,- Conexon, a company committed to partnering with electric membership cooperatives to bring fiber to the home in rural communities, today announced the addition of broadband mapping pioneer and innovator Michael Byrne to its leadership team....

Monday, December 10th, 2018

ArangoDB 3.4 Introduces Native Search Engine and Full GeoJSON Support

ArangoDB, the leading open source native multi-model database, today announced the GA release of ArangoDB 3.4 – a transactional database solution which enables developers to efficiently interact with multiple data models by using just one technology and...

Sunday, December 9th, 2018

Locally-designed Satellites Spotted in Orbit over Saudi Arabia

After the heaviest satellite Gsat-11 mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to launch a dedicated communication satellite for the Indian Air Force. Read More at Times of India

Sunday, December 9th, 2018

Azerbaijan will Partner with Iran to Produce Satellite

Azerbaijan and Iran have reached an agreement on the joint production of a satellite probing the Earth, according to Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Muhammad Javad Azeri Jahromi. Jahrumi noted currently the two countries are working...

Saturday, December 8th, 2018

China Launches Chang’e-4 probe to Shed Light on Moon’s Dark Side

China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe was launched in the early hours of Saturday, and it is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. Read More at The Nation

Friday, December 7th, 2018

Axelspace Raises $22.8 Million for Remote-Sensing Constellation

WASHINGTON — Japanese startup Axelspace secured $22.8 million from investors to fund a constellation of specialized remote-sensing satellites, the company said Dec. 7. Read More at SpaceNews