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From drones to space tech, Japan looks to startups to strengthen its defences
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, November 19th, 2018

China Plans to Launch Additional Nine Fengyun Meteorological Satellites by 2025

China plans to launch nine further Fengyun meteorological satellites by 2025, adding to eight currently operational satellites, in order to improve weather forecasting, space weather monitoring and understanding of the Earth's climate. Read More at GBTimes

Monday, November 19th, 2018

​CSIRO Coughs up AU$35m for Australia’s Space and AI Efforts

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has made AU$35 million available for research into new and emerging technologies. Read More at ZDNet

Monday, November 19th, 2018

Public Can Access NICB’s Geospatial Intelligence Center Images of California Wildfires Damage

DES PLAINES, Ill.- Images showing the destruction left behind by the recent California wildfires are now available to the public on the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) website. The Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC), created by the NICB and...

Saturday, November 17th, 2018

Morocco to launch second satellite on Tuesday

CASABLANCA – A Vega rocket will launch in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday a MOHAMMED VI - B Earth observation satellite on behalf of Morocco from Kourou in French Guiana, announced Arianespace. Read More at Middle...

Friday, November 16th, 2018

OGC seeks public comment on Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) Core Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) Core Standard. Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) is a data model, a programming interface, and a storage model for...

Friday, November 16th, 2018

Major Telco Company Partners with Vricon to Accelerate 5G Rollouts Across the USA

McLean, VA - Vricon is pleased to announce that a major U.S. telecommunications company recently acquired Vricon’s high-resolution 3D geodata to support large-scale 5G telecommunications network planning and design. Under the multimillion-dollar contract, Vricon will provide the firm with...

Friday, November 16th, 2018

Inaugural Spatial Summit by XYO Network a Blow-Out Success, Drawing More than 700 Global Attendees to San Diego

SAN DIEGO - XYO Network, the technology bringing blockchain to the real world, today announced its first annual Spatial Summit event was a major success. The oversubscribed event brought together more than 700 blockchain, business and technology...

Friday, November 16th, 2018

Aurora Flight Sciences Reveals Solar-Powered Autonomous Aircraft Odysseus

MANASSAS, Va.- Aurora continues its nearly 30-year legacy of advancing autonomous systems with Odysseus, the world's most capable solar-powered autonomous aircraft. Powered only by the sun, Odysseus is an ultra-long endurance, high-altitude platform built for groundbreaking persistence....

Friday, November 16th, 2018

Announcing the Programmable Tello EDU Drone, Now Available at Apple and DJI

SHENZHEN, China - Ryze Tech, creator of the Tello mini drone, is launching Tello EDU, a programmable unit that expands the educational opportunities with support for additional programming languages and drone swarms. Tello EDU is now available...

Friday, November 16th, 2018

Tunisia To Host Second China-Arab Forum On BeiDou GNSS Use

Tunisia will host the second forum on Chinese and Arab country cooperation on the use and adoption of the Chinese global navigation satellite system (GNSS), named BeiDou, in the first half of 2019. Read More at SpaceWatch