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UK aims to launch space junk relocation mission in 2029
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ISRO’s GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite lifts off
NVS-03 is the third satellite in next generation navigation...
Ethiopia Prioritises National Geospatial Data Infrastructure in New Strategy
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Russia Says It Will Launch Tanzania’s First Earth Observation Satellite in March 2027
Russia says it will launch Tanzania’s first Earth observation...
South Korea Tests First Indigenous Hypersonic Missile
South Korea conducted its first test-firing of an indigenously...
UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
Findings also recorded an increase in employment across the...
Japan targets 30 rocket launches a year by 2030s
TOKYO -- Japan's economy ministry plans to add new...
China’s LandSpace Launches 10 Satellites to Advance Orbital Computing and Communications
China has launched eight computing satellites developed by ADA...
South Korea launches Nuri rocket carrying 15 satellites, its 1st liftoff of 2026
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Monday, December 10th, 2018

Maxar Technologies Closes $70 Million Real Estate Transaction

WESTMINSTER, CO - Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), a global technology innovator powering the new space economy, today announced it has completed the sale of its Building 1 in Palo Alto, California, which sits on roughly...

Monday, December 10th, 2018

OGC Calls for Sponsors for a Pilot to Improve Discovery, Access and Use of Online Disaster-related Geographic Information

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking additional sponsors to support the OGC Disasters Pilot. Current sponsors include Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), participants of member agencies, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Disasters Pilot will...

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...