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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, October 8th, 2018

HxGN Content Program is Now Available Through GSA

(Washington, D.C.) – Hexagon’s Geosystems Division, the smart digital realities provider, announced today the HxGN Content Program’s imagery is now available to government agencies directly through the General Services Administration (GSA). Government agencies at the federal, state...

Monday, October 8th, 2018

PCI Geomatics Releases Geomatica and GXL 2018

PCI Geomatics announced the release of Geomatica 2018, the company’s flagship software for complete and integrated desktop and enterprise geoimage processing. Geomatica features tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, mosaicking, and more that can be...

Monday, October 8th, 2018

Maxar’s SSL Selected to Lead Development of Mission Critical, Next-Generation U.S. Missile Defense Concepts

HERNDON, VA - SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced today it was selected through the Space Enterprise Consortium,...

Monday, October 8th, 2018

Trimble Appoints Sandra MacQuillan to Board of Directors

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has appointed Sandra MacQuillan to serve on its Board of Directors effective Oct. 5, 2018. "We are pleased to welcome Sandra to Trimble's Board of Directors," said Steven...

Monday, October 8th, 2018

Drone Delivery Canada Integrates into Controlled Airspace in Moosonee and Moose Factory in Beyond Visual Line of Sight Pilot Project

TORONTO - Drone Delivery Canada 'DDC or the Company' (TSX.V:FLTOTC: TAKOF), is pleased to announce that the Company conducted numerous successful drone delivery test flights in the communities of Moosonee and Moose Factory, Ontario as part of...

Friday, October 5th, 2018

ISRO Launches Two UK Radar Satellites for Disaster Management

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched two Earth observation satellites on 16 September from Sriharikota where the Satish Dhawan Space Center is located. NovaSAR S1-4, which were developed in and will be operated from the United...

Friday, October 5th, 2018

Arianespace To Launch Thailand’s THEOS-2 And South Korea’s KOMPSAT-7 In 2021

Arianespace has announced that it will launch THEOS-II, the very-high-resolution Earth observation optical satellite for Thailand, and KOMPSAT-7 for the Korean Aerspace Research Institute (KARI), in two separate launches on the new Arianespace Vega-C launch vehicle in...

Friday, October 5th, 2018

Commercial UAV Expo Concludes In Las Vegas With 2,350 Industry-Leading Drone Professionals In Attendance And More Exhibitors Than Any Other Commercial Drone Event

Commercial UAV Expo closed its annual conference and expo yesterday with 2,350 professionals in vertical industries including DOTs & infrastructure, construction, large installation assets, mining and aggregates, precision agriculture, process power & utilities, public safety and surveying...

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

New space agreement opens door for New Zealand, German collaboration

WELLINGTON - New Zealand and German agencies will work together on space related research, activities and technologies following the signing of an agreement at the 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Germany's Bremen this week, a government...

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018

Percepto Robotics Earns Acclaim from Frost & Sullivan for Incorporating Machine Vision Algorithms in its Sparrow Drones

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Based on its recent analysis of the global autonomous drones market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Percepto Robotics (Percepto) with the 2018 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for employing machine vision algorithms in its...