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bitsensing Signs MOU with IKIO Technologies to Advance AI-Based Traffic Monitoring on India’s Expressways, Highways and Municipal Areas
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Nuri rocket successfully completes KAIST’s next-gen satellite mission
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President Lai reviews progress on first indigenous satellite constellation
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Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches
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UAE Astronauts Promote AI and Collaboration in Space at GITEX Europe
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New species of space-adapted bacteria discovered on China’s Tiangong space station
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Isro’s 101st mission fails as PSLV-C61 suffers third-stage anomaly
India’s latest Earth observation satellite mission faced a setback...
Iraq’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village in Kulak Is Now Operational
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Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
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Korea’s space agency seeks revision of plan to modify next-gen rockets into reusable system
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Maxar Technologies Announces William McCombe is Stepping Down as CFO, Anil Wirasekara Appointed Interim CFO

SAN FRANCISCO and VANCOUVER - Maxar Technologies Ltd.  ("Maxar" or the "Company", formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. "MDA"), (NYSE and TSX: MAXR), a leading global provider of advanced space technology solutions for commercial and government markets, today announced...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Mapbox Launches Global Reality-Grade AR Location Platform

BARCELONA, Spain - As static 2D maps fade away with the bezels of mobile phones, the future interfaces for navigation and gaming exist in augmented reality. App developers need new frameworks and reality-grade location data to build the...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

United Nations-led Conference on Space Technology for Water Management Opens in Islamabad

VIENNA - More than 100 decision-makers, experts, educators and other stakeholders from around the world have gathered in Islamabad this week to consider how space technology can help manage water resources. Co-organized by the United Nations Office...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Israeli Navy Transforms to New GIS Technology

The Israeli Navy Hydrographic Branch (INHB) is transforming itself into a 21st-century organisation. Moving away from traditional methods of generating hydrographic products, INHB has adopted geographic information system (GIS) technology. This forms part of the evolution towards...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Space X Launch Of Spanish Satellite Lights Up Predawn Sky

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Earth-observation satellite built for Spain was successfully launched into orbit from California at dawn Thursday, creating a brief light show as it arced over the Pacific Ocean west of Los Angeles. Read...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Taiwan Researchers, Engineers to Meet President Following FormoSat-5 Mission

TAIPEI — The National Space Organization (NSPO) team behind the FormoSat-5, the first-ever remote sensing satellite fully made in Taiwan, will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen this afternoon, Feb. 23. Read More at Taiwan Times

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Isro’s Satellite Models Provide Glimpses of Indian Space Prog

NAGPUR: A gallery belonging to Isro’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition Space Applications Centre was set up for the first time at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT). The gallery is part of the college’s two-day technical festival,...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

ISRO to Add One More Satellite to NavIC’s Constellation in April

India: After the last year’s failure of its IRNSS-1H, ISRO has decided to add the eighth satellite in the NavIC constellation. The satellite is likely to be launched from March end to April, but NavIC is already...

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Korea Donates Equipment to Improve Cadastral Mapping and Land Registration

The Government’s efficiency in cadastral mapping and land registration has been strengthened through the donation of technologically advanced equipment, valued at US$85,000, by the Government of the Republic of Korea. Read More at Jamaica Information Service

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

One thing North Korea has that the South doesn’t: Google Maps

Google Maps has charted new worlds for travelers: unknown terrain becomes easily navigable in an instant, making it possible to drive from Luxembourg to Latvia without having any familiarity with the route. It has become the go-to...