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US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
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ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
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China releases first nationwide geometric benchmark imagery, setting a unified ‘spatial scale’ for satellite remote sensing
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India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
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Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
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Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

LTI Partners with Eos and Esri to Develop World’s First Laser Offset Solution That Transforms How Field Crews Collect Data

CENTENNIAL, Colo.: Three of North America's leading technology companies have partnered to create the world's first laser offset mapping solution, one that improves how field crews can safely and accurately capture data in hard-to-reach assets and in...

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

Advanced High Throughput Satellite (HTS) Built by Maxar’s SSL for Telesat Successfully Begins On-Orbit Operations

PALO ALTO, CA - 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, today announced that an advanced communications...

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

Trimble Enhances its TruETA Solution with New Add-On Modules for Improved Route Planning

HOUSTON - Trimble (NASDAQ : TRMB ) announced the introduction of enhancements to its TruETA solution for improved route planning. While estimated time of arrivals (ETAs) are not new to the trucking industry, the application adds a new...

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

MDA to Deliver Mission-Critical SAR Information for Maritime Surveillance

RICHMOND, BC - MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE : MAXR ) (TSX: MAXR), today announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with the South African National Space Agency...

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

Skyborne Technology, Inc., Announces the Opening of their New U.S. Manufacturing Facility and the unveiling of its Airship and Drone Uechnology

WEWAHITCHKA, Fla.- Skyborne Technology, Inc., a designer and developer of manned and unmanned next generation aviation systems has opened its new manufacturing facility in Gulf County, FL. The company chose the area specifically to have access to...

Monday, September 10th, 2018

Game of Drones: ODS Launches Commercial Drone Services in Oxford

September 10, 2018 - Oxford Direct Services (ODS), the service delivery and commercial arm of Oxford City Council, today announced that it is to start providing drone-based services to include roof and building surveying, land mapping, aerial...

Monday, September 10th, 2018

Morocco’s Mohammed VI-B Earth Observation Satellite Due To Be Launched By Arianespace In November 2018

Moroccan media is reporting that the North African country’s second high-resolution Earth observation satellite, the Mohammed VI-B, is due to be launched on an Arianespace launch vehicle from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana in November...

Monday, September 10th, 2018

Thai military Orders Earth observation Cubesat from Innovative Solutions in Space

PARIS — Thailand’s military, which has been notably absent from previous Thai government Earth observation contracts, has ordered a 6U Earth observation cubesat from small satellite developer and launch-service aggregator Innovative Solutions in Space (ISIS). The satellite...

Monday, September 10th, 2018

Indo-Bhutan Border Along Assam to be Laser-Mapped

The 267-km stretch of the Indo-Bhutan border along Assam would undergo a laser-based aerial mapping which could help the security agencies to pinpoint hideouts of the militants through remote sensing. Read More at The Tribune

Monday, September 10th, 2018

Taiwan Keen To Collaborate With ISRO for Joint Space Missions

Indian Space Agency – ISRO seems to be getting massive global attention after launching frugal and successful space missions. Now Taiwan’s space agency NSPO is seeking to collaborate ISRO for outer space exploration and tracking extreme weather...