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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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Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

China Sets National Rocket Launch Record

China’s launch of a pair of Beidou navigation satellites on Aug. 24, 2018, saw the country set a new annual launch record as its space activities ramp up. A Long March 3B with a Yuanzheng-1 upper stage...

Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

U.S. Air Force’s First Advanced GPS III Satellite Shipped To Cape Canaveral For Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.- The first of the U.S. Air Force's advanced new, higher-power, harder-to-jam GPS III satellites is making its way to the launch pad. On August 20, Lockheed Martin (NYSE : LMT ) shipped the U.S. Air...

Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

Panzura Solves $68B Multi-cloud Data Management Puzzle With Launch of Vizion.ai SaaS Platform

CAMPBELL, Calif. - Panzura, a leader in multi-cloud file services and data management, today announced the launch of its new Vizion.ai SaaS platform for multi-cloud data management. Vizion.ai delivers a single, unified vision of data across the...

Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

North Korea Halts Work to Dismantle Rocket Launch Site, Says US Group 38 North

Satellite imagery of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Tongchang-ri indicates ‘no significant dismantlement activity’ has taken place at either the engine test stand or the launch pad since August 3. Read More at SCMP

Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

UK to Start Work on Satellite System to Rival EU’s Galileo

LONDON: Britain is to start work on its own satellite navigation system to rival the European Union's Galileo project because the UK's access to sensitive security information could be restricted after Brexit, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Read...

Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

ISRO Reveals the First Look Homegrown Spacecraft Gaganyaan, Which Will Carry India’s First Astronaut

Indian Space Research Organisatin (ISRO) chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan on Tuesday said that the space agency has lined up 19 missions till March, 2019. Read More at DNA India

Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

China to Improve Smog Control Via Satellite Remote Sensing

BEIJING - China announced Sunday it has launched a plan to better monitor and control smog at key regions through satellite remote sensing. Read More at Xinhua

Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

US Electrodynamics Adds New Walton De-Ice Systems for its Satellite Earth Station Antennas

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - IBC 2018 Amsterdam — Walton De-Ice (www.de-ice.com), the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, announced that US Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI), a major US teleport operator,...

Monday, August 27th, 2018

China just set new national launch record while putting up two more Beidou navigation satellites

HELSINKI — China’s launch of a pair of Beidou navigation satellites late Friday saw the country set a new annual launch record as its space activities ramp up. Read More at Space News

Monday, August 27th, 2018

Esri Workbook Teaches How to Plan, Develop, and Present a GIS Project

REDLANDS, Calif. — Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the publication of Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Pro Project Workbook, Fourth Edition. The workbook instructs readers on how to complete a geographic information system (GIS) project from...