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India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
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NASA invites ISRO to join its ambitious Moon Base programme
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India counters China’s map war: Names of 27 Arunachal Pradesh locations standardised on Survey of India maps
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OMEGA and MBRSC launch exhibition celebrating UAE’s space milestones and Moon landing anniversary
OMEGA has partnered with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space...
SpaceX crash site on moon revealed by South Korean orbiter
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ispace Receives Grant for Japan’s Space Strategy Fund Project “High-Precision Landing Technology in the Lunar Poles Region”
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Embry‑Riddle Asia Launches Professional Space Operations Course in Singapore Amid Regional Space Boom
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

PlanetWatchers Launches Foresights Analytics Platform to Advance Commercial Forestry

San Francisco - The forest manager’s nightmare of struggling to manage widely dispersed forestry assets in remote, challenging, and inaccessible locations is now a thing of the past with  PlanetWatchers’ new Foresights Analytics Platform (Foresights). PlanetWatchers, a...

Monday, August 13th, 2018

Shikisai Data Stream Exploratory Measures Initiated for JAFIC

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has undertaken the initial checkout and calibration of Shikisai, originally known as Global Change Observation Mission-Climate (GCOM-C), to start the satellite-derived data stream service in December 2018. Operation of the Shikisai...

Monday, August 13th, 2018

Kongsberg Geospatial Concludes Final Trials of Drone Airspace Management System with Transport Canada, RCMP, and National Research Council

OTTAWA, ON - Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd., an Ottawa-based developer of geospatial visualization software, announced today the conclusion of the final trials of a new situational awareness system for emergency airspace management, in a project funded by Defence Research...

Monday, August 13th, 2018

India to Launch Two Space Missions Every Month Over the Next 16 Months: ISRO

India is ready to launch two space missions every month, with 31 launches slated to take place over the coming 16 months, a top official said on Sunday. Read More at First Post

Monday, August 13th, 2018

Israel Likely to Beat India in Moon Mission Race as Chandrayaan-2 Launch Postponed for Next Year

India's ambitious lunar probe mission, Chandrayaan-2, has hit another roadblock due to technical glitches and has been postponed for next year. After several delays, the launch date of Chandrayaan-2 was finally set in October but it has...

Monday, August 13th, 2018

Genesys Joins Wipro to Put India on Global Autonomous Driving Map

In an effort to put India on the global autonomous driving map, Mumbai-based Genesys International Corp Ltd on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with tech major Wipro.   Read More at Business Standard

Monday, August 13th, 2018

SA Space Agency Wants To Develop Space Startups

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) & DigitalGlobe have teamed up to launch the South Africa Earth Observation Challenge. Read More at Tech Financials

Monday, August 13th, 2018

B-Nest and Esri India Collaborate to Provide GIS Platform for Madhya Pradesh Startups

B-Nest, a venture of Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Limited announced a strategic partnership with Esri India, India's leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions provider. This partnership will fuel the growth of GIS focused startups...

Friday, August 10th, 2018

Fugro’s New RAMMS Technology Advances Bathymetric LIDAR mapping Capabilities

Fugro is introducing a new bathymetric lidar system that delivers industry-leading depth penetration and point densities for nearshore and coastal mapping. Known as RAMMS (Rapid Airborne Multibeam Mapping System), the field-proven technology promises to deliver an efficient...

Friday, August 10th, 2018

Ecometrica Triples Profits in Record-Breaking Year

London/Montreal/Edinburgh - Ecometrica has forecast further years of profitable growth after its latest figures showed earnings tripled to £650,000 - almost 15 times what they were two years ago.   The Edinburgh-headquartered downstream space and sustainability reporting...