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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
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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, June 5th, 2018

Isro Spots a Star in BEL, Alpha Design for Assembling Satellites

BENGALURU: Public sector Bharat ElectronicsNSE 0.80 % and private firm Alpha Design have been shortlisted by India’s space agency to assemble satellites as it looks to tap the industry to increase production and bridge the demand-supply gap...

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

Major GNSS Project to Boost Potential for ‘Satellite’ Farming in Brazil

The University of Nottingham is working with Brazilian and EU partners to solve atmospheric interference problems that hamper satellite-based positioning in equatorial countries like Brazil. Read More at PrecisionAG

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

Experts Explain How China Is Opening International Space Cooperation

Experts commented on the new Chinese space exploration initiative announced by Shi Zhongjun, Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna. Read More at Sputnik

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

Israeli and Canadian Companies Team Up on Breakthrough Spy Drones

Israel Aerospace Industries has partnered with Canada’s L3 MAS to offer the state-of-the-art Artemis Unmanned Aerial System for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) program, the company announced on Sunday. Read More at...

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

UAE to Use Drones to Map Agricultural Areas

Drones will soon be used to survey and map agricultural areas in the UAE, it was announced on Monday. The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) has invited several professional drone companies in the UAE to...

Monday, June 4th, 2018

SPAR 3D Expo & Conference Gets Underway Tomorrow

June 04, 2018 (Anaheim, California, USA) – With SPAR 3D Expo & Conference just one day away, event organizers have announced that they are expecting a record number of attendees to fill the already largest exhibit hall...

Monday, June 4th, 2018

GSDI Association in Transition

Since its first international conference in 1996 and especially after its formal constitution in 2004, the GSDI Association has led a global campaign to advance awareness and implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructures worldwide.  Throughout this time, the...

Monday, June 4th, 2018

IN-FLIGHT Data and senseFly Team Up for Canada’s Largest Beyond Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) Drone Trial

Calgary, Canada / Cheseaux, Switzerland, June 04, 2018—One of Canada's leading commercial drone operators, IN-FLIGHT Data, this week is embarking upon Canada's largest BVLOS UAS Operations trial to date, with support from senseFly, the industry’s leading provider...

Monday, June 4th, 2018

Drone Delivery Canada’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Remote Communities Project Now Underway

TORONTO - Drone Delivery Canada ("DDC") (TSX.V:FLT – OTCQB: TAKOF), is pleased to announce that Transport Canada has selected DDC to participate in the department's Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Pilot Project (the "Pilot Project"). The Pilot Project will advance...

Monday, June 4th, 2018

BSS Releases Affordable Decimeter Accuracy GNSS Receiver without RTK

Shenzen, China:  At the 9th China Satellite Navigation Conference (23rd-25th May in Harbin), Boshengshang Technology (known as BSS), a start-up based in Shenzhen China, announced a new high precision satellite position receiver realized by patented RAC(Real-time Array...