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Neo Space Group Completes Acquisition of UP42 from Airbus Defence and Space
Neo Space Group (NSG) has officially finalized its acquisition...
Launch of Australia’s 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space’s Eris-1, delayed again
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SAASST, UAE Space Agency strengthen scientific partnership
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Shubhanshu Shukla to speak to students and ISRO scientists this Friday
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will interact with school students...
ISRO hands over 10 advanced technologies to Indian firms in major push for space commercialisation
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has transferred ten...
DIGIPIN Launched: India Embraces Geospatial Precision in Digital Addressing
IIT Hyderabad (IITH), in partnership with the Department of...
HAL to build, market Isro’s SSLV in landmark deal
New Delhi, Jun 20: In a historic move for...
Taiwan developing space capabilities for all-weather imaging
TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Taiwan is advancing its space...
Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket as it looks to get into the space business
Tokyo — Japan's second-biggest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested...
China’s space program provides larger platform for broader international cooperation
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Monday, October 16th, 2017

Singapore Land Authority Working on Platform to Help Start-Ups that Tap Location-Based Data Grow

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is working on a collaborative platform called GeoWorks that aims to bring together geospatial companies, start-ups and users. Read More at Straits Times

Monday, October 16th, 2017

Ismaili Centre in Dubai Hosts Talk on Space Tech

The Ismaili Centre in Dubai, in collaboration with the Belgium embassy in Abu Dhabi and VITO, a European research organisation, hosted a talk last week led by Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne, who is head of the...

Monday, October 16th, 2017

ISRO to Focus on Socio-Economic Security

For the next few years the vision and plan of ISRO is going to be socio-economic security which will be one of the pillars and the entire space technology would be application-driven not technology-driven, Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy,...

Friday, October 13th, 2017

Sentinel-5P Successfully Launched to Monitor World’s Pollution

The Airbus built, pollution monitoring satellite Sentinel-5 Precursor has been successfully launched on a Rockot from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 09.27 GMT today. Sentinel-5 Precursor is part of the global monitoring programme “Copernicus”, a joint...

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

China Launches Remote Sensing Satellite for Venezuela

JIUQUAN - China launched Venezuela's remote sensing satellite, VRSS-2, into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi desert at 12:13 on Monday. Read More at China Daily

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

2017 Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes Focus on Drone Data Integration & Workflow

PORTLAND, MAINE - The organizers of Commercial UAV Expo, taking place October 24-26, 2017 at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, announced updates to its keynote roster, with industry professionals from DroneDeploy, Brasfield & Gorrie,...

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

U.S. Air Force Declares First Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite “Available for Launch”

DENVER – Ushering in a new era of advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, the U.S. Air Force declared the first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built GPS III satellite “Available for Launch.”   The Air Force’s “AFL” declaration...

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

Airbus-Built Full Electric EUTELSAT 172B Satellite Reaches Geostationary Orbit in Record Time

Paris / Toulouse – The EUTELSAT 172B spacecraft, built by Airbus for Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, has now reached geostationary orbit, breaking the record for the fastest satellite electric orbit raising (EOR).  ...

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

Winners of 2017 Luciad Geospatial Excellence Award Announced at the 2017 User Conference

Belgium: Recognizing the world’s most innovative geospatial technology, this year Luciad launched its Geospatial Excellence Awards. These prestigious plaudits both acknowledge and celebrate the most ground-breaking applications of geospatial technology. Belgium, Leuven – Over 300 geospatial professionals, developers and...

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

Mapbox Announces $164 Million Series C Financing Led by the SoftBank Vision Fund

SAN FRANCISCO - Mapbox, the mapping and location platform for developers, today announced a $164 million Series C funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund, with participation from existing investors including Foundry Group, DFJ Growth, DBL Partners,...