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South Korea Tests First Indigenous Hypersonic Missile
South Korea conducted its first test-firing of an indigenously...
UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
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Japan targets 30 rocket launches a year by 2030s
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China’s LandSpace Launches 10 Satellites to Advance Orbital Computing and Communications
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South Korea launches Nuri rocket carrying 15 satellites, its 1st liftoff of 2026
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Esri Publishes Crime Analysis Tutorial

REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the publication of GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, second edition. Readers use Esri ArcGIS software and sample data as they work through step-by-step exercises and independent...

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Map of the Month: Fashion’s share of retail turnover, Europe 2017

The fashion segment enjoyed a 13.5% share of the EU-28's total stationary retail turnover in 2017. According to GfK's recent study on European retail, stationary retail and particularly fashion retail are under pressure from e-commerce, off-price concepts,...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

First Kenyan Satellite Selected as Initial KiboCUBE Program

On May 11, 2018, the first CubeSat developed under the KiboCUBE program was successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station.   1KUNS-PF was developed as Kenya’s first satellite, and the University...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Stationary Retail in Europe to Grow by 2.1 Percent in 2018

Bruchsal, Germany, May 22, 2018 – GfK anticipates a 2018 nominal turnover growth of +2.1 percent for stationary retail in the 28 EU member states.  But trends within the individual countries under review vary widely. While real-value...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

TerraGo Launches New Mobile Application in NGA GEOINT App Store

TerraGo, a leading provider of dissemination and collaboration software for defense and intelligence agencies, announced today the availability of R3, a mobile data collection and collaboration app customized for the missions of reconnaissance, response and recovery. R3...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Boundless Introduces New Lightweight, Portable, Offline Basemap Server

St. Louis, MO – May 22, 2018 – Boundless, the leader in open and scalable GIS, today introduced Boundless Offline Tile ServerTM, a lightweight, portable, purpose-built map tile server that provides detailed global basemaps on demand while offline. With...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Bangabandhu Satellite-1 by Thales Alenia Space Launches on SpaceX Rocket to Narrow Digital Divide

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. SpaceX, with headquarters in Hawthorne, California, launched Bangabandhu Satellite-1 – Bangladesh’s first satellite, which was built by Thales Alenia Space engineers in Cannes, France – on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from a launch...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Pakistan Reveals Ambitious Space Programme Plans, Including PakNav GNSS

Pakistan has revealed plans for its expanded space programme that includes a second high-resolution Earth observation satellite, a satellite navigation system, and telecommunication links with China as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project. Read...

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Hong Kong to Refine Regulation as Complaints Against Drones Double in 2 Yrs

HONG KONG - The number of complaints against drone operations received by Hong Kong's aviation authority more than doubled in 2017 compared with two years ago, latest figures from the aviation authority showed. Read More at Xinhua

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

Airbus Establishes 10,000 Laser Connections in Earth Observation Satellite Network

Airbus has connected 10,000 lasers in a satellite network made to facilitate large amounts of observation data. Read More at Executive Biz