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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, March 27th, 2018

Airports Authority of India Conducts International Workshop on Harmonised Satellite Navigation

Last week, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced that it has now shared the significant benefits of advanced navigation system by offering GPS-aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Southeast...

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

European Space Agency Teams with ICEYE Finnish Start-Up

The European Space Agency is to work with Finnish start-up ICEYE on ways to exploit its novel radar satellites. ICEYE-X1 was launched in January - the first of multiple spacecraft that will go up in the coming...

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

ISRO to Launch Chandrayaan-2 in Oct 1st Week

India's second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, to be launched only in October as the experts have suggested some tests, the Isro said on Friday. Earlier it was slated between April and November with the real target...

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Small US Built Drones Searching Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) are developing unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology to fly into the containment vessels of the damaged units at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station and assess conditions....

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk

Australian scientists say a powerful ground-based laser targeting space junk will be ready for use next year. They say there are hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris circling the Earth that have the potential to damage...

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Isro to Launch Communication Satellite GSAT-6A on March 29

Chennai:In the field of space technology, India will close this fiscal with the launch of the GSAT-6A, a high power S-band communication satellite, on March 29, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Friday. According to...

Monday, March 26th, 2018

Bluesky Launches New Online Resource for Geographic Information of Ireland

Aerial mapping company Bluesky has launched a new online Mapshop to serve the rapidly expanding mapping and geographic information industry in Ireland. With tens of thousands of square kilometres of new data available to view and download,...

Monday, March 26th, 2018

Sentera Announces Dual-band RTK for PHX Fixed-wing Drone

MINNEAPOLIS - Sentera announces the general release of its RTK GPS precision positioning module for the PHX™ Pro fixed-wing drone. The module delivers true L1/L2, multi-constellation RTK to the PHX Pro. Sentera's RTK solution offers survey, agriculture,...

Monday, March 26th, 2018

Esri Location Intelligence Empowers Innovation at FirstNet Hackathon

REDLANDS, Calif. - Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it will sponsor the FirstNet Public Safety Hackathon in San Francisco, March 23–24. FirstNet is hosting the hackathon to drive the development of public...

Monday, March 26th, 2018

Radiant Solutions Awarded Contract from the Army Geospatial Center

HERNDON, Va.- Radiant Solutions, a Maxar Technologies Ltd. company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), announced that it has signed a follow-on contract with the Army Geospatial Center (“AGC”) valued at US$2.6 million...