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ISRO to map landslides in J&K using satellite to generate alerts
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Satellite Derived Bathymetry Plays Key Role in Aquaculture Siting Project

BMT uses Satellite Derived Bathymetry from TCarta as a critical dataset in the selection of new fish-farming sites in the Arabian Gulf. BMT is performing the site selection work on behalf of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi...

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

SpaceX Gets U.S. Regulator to Back Satellite Internet Plan

Elon Musk's SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world's most powerful rocket, has won an endorsement from the top U.S. communications regulator to build a broadband network using satellites. Read More at Japan...

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

UK’s Surrey Satellite to Lease Earth Observation Satellite to China’s 21AT

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), located in Guildford, Surrey, in the U.K., has signed a GBP25 million (approximately U.S.$34.8 million) deal with China’s Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd. (21AT) for the lease of the SSTL-S1...

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Russia’s Remote Sensing Satellites Send First Earth Images

MOSCOW- Russia’s remote sensing satellites Kanopus No. 3 and No. 4 launched and orbited on February 1 have sent their first images of the Earth’s surface, the press office of Roscosmos State Space Corporation reported on Monday....

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

US Air Force Announces Plans to Launch a New, Hardend GPS Satellite Constellation SOFREP Original Content

Billions of people around the globe utilize GPS as a part of their day to day lives, but few people realize that the satellite infrastructure that provides that method of tracking and navigation was put into orbit...

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

India Tapping Satellite Technology to Improve Weather Warning, Fishing Aid Systems

Indian Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Trilochan Mohapatra is urging the scientific community in his country to  create technology to help the...

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Russia and China are Developing ‘Destructive’ Space Weapons, US Intelligence Warns

Within the next few years, Moscow and Beijing could possess "destructive" weapons for use in a potential space conflict, U.S intelligence agencies warned in a report on Tuesday. Read More at CNBC

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Google Earth Outreach to Enable Mapping Tools for Indian NGOs

India: In a bid to leverage Google’s mapping tools to disseminate knowledge and foster enabling, Google Earth Outreach team is providing its Google mapping assistance to Indian NGOs and other environmental organizations. Read More at Geospatial World

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Emirates SkyCargo Transports First Space Satellite to South Korea

February 2018: Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates recently transported ‘KhalifaSat’ — a remote sensing satellite to the Incheon International Airport in South Korea through its Boeing 777 freighter aircraft. Read More at STAT Times

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

China Launches 2 More BeiDou Satellites into Space

Earlier this week, China launched a pair of BeiDou-3 satellites that will add to the country’s BeiDou-3 navigation constellation. To ensure the stability of the services, China continues to build and improve the domestically developed BeiDou Navigation...