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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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Monday, February 26th, 2018

Maxar Technologies’ DigitalGlobe Expands Agreements with Two Major Commercial Technology Customers, Extending Its Leadership Position in High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

SAN FRANCISCO & WESTMINSTER, Colo.- DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies Ltd. company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE and TSX: MAXR), today announced the extension and expansion of multi-year agreements with two major existing commercial technology customers,...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Sentera Adds Gimbaled NDVI Data Capture to DJI Phantom 4 Drone Series

MINNEAPOLIS - Sentera today announced the availability of a Micro Gimbal upgrade for Sentera Single sensors mounted on the popular DJI Phantom 4 Pro, Advanced, or Standard drone platforms. The micro gimbal compensates for drone pitch and...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

TomTom Launches New Navigation for Motorbike Riders: the TomTom RIDER 550

AMSTERDAM -TomTom (TOM2) today announced a new navigation device created for motorbike riders. The TomTom RIDER 550 has several new features to make it faster, smarter and better connected. The new features start with Wi-Fi® updating –...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Loveland Innovations Awarded Patent for Roofing Test Squares Using Aerial Drones

ALPINE, Utah - Loveland Innovations®, maker of advanced data analytics solutions and drone-based data gathering tools, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded it a new patent for what is believed to be...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Cubic Strengthens C4ISR Business with Acquisition of MotionDSP

SAN DIEGO - Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) today announced the acquisition of MotionDSP, a leading provider of advanced image processing software for public safety, security and government applications. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, MotionDSP further enhances Cubic Mission...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Geomni Launches New Mobile App for Ground Imagery and Drone Inspections

Lehi, Utah - Geomni, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK), has launched its new mobile app for ground imagery and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, inspections. The Geomni mobile app enables users to collect imagery and other data...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Cambridge-Based GeoSpock Secures an Additional $6.6M in Closing Its Series A Funding From Investors

GeoSpock® - the extreme-scale data integration platform that provides analytics, builds insight, and enables predictions across space and time - today announced that it has raised an additional $6.6M in closing its Series A funding round, bringing...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

EARTH-i Receives £2.7 Million from UK Government to Improve Crop Yield for African Coffee Farmers

EARTH-i, one of Europe’s most prominent New Space companies, has been awarded a grant of £2.7 million from the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Programme, which supports UK space firms tackling global challenges. The grant will enable...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

EuroGeographics Announces New Additions to Open Data for 2018

EuroGeographics has released a new version of EuroGlobalMap, its open data created from official national sources. Forty-five members of the Association for the European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities have contributed to EuroGlobalMap, which now...

Monday, February 26th, 2018

World’s Most Advanced Weather Satellite Imager from Harris Corporation Set to Launch March 1; Will Cover Western US

MELBOURNE, Fla.- Harris Corporation’s (NYSE:HRS) second Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) weather-monitoring mission, is scheduled to launch March 1 on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES). The ABI will...