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Space42 launches Future Spacers Programme to develop UAE space talent
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US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
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ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
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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
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Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
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Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Canadian Nanosatellite Launches from China

A new era in space communications began on Jan. 19, 2018, with the successful launch of an ultra-low-cost telecommunications satellite from Canada-based Kepler Communications. The mission serves as a technology demonstration for Kepler’s Ku-band telecommunications payload. The...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Bluesky Remote Sensing Data Improves Efficiency for WSP Smart Consulting

WSP, the global company providing management and consultancy services to the built and natural environment, is using a range of remotely sensed data from Bluesky to aid existing analysis and develop new techniques. Using the Bluesky data,...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Presentation Proposals Invited for GIS-Pro & CalGIS 2018 in Palm Springs

URISA is thrilled to partner with the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) and the four California URISA Chapters - SoCal, NorCal, CentralCal and BAAMA/BayGEO - to present GIS-Pro & CalGIS 2018 in Palm Springs this year! Those five California-based geospatial organizations typically collaborate to present CalGIS each spring, an event that...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Rocket Lab Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Payloads

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. & AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Rocket Lab has successfully reached orbit with the test flight of its second Electron orbital launch vehicle, Still Testing. Electron lifted-off at 14:43 NZDT from Rocket Lab Launch Complex...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

MDA Selected to Study Alternatives to Protect Canadian Space Assets

RICHMOND, BC - MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Public Service Procurement Canada on behalf of the Defence...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Microdrones and ASPRS to Host Workshop Day, February 8th, in Conjunction with the ILMF and ASPRS Conference in Denver, Colorado

ROME, N.Y. - The ASPRS and Microdrones Workshop Day will take place February 8th, in the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center, 650 15th St, Denver, CO 80202, the same hotel hosting the ILMF and...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Learn the Basics of Mapping with Geographic Information Systems

REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today published The GIS 20: Essential Skills, Third Edition, a book designed to quickly prepare those who need to use a geographic information system (GIS). The GIS 20...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

GA-ASI Demonstrates SATCOM Launch and Recovery Capability for MQ-9B

SAN DIEGO – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully demonstrated its latest Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) using a Satellite Communications (SATCOM) data link for its MQ-9B SkyGuardian™/SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The demonstration also...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Tersus Launches BX306Z GNSS RTK Board to Meet the Needs of OMEs and System Integrators

Shanghai - Tersus GNSS Inc. (“Tersus”), a leading GNSS RTK solution provider, announced today that it has launched BX306Z GNSS RTK board with powerful flexibility and compatibility to meet or exceed the needs of OEMs and system...

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

Radiant.Earth CEO Wins Geospatial Woman Champion of the Year Award

WASHINGTON - Anne Hale Miglarese, Radiant.Earth Founder and CEO, was presented with the prestigious Geospatial World Woman of the Year Award on January 17, 2018, at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India. Ms. Miglarese received the...