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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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Friday, January 19th, 2018

Map of the month: GfK Purchasing Power Germany 2018

GfK's map of the month for January shows the distribution of per-capita purchasing power in Germany in 2018. Download the map in high-resolution JPG format... According to the 2018 GfK purchasing power study, Germans have €22,992 per...

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018

Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 Test Advances Exploration Efforts

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Today, NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne hot-fired an RS-25 engine in a test that marked another milestone toward the first crewed flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) while laying groundwork for...

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018

ULIS’ Thermal Activity Sensor Selected by Irlynx for Smart Buildings Projects

Veurey-Voroize, near Grenoble, France, January 17, 2018 – ULIS, a manufacturer of innovative thermal sensors, today announces that its Thermal Activity Sensor (TAS) for detecting true presence and people counting has been selected by Irlynx for integration...

Wednesday, January 17th, 2018

4DGlobal to Provide Applanix Products and Solutions for Land and Air Survey Customers in Australia and New Zealand

BUNDOORA, AUSTRALIA & RICHMOND HILL, CANADA - Applanix, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), announced today that 4DGlobal has been selected to provide products, support, and service for Applanix’ air and land customers in Australia and New Zealand. Working...

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

India’s PSLV Launches Cartosat-2

On Jan. 12, 2018, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40), in its 42nd flight, successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre the 710-kilogram Cartosat-2 satellite for Earth observation as well as 30 co-passenger satellites. The co-passenger...

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

China Launch New Satellite into Space to ‘Spy on Earth’ in Bid to Match US Military

The move comes as China looks to expand its military with the aim of having the best army in the world by 2030. The Long March 2D booster was sent into space from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch...

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Google Maps Back in China After Eight Years

Google has set up a China-specific version of the Google Maps website and introduced a map app for Chinese iPhones. However, it’s not the same Google Maps as you see in other countries – when China-based users...

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Indian Launch for British Colour Video Earth Observation Prototype

The satellite, known as CARBONITE-2 by its builder, Surrey Satellite Terchnology Ltd (SSTL) and as VividX2 by its operator, Earth-I (based, like SSTL, in Guildford) is intended to demonstrate and prove technology to acquire high-definition, full-colour video...

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

India Launches 31 Satellites in Single Mission

NEW DELHI - India Friday launched 31 satellites in a single mission from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota.Read More at Xinhua Net

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Pakistan Alleges India Using Satellites for Military Purposes

Islamabad- Pakistan on Thursday alleged that India's plan to send three Cartosat-2 series earth observation spacecraft, into space on Friday is meant for military use, saying that all space technologies are inherently dual use. Read More at...