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UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

India Establishing Satellite Tracking Station in Vietnam

Following a visit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 24, 2018, India and Vietnam have agreed to go ahead with the establishment of an Indian Space Research Organisation...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

India’s Total Forest Cover Increases by 1%: State of Forest Report 2017

India’s total forest cover increased by 0.94 per cent in the last two years, shows the State of Forest Report 2017, released today by the Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan and Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State, Ministry...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

China Adds Two More Satellites to Home-Grown Navigation Network

Two more Chinese Beidou navigation satellites successfully lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket Monday on China’s seventh space launch in five weeks. Read More at Space Flight Now

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

e-GEOS to Supply Australian Maritime Safety Authority with Satellite Data for Oil Spills

On 7 February e-GEOS, a joint venture of Telespazio (a partnership between Thales and Leonard) and the Italian Space Agency, announced that it has won a contract to supply geo-information services to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority...

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

UAE to Launch First Astronaut Program, Thousands Apply

More than 3,000 UAE nationals applied to be the first Emirati astronaut in the UAE Astronaut Programme, the program’s manager said in the World Government Summit in Dubai on Sunday. Read More at Al Arabiya

Tuesday, February 13th, 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 13th, 2018

Noida Authority to Approve Building Maps Online

The Noida authority chief executive officer Alok Tandon on Monday said he has started the required process to approve building maps online. Read More at Hindustan Times

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

New FARO Design ScanArm 2.0 Improves Product Design Workflow

Lake Mary, FL - FARO® (NASDAQ:FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, product design, construction BIM/CIM, public safety forensics and 3D machine vision applications, introduces the next generation FARO®...

Monday, February 12th, 2018

ESA and Airbus Sign Partnership Agreement for New ISS Commercial Payload Platform Bartolomeo

Noordwijk/Netherlands - The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have signed a commercial partnership (PPP) agreement for construction, launch and operations of the commercial "Bartolomeo" platform. Airbus' new external payload hosting facility will be attached to the...

Monday, February 12th, 2018

National Safety Council Adopts Interactive Map That Memorializes Those Lost to Opioid Overdose

ITASCA, Ill. - The National Safety Council is adopting the Celebrating Lost Loved Ones map, which allows family and friends of those lost to the opioid epidemic to place an image and description of their late loved one...