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From drones to space tech, Japan looks to startups to strengthen its defences
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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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

China Makes 2017 Memorable with Launch of Three EO Satellites

China: The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) declared the last country’s space launch in 2017 after the successful launch of its three Earth Observation satellites on December 26. The satellites were launched using the Long...

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

China to Host UN’s 1st Geoinformation Meeting

The first United Nations (UN) meeting on surveying and mapping is to be held in November next year in Deqing of east China's Zhejiang Province, authorities said Monday. Read More at China.ORG

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

North Korea May Test a Reconnaissance Satellite that Can Transmit Data to Earth

North Korea has reportedly developed a more advanced reconnaissance satellite and may be able to move it on a mobile launcher. Read More at Yahoo Finance

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

China’s Wing Loong UAS Creates Record of ‘Five Hits in Succession’

China's newly-developed Wing Loong II UAS, a high-end reconnaissance-strike unmanned aerial system (UAS), has created a record "five hits in succession," its developer announced Sunday. Read More at ECNS

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

Israel to Launch First Ever Autonomous Nanosatellites on Formation Flying

A group of three nanosatellites that will fly on a controlled formation flying for the first time will be launched at the end of 2018. The project intends to prove that a group of satellites could sustain...

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

India All Set to Launch 31 Satellites on January 10

As India's first space mission in the year 2018, India will launch 31 satellites including the earth observation spacecraft Cartosat. The launching is scheduled on January 10, from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40) will...

Monday, January 1st, 2018

Copernicus Satellite Images Australia’s Lake MacKay

Brown hills speckle the eastern part of Australia’s Lake MacKay in this image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite. The lake lies at the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, which covers nearly 285,000 square kilometers. Located on...

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

Unlock Information from Imagery for Use in Maps and Analysis

Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the publication of Imagery and GIS: Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imagery. The book teaches the fundamentals of collecting imagery via remote sensing systems and then...

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

TerraSim Releases TerraTools 5.5

TerraSim announced today the release of TerraTools 5.5, the latest version of its industry leading virtual terrain generation software, just in time for the holidays. TerraTools 5.5 contains a variety of new features, enhancements, maintenance updates, and...

Thursday, December 21st, 2017

SIIS and UrtheCast Sign Agreement for the Global Distribution of their Respective Portfolios

SI Imaging Services (“SIIS”) today announced the signing of a reselling agreement with UrtheCast Corp. and its subsidiary, the Earth Observation company Deimos Imaging, a leading provider of Earth Observation products and services for the mutual global...