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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, October 17th, 2017

ADEX 2017: South Korea Showcases Unmanned Solutions

South Korean defence contractors have put unmanned aircraft systems (UASs)/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the forefront of their exhibits at this year’s Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (ADEX), as they look to showcase technologies and developments...

Monday, October 16th, 2017

ISRO Eyes to Shrug Off Setback with Cartosat Launch in December

The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to launch a satellite on board Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in December, the first since its unsuccessful mission to orbit a navigation spacecraft nearly one-and-a-half months ago. Read More at ...

Monday, October 16th, 2017

Iran to Launch Communications Satellite by 2021

TEHRAN (MNA) – The head of Iranian Space Research Center Hassan Haddadpour said if everything goes according to plans, Iran will place 3 remote sensing satellites and one communications satellite in orbit by 2021. Read More at...

Monday, October 16th, 2017

Australian Geospatial Specialists Sign Tech Agreement

Perth-based geospatial technology developer Pointerra has entered into a commercial agreement with the southern hemisphere’s largest solutions company in the field. Read More at Manufacturer's Monthly

Monday, October 16th, 2017

Call for Papers Open for Locate18/GeoSmart Asia 2018

The premiere geospatial event in Australia is starting to come together for 2018 as organisers recently opened the call for papers for Locate18 & GeoSmart Asia ’18, scheduled for 9-11 April in Adelaide. Read More at Spatial...

Monday, October 16th, 2017

JCF Uses Geospatial Data to Improve Operations

Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, has credited the use of geospatial data in improving the technological capabilities of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) as it seeks to predict and prevent criminal activity. Read More at...

Monday, October 16th, 2017

Singapore Land Authority Working on Platform to Help Start-Ups that Tap Location-Based Data Grow

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is working on a collaborative platform called GeoWorks that aims to bring together geospatial companies, start-ups and users. Read More at Straits Times

Monday, October 16th, 2017

Ismaili Centre in Dubai Hosts Talk on Space Tech

The Ismaili Centre in Dubai, in collaboration with the Belgium embassy in Abu Dhabi and VITO, a European research organisation, hosted a talk last week led by Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne, who is head of the...

Monday, October 16th, 2017

ISRO to Focus on Socio-Economic Security

For the next few years the vision and plan of ISRO is going to be socio-economic security which will be one of the pillars and the entire space technology would be application-driven not technology-driven, Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy,...

Friday, October 13th, 2017

Sentinel-5P Successfully Launched to Monitor World’s Pollution

The Airbus built, pollution monitoring satellite Sentinel-5 Precursor has been successfully launched on a Rockot from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 09.27 GMT today. Sentinel-5 Precursor is part of the global monitoring programme “Copernicus”, a joint...