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President Lai reviews progress on first indigenous satellite constellation
President Lai Ching-te said developing space technology is a...
Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches
ST. LOUIS — Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of...
UAE Astronauts Promote AI and Collaboration in Space at GITEX Europe
The Arab world’s first astronaut, Hazzaa Al Mansouri, and...
New species of space-adapted bacteria discovered on China’s Tiangong space station
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe...
Isro’s 101st mission fails as PSLV-C61 suffers third-stage anomaly
India’s latest Earth observation satellite mission faced a setback...
Iraq’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village in Kulak Is Now Operational
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – May 20, 2025 — The...
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space Technologies is the leading launch services company...
Korea’s space agency seeks revision of plan to modify next-gen rockets into reusable system
South Korea's aerospace agency said on Thursday that it...
UAE Space Agency Signs Agreement With Technology Innovation Institute to Execute the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt’s Lander Project
In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin...
Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with...

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Monday, February 20th, 2017

Djibouti Chooses what3words as National Addressing System

February  2017 - what3words, the multi-award winning addressing system, has been adopted as an addressing standard by La Poste de Djibouti. Located in the Horn of Africa Republic of Djibouti is the fifth country in the world...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

Colorado DOT Has Adopted Datumate’s Cutting Edge Mapping Tools

YOKNEAM ILLIT, Israel - Datumate's professional Site Survey Solution has helped the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to quickly and safely survey a water pond located at the highway intersection of Colorado Boulevard and I-25 in the...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

NGA Releases Biggest Collection of Arctic Elevation Data Yet at Esri FedGIS Conference

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, together with the ArcticDEM project—a public-private initiative to produce high-resolution, high-quality digital elevation models (DEM) of the Arctic—has released the largest addition of new elevation models to the...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

DroneDeploy Selected by CNH Industrial for Intuitive New Drone System Targeting Ag Customers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and BURR RIDGE, IL - DroneDeploy today announced that its cloud-based platform has been selected by CNH Industrial -- a global leader in agricultural equipment and other capital goods -- as the software for...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

Integrated Informatics Inc. Releases Marco Mystic Version 2.0

HOUSTON, - Integrated Informatics Inc. today unveils the latest addition to its Marco Studio suite, Marco Mystic version 2.0. Marco Mystic is a high-performance web-based application that allows for spatial data inventory, search, and analysis of Esri-based...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

Vollkswagen Partner with Mobileye to Turn Cars into Map Data Gathering Machines

To create the detailed maps needed for autonomous vehicles, Vollkswagen has partnered with Mobileye, to turn its fleet of vehicles into map data gathering machines. The German company will help will Mobileye to create the detailed maps...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

DLR commissions Airbus to Develop the Payload and Payload Ground Segment for MERLIN – the First Franco-German Earth Observation Satellite

Ottobrunn – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has signed a contract with Space Administration at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop and build all components of the German contribution to the...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

Fugro Announces Partnership with Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Fugro today announced a partnership with the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to support first round testing of the global, three-year competition, which incentivises development of rapid, unmanned and high resolution ocean mapping technologies. Fugro’s role is to...

Sunday, February 19th, 2017

International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) and ASPRS Annual Conference to Take Place Together in Denver in 2018

Diversified Communications, organizer of International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) and the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) announced that their annual geospatial events will take place together in Denver in 2018. Lisa Murray, Director of...

Sunday, February 19th, 2017

China to Launch First BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite this Summer

Chinese navigation satellite BeiDou-3 is scheduled to be launched in July 2017, according to its developer, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). As reported in January by People’s Daily, a publication of the state news agency,...