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Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Five ‘BIRDS Project’ CubeSats Successfully Deployed from Kibo

On July 7, 2017, a total of five “BIRDS project” CubeSats were successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo. The Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project is an international joint development and operations project that includes...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Iridium Poised to Make Global Maritime Distress and Safety System History

MCLEAN, Va., July 11, 2017 - Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that two key milestones along the path to becoming the second recognized provider of Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) services have been reached. During...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Huron Geomatics Inc. Acquires Optech Maverick Mobile Mapping System

July 11, 2017 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that Huron Geomatics Inc. (HGI)  has acquired an Optech Maverick mobile mapping system that will greatly support the expansion of the company’s operations. HGI provides breakthrough DSM/DTM...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Septentrio PolaRx5S First to Record Scintillation on Galileo Signals in Antarctica

Leuven, Belgium – At the end of last year, the DemoGRAPE consortium observed for the first time ever, ionospheric scintillations on Galileo signals in Antarctica, using Septentrio’s PolaRx5S GNSS reference receiver. DemoGRAPE investigates improvement of high-precision satellite...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

U.S. Army and South Korean Military Respond to North Korea’s Launch with Missile Exercise

The U.S. Army and South Korean military responded to North Korea’s latest launch with their own exercise of missiles, launching them Wednesday into South Korean territorial waters along the country’s eastern coastline, U.S. Pacific Command said in...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

ISRO Satellites to Keep an Eye on Land Encroachment in Delhi, Project to Start in 3 Months

Indian satellites could keep a gimlet eye on vacant plots in Delhi to prevent encroachment and unauthorised constructions. Read More at Hindustan Times

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Europe and Japan Unveil their Orbiters for a Joint Mission to Mercury

An unusual new spacecraft has been revealed for an upcoming mission to Mercury. Dubbed BepiColombo, it’s a joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), designed to travel to the least...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Ordnance Survey Releases Open Dataset and Free Map of Britain’s Greenspaces

A Government initiative to make it easier for people to locate and access greenspaces has launched today with the release of a new database and interactive digital map identifying accessible recreational and leisure greenspace in Great Britain. Delivered...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Canopus Becomes the First Indian Company to Develop More than 10 Major Drone Solutions

Canopus Infosystems Pvt. Ltd, a leading Mobile, and Web Application development company have been emerged as the first Indian IT company to develop more than 10 Drone Solutions. This company has developed the Drone based applications for...

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Makeblock Opens New Branch Office in Japan and Launches the Airblock Modular Programmable Drone in Partnership with SoftBank

TOKYO - Today, Makeblock, a leading provider of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educational products including hardware, software, programming courses and robotics competitions, announced the opening of their new branch office in Japan. In addition, its...