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Space42 launches Future Spacers Programme to develop UAE space talent
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US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
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ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
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China releases first nationwide geometric benchmark imagery, setting a unified ‘spatial scale’ for satellite remote sensing
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India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
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Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
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Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
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Thursday, February 16th, 2017

SPACEKNOW Raises $4 Million in Series A Funding

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - SpaceKnow Inc., today announced the company has raised $4 million in Series A financing led by BlueYard Capital and previously existing investor Reflex Capital. This investment brings the company’s total funds raised to...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Prototype for “Native LAS 1.4 Extension” of LASzip LiDAR Compressor Released

Just in time for ILMF 2017 in Denver, the makers of the popular LiDAR processing software LAStools announce that the prototype for the “native LAS 1.4 extension” of their award-winning open source LASzip LiDAR compressor is ready...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Orbit Logic Software to be Used for BridgeSat Laser Comm Scheduling

GREENBELT, MD – Orbit Logic announced today that BridgeSat has awarded Orbit Logic a contract to provide software for its optical ground telescope network to plan laser communication contacts with satellites using its laser downlink services.  Orbit...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

GfK Launches RegioGraph 2017

Bruchsal, Germany – GfK will release a completely new version of its geomarketing software RegioGraph at the end of March. RegioGraph 2017 features a new and simplified interface, faster results and numerous new options for analyzing and...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Golden Software Releases Surfer 2D and 3D Mapping, Modeling, and Analysis Software

Golden Software, the leading developer of affordable scientific graphics software, today announces the release of Surfer version 14, a powerful 2D and 3D mapping, modeling and analysis program designed to facilitate a deeper understanding of geospatial data....

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Airbus-Built SKY Brasil-1 Satellite Successfully Launched by Ariane 5

Kourou - SKY Brasil-1, a telecommunications satellite made by Airbus Defence and Space for AT&T/DIRECTV, was successfully launched from the space centre at Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket. It was the 77th consecutive successful...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

International GIS-Forum 2017 “Integrated Geospatial Solutions – the Future of Information Technologies”

SOVZOND Company is pleased to invite you for the participation in the 11th International GIS-Forum “Integrated Geospatial Solutions – the Future of Information Technologies” to be held on 19–21 April, 2017 in a five-star IMPERIAL Park-hotel. Every...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Sanborn Announces Launch of GeoServe LiDAR Viewer and QC Interface

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) announces the launch of its new GeoServe LiDAR Viewer and QC Interface, designed to allow clients to review and view LiDAR Point Cloud Data immediately after initial processing. Using...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

DigitalGlobe and NTT DATA Corporation Announce Partnership to Expand Usage of Elevation Data

WESTMINSTER, Colo. & TOKYO — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, and NTT DATA Corporation (TOKYO: 9613), a leading global IT services provider, today announced the start...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Swift Navigation Now Shipping Piksi Multi, a Multi-Band, Multi-Constellation, Low-Cost, High-Precision GNSS Receiver

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Swift Navigation​, ​​the San Francisco-based startup building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous technology, today announced it is now shipping its newest product, Piksi™ Multi, ​a multi-band, multi-constellation high-precision GNSS...