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UAE aims to see Emirati on Moon in next 10 years, says MBRSC chief
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Safran, SatSure partner to develop geospatial intelligence solutions for India
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Singapore unveils road map to help develop international business standards and conformance
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Adelaide University to run space and defence venture launchpad ahead of Australian Space Forum
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Japan’s H3 rocket returns to space with successful launch after December setback
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Thursday, June 16th, 2016

Musk, Bezos Successes Spur India’s Record Satellite Launch

India’s space agency will launch a record 22 satellites on a single rocket as it tries to ease a global backlog and demonstrate the ability to compete with commercial spaceflight companies run by billionaires Elon Musk and...

Thursday, June 16th, 2016

Chandigarh: UT MC Keen on Replicating Mohali’s Cleaning System

If all goes as per plan, Chandigarh will soon replicate Mohali’s mechanised cleaning system based on geographic information system (GIS). It was decided at a meeting of the Tricity’s Mayor Council — comprising all the three mayors...

Thursday, June 16th, 2016

ISRO Resuming Launch of Earth Observation Satellites After 3 years

Next week’s satellite launch will see the Indian Space Research Organisation’s resuming its Earth Observation (EO) satellite activity after a gap of around three years. The space agency has scheduled to fly Cartosat-2C, an Earth imaging satellite...

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

Amrita Students Develop ‘Smart Water’ Prototype

Coimbatore - Engineering students from Amrita University have developed a prototype called “Smart Water”, to monitor the growing exploitation of fresh water in the country. Read More at Business Line

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

GIS Introduced in Forest Management

Imphal -  Geographical Information System (GIS) has been used for forest management in the State. Forest Department is one technical department to have a dedicated GIS Lab of its own. Read More at E-Pao

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

China Launches Beidou G7 Navigation and Positioning Satellite

China launched its Beidou G7 navigation and positioning satellite at 15:30 UTC yesterday, on the top of a Long March 3C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan Province. Read More at Domain-B

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Baidu Map to Serve Chinese Tourists in Thailand

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation with Chinese internet giant Baidu in Bangkok Monday, in a bid to make travel easier for Chinese tourists visiting the kingdom. Read More at China.org.cn

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

China’s First High Orbit Remote Sensing Satellite Put Into Use

BEIJING -  China's first high orbit remote sensing satellite, Gaofen-4, went into use after six months of in-orbit testing, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) announced Monday. Read More at Shanghai...

Monday, June 13th, 2016

Spirent Communications to host GNSS meet – 2016 in Bangalore

NEW DELHI: British telecommunications company Spirent Communications that it will host the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) – Meet 2016 on June 15, at Bangalore. As GNSS becomes more ubiquitous in infrastructure, the user meet intends to highlight...

Monday, June 13th, 2016

UTC Aerospace Systems TERPROM to Equip Australian Defense Force PC-21s with Advanced Terrain Navigation

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 13, 2016-- UTC Aerospace Systems' terrain referenced navigation (TRN) system, TERPROM®, has been selected by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd (Switzerland) to equip the Australian Defense Force (ADF) PC-21 next generation training aircraft.  UTC Aerospace Systems is...