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Japan space agency conducts Epsilon rocket engine test after failures
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UAE to boldly go with programme to boost nation’s expertise in space sector
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China is building a ‘Mach 26 asteroid hammer’ to strike space rocks before they hit Earth
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Nigeria and Benin Strengthen Border Surveillance with Geospatial Technology
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IIT-Tirupati hosts fifth BRICS working group meeting on geospatial technologies
The Indian Institute of Technology-Tirupati (IIT-Tirupati), in collaboration with...
Japan To Map, Update Charts Of Key Waterways For Indonesia, Philippines
Japan will begin developing high-precision nautical charts for five...
Palakkad Celebrates as NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Set for First Space Mission
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G20 satellite is expected to be launched in 2027: ISRO Chairman
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Unidentified metal spheres found on Australian beach are ‘debris from a foreign rocket body’, space agency says
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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...

Monday, June 13th, 2016

Lenovo Announces First 3D Mapping ‘Tango’ Phone

One of the important moving parts in Google/Alphabet’s ambitions in virtual/Augmented Reality world got lift-off this week with Lenovo’s announcement that it had developed the first consumer phone (the Phab 2 Pro) using Google’s ‘Tango’ (previously Project...