Monday, September 26th, 2016
The agreement marks Japan’s first ever export of an Earth observation satellite, according to Mainichi Shimbum newspaper. Japan’s government hopes the agreement can lay a foundation for Japanese firms to expand in the global satellite market. Read...
Monday, September 26th, 2016
China's space station is falling back to Earth out of control, its engineers admitted at a news conference and said they believe most of the spacecraft will burn up as it returns next year. Read More at...
Monday, September 26th, 2016
North Korea has carried out a “successful” ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, state media says. Kim Jong-un, the country’s leader, asked scientists and engineers to make preparations for a satellite launch as...
Monday, September 26th, 2016
Karachi: Pakistan’s largest tracking service provider is planning to expand its mapping service to Bangladesh, Iran and Sri Lanka within three years to cater to the underserved countries with a combined population larger than Eurozone. Read More...
Monday, September 26th, 2016
CHANDIGARH: The UT administration has started using drones to not only map and measure each and every property in the city but also to keep an eye on building violations and encroachments, making it first in the...
Monday, September 26th, 2016
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a PSLV rocket from Sriharikota at 9.12 a.m. on Monday to put eight satellites into two different orbits. Read More at The Hindu
Monday, September 26th, 2016
Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) announced the release of their new TerraColor NextGen 15-meter resolution Landsat 8 satellite image mosaics covering Australia and New Zealand. The products are seamless mosaics of pan-sharpened true color Landsat...
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C35) will be launched at 9.12 am on September 26 with the 377 kg earth observation satellite SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather-related studies and seven co-passenger satellites on board. Read More at...
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Redlands, California—Global smart mapping leader Esri and the XPRIZE Foundation today announced Esri’s partnership in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The new partnership will help accelerate innovative surveys of the ocean, 95% of which remains unexplored.Esri will...
