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India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of IIT-BHU, ISRO...
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
Abu Dhabi-based satellite company Orbitworks has shipped Altair-1, the...
Long March 12 launches despite recent 7A failure, Long March 2C launches satellite for UAE
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India-US space ties deepen as NASA invites ISRO to join moon base program
NASA has formally invited India to participate in its...
H3 launches navigation satellite
WASHINGTON — A Japanese H3 rocket successfully launched a...
Chinese rocket carrying satellite explodes seconds after launch
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NASA invites ISRO to join its ambitious Moon Base programme
India and the United States are set to strengthen...
India counters China’s map war: Names of 27 Arunachal Pradesh locations standardised on Survey of India maps
The official list covers 21 land locations, four mountain...

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Thursday, August 11th, 2016

China Launched First Low Orbit Remote Sensing Gaofen-3 Satellite to Keep an Eye on South China sea

Weeks after an international court struck down its claims over the disputed South China Sea, a high resolution satellite has been successfully launched by China on Wednesday. Satellite aims to provide seamless view of seas inorder to...

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

Using Geospatial Technology to Achieve 11th Malaysia Plan

Senior Malaysian government agency leaders at the annual National Geospatial Information Symposium have said that geospatial technology can play a major role in helping to achieve many goals set out in the 11th Malaysia Plan (RMK11)  Read...

Monday, August 8th, 2016

Es’hailSat’s Al Kuwari on 4K, Future Satellites and Remote Sensing

Qatari satellite operator Es’hailSat has been busy preparing for its second satellite, Es’hail 2, as well as the completion of a new, fully owned teleport. The company hopes the new infrastructure will not only cement its role...

Monday, August 8th, 2016

North Korea Aims To Place Its Flag On The Moon

Space exploration was once considered the province of two superpowers, with only tertiary participation from other nations. But since the turn of the century, more and more nations are joining in. China and India, for example, have...

Monday, August 8th, 2016

Telangana Signs MoU with ISRO for Water Resources Info System

Telangana Irrigation Department today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Space Research Organisation for setting up a Telangana Water Resources Information System (TWRIS) on the 'Bhuvan' web portal. Read More at Money Control

Friday, August 5th, 2016

Ivan DeLoatch Joins GSDI 15 World Conference Keynote Speaker Line-Up

Join us November 29 to December 2 in Taipei, Taiwan at the 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure World Conference (GSDI 15, http://gsdi15.org.tw/). Our latest Keynote speaker to be announced is Mr. Ivan DeLoatch, Executive Director of the...

Thursday, August 4th, 2016

Diwata-1 Captures Detailed Image of Zamboanga del Sur town

Diwata-1, the country’s first microsatellite, has captured images of some portions of Dumingag town in Zamboanga del Sur, a mountainous area in Mindanao, an attached agency of the Department of Science and Technology shared. Read More at...

Thursday, August 4th, 2016

Russia’s Angara Rocket Wins First Commercial Launch Contract

South Korea’s space agency has signed a contract to launch an Earth observation satellite into orbit in 2020 aboard Russia’s Angara rocket, giving the new booster its first commercial customer, International Launch Services announced Monday. Read More...

Thursday, August 4th, 2016

Chandigarh to Launch GIS Web Service for Distributing Properties Online

TO SPARE residents harassment at the hands of officials, the Chandigarh Administration is all set to launch a geographic information system (GIS) web service enabling families to distribute their properties online. Read More at Indian Express

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Is Britain on the Move?

Australia has recently announced a 1.8m shift in its mapping coordinates, to compensate for the country’s 7.5cm shift north each year.  Inevitably the question is why, and could the same thing happen here? In Australia, the shift...