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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
IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka said Isro is moving launch...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more...
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
HELSINKI — China launched a new batch of Guowang...
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
Hong Kong —  A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite...
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, July 14th, 2016

New Test for Nintendo? Mapping Rules to Affect South Korea Launch

Nintendo's smash hit Pokemon GO is likely to face hurdles in South Korea, where Google mapping functions are restricted due to security issues with North Korea - though some fans are already trekking out to one remote...

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

South Australia Providing Investors with Agricultural Insights

An innovative online portal is putting South Australia’s $21 billion agriculture, food, wine and forestry industries on the world stage and providing investors with insights into the state’s prime commodity investment opportunities. Primary Industries and Regions SA’s...

Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

China Developing Satellite to Monitor Floods, Drought

BEIJING: China will launch its first geoscientific satellite by 2020 for forecasting hydrological events, including floods and droughts. Read More at Economics Times

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

GA-ASI & NLR Partner to Facilitate RPA Integration in European Airspace

FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW – 12 July 2016 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, and the NLR-Netherlands  Aerospace Centre...

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

Latest Mine Scheduling Tools with Maptek Evolution

New tools in Maptek Evolution improve performance of mine scheduling processes and deliver greater project value.   Evolution 4.5 features the stunning new graphics environment which already provides Maptek I-Site, BlastLogic and Eureka software users with a...

Friday, July 8th, 2016

ESA’s Dragon Cooperation with China Extended to 2020

ESA and China have launched the fourth phase of the collaborative Dragon programme in Wuhan City, on the Yangtze River, which recently experienced major floods witnessed by Europe’s Sentinel-1 satellite. ESA and representatives of China’s Ministry of...

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Study Tackles Public Health in Bangladesh Using Geospatial Tools

Geospatial information sciences (GIS) can help determine where diseases are spreading and where to target the resources needed to stop them, but spatial data isn’t widely used for health decision-making in many developing countries. That lack generated...

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Korea’s SI Imaging: DigitalGlobe is No Longer Alone in Selling 50-cm Imagery

PARIS – SI Imaging Services (SIIS) of South Korea on July 6 said it had begun commercial sales of imagery from its Kompsat-3A optical Earth observation satellite, making Korea the second nation, after the United States, to...

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

New Book Focuses on Importance of Indian Forests for Wildlife

NEW YORK – India’s protected areas are at a crossroads, and a new book by top Indian scientists provides a roadmap on the way forward. Recovering Biodiversity in Indian Forests published by Springer, demonstrates how varying levels...

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

HARSAC to Start Project for Creation of Haryana Spatial Data Infrastructure

Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC) will soon initiate a project for creation of Haryana Spatial Data Infrastructure (HSDI), a SWAN based system as per which geo-spatial data of various departments will be created and placed as inter-operable...