Tuesday, August 20th, 2019
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano captured this image of the Maldives from the International Space Station and shared it on his social media channels saying: “Atolls like this, in the Maldives, might soon disappear, unless...
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Himalaya. Karakoram. Hindu Kush. The names of Asia’s high mountain ranges conjure up adventure to those living far away, but for more than a billion people, these are the names of their most reliable water source. Snow...
Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
Maharashtra government decided to use drones for mapping of 40,000 villages in the state. The revenue department of the state government entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Survey of India, the national mapping agency of...
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
The team of researchers from the University of Adelaide’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AILM) defeated 47 other universities and space technology companies at the international space competition hosted by the European Space Agency. The South Australian...
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Chandrayaan-2 launched on July 22, 2019, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India, and is one of the most-complex missions to date for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), as it will be the first to...
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
A major oil tanker expressway in the Persian Gulf once thought a low-risk area is actually a “highly vulnerable hotspot” for monster waves, new research reveals. Scientists were shocked when on a calm cloudy March day in...
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
On July 6, 2019, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched its latest reconnaissance satellite, Falcon Eye 1, from the Guiana Space Centre. This is UAE’s 10th satellite in orbit and its fourth reconnaissance satellite, making it a...
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources has unveiled the details of the two sea-observing satellites HY-1C and HY-2B, which were launched in 2018 after they reached their designated orbit. The HY-1C and HY-2B are the highest level of...
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) agreed to cooperate with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission: XRISM. Hiroshi Yamakawa, president of JAXA, and Johann-Dietrich Wörner, director general of ESA, signed the...
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Developed by Consilium Technology in Adelaide, South Australia, the Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Agriculture (GAIA) analysis algorithm scans high-resolution satellite images of Australia’s wine regions to identify exactly where vineyards are located and how many vine rows...
