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From drones to space tech, Japan looks to startups to strengthen its defences
Tokyo is stepping up efforts to harness dual-use technologies...
South Korea’s Space Agency Seeks 47% Budget Hike for 2027; Regular Nuri Launches, Lunar Lander Development to Begin
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) has proposed a 2027...
Space42 launches Future Spacers Programme to develop UAE space talent
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has launched the...
US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
Amid the rapidly-evolving field of military space operations, Beijing...
ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05,...
China releases first nationwide geometric benchmark imagery, setting a unified ‘spatial scale’ for satellite remote sensing
China's Ministry of Natural Resources has released its first...
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...

Features

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

South Korean Rocket Startup to Launch from South Australia

Signed on Sept. 30, 2019, at the 8th Space Forum in Adelaide, South Australia, the agreement sees the two New Space startups work together to launch small payload rockets over the Great Australian Bight. Southern Launch CEO...

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

Australian Rocket Launch Site Given Major Project Status

Southern Launch is aiming for its Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex “to get off the ground in 2020.” The declaration takes the South Australian company to the next stage that will allow it to undertake a comprehensive...

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019

Using Balloons to Track Pollution into the Stratosphere

Asian summer monsoon rains provide a necessary wealth of water to one-third of the world’s population, but recent research in Nature shows that the severity of increasing drought over India during El Niño could be amplified by...

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019

Cooperation Between JAXA and MBRSC in Educational Project

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of the United Arab Emirates will cooperatively perform an educational project that uses JAXA's “Int-Ball,” a camera robot for the International Space Station, when...

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019

JAXA and Ricoh Jointly Develop Compact Spherical Camera for Use in Outer Space

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Ricoh Company announced on Aug. 28, 2019, that they jointly developed a spherical camera that can be used in outer space (outside the spacecraft) to capture 360-degree spherical images in...

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

Indonesian Space Agency Cements Plans to Work on Deforestation Data

The Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) and Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) signed a memorandum of understanding with Ecometrica to collaborate beyond the Forests 2020 project. The agreement will ensure the company’s continued involvement in...

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019

Astronaut Appeals for Maldives Atolls

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

The Water Future of Earth’s ‘Third Pole’

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

Survey of India Signs MoU with Maharashtra Government to Map 40,000 Villages Using Drones 

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

Researchers from University of Adelaide Win Global Pose Estimation Challenge

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...

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