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PLD Space increases investment in its Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to €35M, strengthening Europe’s sovereign space infrastructure
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India seeks Singapore capital to fuel its ambitious private space sector
India aims to grow its space economy to US$44...
China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight
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ISRO to launch first unmanned Gaganyaan mission by year’s end
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ORF- RSIS Special Report Launch | India and Southeast Asia: Mapping Strategic Convergence in an Era of Great-Power Competition
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Israel defense ecosystem meets to accelerate fieldable counter‑drone tech
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Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine
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Haryana wins Geospatial Excellence Award for agricultural innovation in Netherlands
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South Korean, Singaporean Entities Partner To Support Space Startup Expansion
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Japan space startups to train engineers from India, Philippines, Indonesia
JICA program to coach professionals on satellite manufacturing, data...

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Sunday, February 19th, 2017

Aerojet Rocketdyne Names Jerry Tarnacki to Lead Space Business Unit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), today announced that Jerry Tarnacki has been appointed as the senior vice president of the company’s recently formed Space Business Unit. A photo accompanying...

Friday, February 17th, 2017

Iridium Announces Target Date for Second Launch of Iridium NEXT

MCLEAN, Va. - Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announced it has received a targeted launch date of mid-June for the second mission of ten Iridium NEXT satellites.  Originally anticipated for mid-April of 2017, the date has shifted due...

Friday, February 17th, 2017

Geoscience Australia, Lockheed Collaborate on Multi-GNSS SBAS Research

Geoscience Australia, an agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lockheed Martin have entered into a collaborative research project to show how augmenting signals from multiple GNSS constellations can enhance positioning, navigation and timing for a range...

Friday, February 17th, 2017

PCI Geomatics Welcomes Advanced Groundwater Technologies to its Reseller Partner Network

MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada: PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that Advanced Groundwater Technologies (AGWT) has joined its reseller network. AGWT will provide Serbian and Croatian customers with Geomatica®...

Friday, February 17th, 2017

ISRO Sets World Record by Launching 104 Satellites in a Single Mission

Sriharikota (AP), Feb 15:  Space agency ISRO today scripted history by successfully launching a record 104 satellites, including India’s earth observation satellite, on a single rocket from the spaceport here. Read More at The Hindu Business Line

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

SPACEKNOW Raises $4 Million in Series A Funding

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - SpaceKnow Inc., today announced the company has raised $4 million in Series A financing led by BlueYard Capital and previously existing investor Reflex Capital. This investment brings the company’s total funds raised to...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Orbit Logic Software to be Used for BridgeSat Laser Comm Scheduling

GREENBELT, MD – Orbit Logic announced today that BridgeSat has awarded Orbit Logic a contract to provide software for its optical ground telescope network to plan laser communication contacts with satellites using its laser downlink services.  Orbit...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

GfK Launches RegioGraph 2017

Bruchsal, Germany – GfK will release a completely new version of its geomarketing software RegioGraph at the end of March. RegioGraph 2017 features a new and simplified interface, faster results and numerous new options for analyzing and...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Airbus-Built SKY Brasil-1 Satellite Successfully Launched by Ariane 5

Kourou - SKY Brasil-1, a telecommunications satellite made by Airbus Defence and Space for AT&T/DIRECTV, was successfully launched from the space centre at Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket. It was the 77th consecutive successful...

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

International GIS-Forum 2017 “Integrated Geospatial Solutions – the Future of Information Technologies”

SOVZOND Company is pleased to invite you for the participation in the 11th International GIS-Forum “Integrated Geospatial Solutions – the Future of Information Technologies” to be held on 19–21 April, 2017 in a five-star IMPERIAL Park-hotel. Every...