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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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Monday, February 20th, 2017

NGA Releases Biggest Collection of Arctic Elevation Data Yet at Esri FedGIS Conference

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, together with the ArcticDEM project—a public-private initiative to produce high-resolution, high-quality digital elevation models (DEM) of the Arctic—has released the largest addition of new elevation models to the...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

DroneDeploy Selected by CNH Industrial for Intuitive New Drone System Targeting Ag Customers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and BURR RIDGE, IL - DroneDeploy today announced that its cloud-based platform has been selected by CNH Industrial -- a global leader in agricultural equipment and other capital goods -- as the software for...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

Vollkswagen Partner with Mobileye to Turn Cars into Map Data Gathering Machines

To create the detailed maps needed for autonomous vehicles, Vollkswagen has partnered with Mobileye, to turn its fleet of vehicles into map data gathering machines. The German company will help will Mobileye to create the detailed maps...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

DLR commissions Airbus to Develop the Payload and Payload Ground Segment for MERLIN – the First Franco-German Earth Observation Satellite

Ottobrunn – Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has signed a contract with Space Administration at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop and build all components of the German contribution to the...

Monday, February 20th, 2017

Fugro Announces Partnership with Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Fugro today announced a partnership with the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to support first round testing of the global, three-year competition, which incentivises development of rapid, unmanned and high resolution ocean mapping technologies. Fugro’s role is to...

Sunday, February 19th, 2017

International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) and ASPRS Annual Conference to Take Place Together in Denver in 2018

Diversified Communications, organizer of International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) and the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) announced that their annual geospatial events will take place together in Denver in 2018. Lisa Murray, Director of...

Sunday, February 19th, 2017

China to Launch First BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite this Summer

Chinese navigation satellite BeiDou-3 is scheduled to be launched in July 2017, according to its developer, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). As reported in January by People’s Daily, a publication of the state news agency,...

Sunday, February 19th, 2017

Dubai’s Building Mapping Project of Non-Freehold Zones 50% Complete

Dubai: The classification of Dubai’s buildings outside of the freehold zones under new benchmark has reached the halfway mark, according to Dubai Land Department, with the remaining work to be done this year. All buildings in Deira...

Sunday, February 19th, 2017

Arab Union for Survey Opens GCC Regional Office in Doha

Qatar's first international forum for survey and geographic information systems (GIS) kicked off in Doha yesterday in the presence of delegations from the Arab Union for Survey and experts in the field of survey and geographic information...

Sunday, February 19th, 2017

Aerojet Rocketdyne Names John Schneider VP of Quality & Mission Assurance

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), today announced that John Schneider has been appointed vice president of Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA). He succeeds Jerry Tarnacki who was recently named...