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Palakkad Celebrates as NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Set for First Space Mission
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13, 2026: Kerala’s Palakkad district is set to...
G20 satellite is expected to be launched in 2027: ISRO Chairman
ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan has said that the G20...
Unidentified metal spheres found on Australian beach are ‘debris from a foreign rocket body’, space agency says
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Singapore and Japan sign agreement to strengthen space collaboration
SINGAPORE: The space agencies of Singapore and Japan signed...
Japan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defense
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Hong Kong-developed ‘Eye for Space’ now operating aboard Tiangong space station
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ISRO conducts first SOLVE ground test important for Gaganyaan missions
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New 3D Detection Method for Detecting Atmospheric Rivers in Antarctica
Researchers in Japan demonstrate how vertically layered atmospheric rivers...
Uttar Pradesh Govt launches Special Land Measurement Campaign
The Uttar Pradesh government yesterday launched the statewide Digi...
Japan Eyes Sovereign D2D Satellite Network
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

OGC requests public comment on its Coverage Implementation Schema – ReferenceableGridCoverage Extension

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the OGC Coverage Implementation Schema (CIS) - ReferenceableGridCoverage Extension. A referenceable grid is associated with information that allows the location of all points in the grid to be...

Monday, December 5th, 2016

EO Synergies To Be Developed Thru EARSC & Japan Space Systems

Now, EARSC and Japan Space Systems (J-spacesystems) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on November 23, 2016, to develop synergies and strengthen cooperation in business, research and technology between Europe and Japan in the use of Earth...

Monday, December 5th, 2016

TerraGo Joins Trimble Developer Partner Program and Includes Trimble GNSS Direct SDK in Mobile Products

TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration, field data collection and enterprise mobility software, announced today that TerraGo has joined Trimble’s Developer Partner Program and TerraGo’s mobile solutions, TerraGo Edge and TerraGo Magic, now include the Trimble GNSS...

Monday, December 5th, 2016

ISRO Drones Help Map Disasters in North-East

Drones, generally associated with security agencies, are now being used to collect land details and add to data from remote sensing satellites. Read More at The Hindu

Monday, December 5th, 2016

New Chinese Commercial-Launch Company Advertises High Launch Rate, Low Price

PARIS — A Chinese commercial launch-service provider created earlier this year to bid for small-satellite business worldwide expects to launch 10 of its Kuaizhou solid-fueled rockets per year between 2017 and 2020, the company said Nov. 29....

Monday, December 5th, 2016

Drones are Mapping Indian Cities – Where They’re Allowed

MUMBAI - Officials in one of India's fastest growing cities are using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to update land records in a pilot project that could be rolled out across the country if rules governing the use...

Monday, December 5th, 2016

China, Pakistan to launch remote sensing satellite in 2 years

China will construct and launch two remote-sensing satellites for foreign countries in the coming two years, an industry insider says. Read More at Pakistan Today

Monday, December 5th, 2016

Mouser Electronics and Grant Imahara Release New Video Showing Drone Platform for Project First Responders

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas -Mouser Electronics Inc., together with Easy Aerial Inc. and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara, today launched the second video episode from the latest series in the Empowering Innovation Together™ program. The new Project...

Monday, December 5th, 2016

DigitalGlobe Releases First High-Resolution Image from WorldView-4 Satellite

WESTMINSTER, Colo. - DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today released the first public image from the recently launched WorldView-4 satellite, showcasing a level of clarity and...

Monday, December 5th, 2016

TomTom Confirms Reorganization Rumors

AMSTERDAM - Responding to questions in Dutch media today, TomTom (TOM2) announces that within the Consumer business unit 170 roles have been reorganized. Of those roles, 110 will move to other areas within the company and 60...