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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, December 19th, 2016

U.S. to China: “Immediately Return” Drone Seized in the South China Sea

The Chinese seizure of a U.S. underwater drone in waters near the Philippines raises significant international concern and underscores the growing strategic and tactical significance of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, or UUVs. Read More at National Interest

Monday, December 19th, 2016

Global Geospatial Outlook Report to be Released at Geospatial World Forum 2017

Noida, India – Geospatial technology is changing rapidly and finding use in virtually every economic sector globally. It is considered one of the most important high-growth industries of the 21st century. But then, what does the geospatial...

Friday, December 16th, 2016

China’s Ground Satellite Receiving Station in Sweden Starts Trials

The China Remote Sensing Satellite North Pole Ground Station has begun trial operations in Kiruna in Sweden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Thursday.  Read More at CRI

Friday, December 16th, 2016

Topcon Announces Distribution with Intel for Both Fixed- and Rotary-Wing UAS Solutions

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands  – Topcon Positioning Group confirms continuation of its agreement with MAVinci, an Intel company, to supply customers with the Sirius Pro fixed-wing unmanned aerial system, following the purchase of...

Friday, December 16th, 2016

USC Spatial Sciences Institute To Host 7th Annual LA Geospatial Summit

Los Angeles, CA – John P. Wilson, Professor and Director, USC Spatial Sciences Institute, and the Program Committee of the Los Angeles Geospatial Summit have announced the details of their hallmark one-day conference: The Seventh Annual Los...

Friday, December 16th, 2016

NASA’s CYGNSS Launch Takes Surrey Satellite’s Space GNSS Receiver into Orbit

Surrey Satellite Technology’s Space GNSS Receiver Remote Sensing Instrument (SGR-ReSI) is the primary payload onboard NASA’s CYGNSS constellation, launched today, Dec. 15, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)...

Friday, December 16th, 2016

GeoAgro to Deploy Iteris ClearAg on Two Continents

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Iteris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITI), the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, today announced that GeoAgro, a pioneer in agronomic geographic information systems (GIS), has selected ClearAg web and mobile applications...

Friday, December 16th, 2016

Hexagon Geospatial Names IGNITE Competition Winners

NORCROSS, GA - Hexagon Geospatial is proud to announce the winners of the IGNITE competition. The IGNITE competition challenged innovative thinkers to brainstorm real-world problems that could benefit from geospatial technology. They were then asked to use...

Thursday, December 15th, 2016

Earth-i Announces a Major Contract Award from the Government of Queensland, Australia

Earth-i, the innovative British distributor of Earth Observation and information services, announced today that it has been awarded the contract to supply the government of the state of Queensland, Australia with very high resolution optical imagery of...

Thursday, December 15th, 2016

Cabinet Approves MoU for Cooperation in Exchange, Use of U.S. Land Remote Sensing Satellite Data

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approves the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and United States Geological Survey (USGS) for Cooperation in the exchange and use...