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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
The investment is expected to generate approximately €21 million...
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
HELSINKI — China conducted the maiden launch of its...
ISRO to launch first unmanned Gaganyaan mission by year’s end
The Chairman of ISRO, Somnath said that the efforts...
ORF- RSIS Special Report Launch | India and Southeast Asia: Mapping Strategic Convergence in an Era of Great-Power Competition
In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s shift...
Israel defense ecosystem meets to accelerate fieldable counter‑drone tech
Sparked by a message from the frontlines, CET Sandbox...
Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine
HELSINKI — A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup...
Haryana wins Geospatial Excellence Award for agricultural innovation in Netherlands
Haryana has been internationally recognised for its technological innovation...
South Korean, Singaporean Entities Partner To Support Space Startup Expansion
SINGAPORE—BlueTide Capital and Singapore Space and Technology Think Tank...
Japan space startups to train engineers from India, Philippines, Indonesia
JICA program to coach professionals on satellite manufacturing, data...

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Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

Global Commercial UAS Agricultural Services Market – A Market Poised for Substantial Growth After 3 to 5 More Years of Research and Testing – Research and Markets

DUBLIN - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Commercial UAS Agricultural Services Market" report to their offering. Over the next several decades, the global population is expected to grow rapidly. The Food and...

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

Indonesian Telco Uses Advanced Analytics Technology to Double Subscribers

State-owned telecommunications company Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) has turned to advanced location-based analytics technology as part of its efforts to double the number of their IndiHome subscribers from 2 million to 4 million by 2020. Their new location-based...

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

Baidu Maps Battles AutoNavi for Top Position in Mapping

Domestic navigation app AutoNavi, backed by Alibaba Group Holding, announced this weekend that it ranks No.1 in China's mobile mapping industry, drawing criticism from its major rival Baidu Inc's Baidu Maps. Read More at Global Times

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

North Korea Touts Nuclear Weapons on Anti-Imperialist Anniversary

SEOUL (UPI) -- North Korea celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Down-with-Imperialism Union and stated its nuclear weapons program had reached a "remarkably high" point in its development. Read More at UPI.com

Monday, October 17th, 2016

ISRO Has Plans to go Small with Lighter Satellites

Plan is two-pronged and satellites can range from 10 kg ‘micros’ to 300 kg-500 kg ‘minis’ Even as it moves into making heavier communication spacecraft weighing 4,000 kg to 6,000 kg, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)...

Monday, October 17th, 2016

India Takes Giant Leap to Curb Illegal Mining, Launches Mining Surveillance System

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal launched the Mining Surveillance System (MSS) in New Delhi today. MSS is a satellite-based monitoring system which aims to establish a regime of responsive mineral administration,...

Friday, October 14th, 2016

ISRO Has Plans to go Small with Lighter Satellites

Even as it moves into making heavier communication spacecraft weighing 4,000 kg to 6,000 kg, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has also firmed up a strategy to a make increasingly smaller satellites for earth observation and...

Friday, October 14th, 2016

Election Commission of Malaysia Selects SuperSurv for Efficient Spatial Data Collection

Supergeo is delighted to announce that with the assistance from Supergeo's partner in Malaysia, Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia (SPR Malaysia, lit. Election Commission of Malaysia) has recently chosen SuperSurv 3.3 as the mobile GIS software to collect...

Friday, October 14th, 2016

Release of PlanetSAT 15 L8 imagery basemap of Asia by PlanetObserver

Clermont-Ferrand, France- The French company PlanetObserver, specialized in imagery basemap production for more than 25 years, announced today the coverage of Asia with PlanetSAT 15 L8 basemap, that covers now 40% of the Earth’s land mass. Processed...

Friday, October 14th, 2016

Esri Selects Anaconda to Enhance GIS Applications with Open Data Science

AUSTIN, Texas - Continuum Analytics, the creator and driving force behind Anaconda, the leading Open Data Science platform powered by Python, today announced a new partnership with leading geographic information system (GIS) provider, Esri. By embedding Anaconda...