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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
The Australian Space Agency says the objects "appear to...
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
A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a...
Hong Kong-developed ‘Eye for Space’ now operating aboard Tiangong space station
Hong Kong’s first home-grown astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, assembled and...
ISRO conducts first SOLVE ground test important for Gaganyaan missions
Sub-Orbital Launch Vehicle for Experiments (SOLVE) solid motor was...
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
Japan plans to select a proposal this month for...

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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...

Thursday, October 13th, 2016

Proteus Geo Wins ESA Backing to Advance Bathymetry Data Service

Proteus Geo, a leading provider of satellite-based mapping services and data, together with DHI, the world renowned consultant group within water environments, has won the backing of the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a new bathymetry...

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

URISA’s GIS-Pro 2016 Conference in Toronto Approved for Nearly 50 AICP-CM Credits

Des Plaines, Illinois USA - URISA is pleased to announce that GIS-Pro 2016: URISA's 54th Annual Conference was recently approved for 49.5 AICP-CM credits. The conference, taking place in Toronto, Ontario from October 31- November 3, features workshops, dozens of breakout sessions, keynote addresses and...