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South Korea Tests First Indigenous Hypersonic Missile
South Korea conducted its first test-firing of an indigenously...
UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
Findings also recorded an increase in employment across the...
Japan targets 30 rocket launches a year by 2030s
TOKYO -- Japan's economy ministry plans to add new...
China’s LandSpace Launches 10 Satellites to Advance Orbital Computing and Communications
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South Korea launches Nuri rocket carrying 15 satellites, its 1st liftoff of 2026
The milestone came on Tuesday night (Oct. 6), when...
Iran expands GPS network using Khayyam satellite data
Iran’s National Cartographic Center (NCC) is strengthening its cooperation...
India-Japan looking to deepen economic engagement, eye greater cooperation in chips, space: Suzuki
New Delhi, Oct 4: India and Japan are looking...
Genesys International bags ₹283 crore World Bank-funded contract for Ahmedabad digital twin
The project will map 625 sq km, survey 25...
China launches new remote sensing satellite group
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Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi to lead UAE delegation at IAC 2026
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Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Decoding China’s Home-Developed Drone Wing Loong

BEIJING, (Xinhua) -- China is gearing up to strengthen its role in global aviation with the drone industry taking off. Read More at Xinhua

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

ISRO Successfully Launches Third Remote Sensing Satellite Resourcesat-2A

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched the remote sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2A using its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), on Wednesday. Read More at Hindustan Times

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Mitsubishi Electric Joins Race to Make Maps for Self-Drive Cars

The technology to make autonomous driving a reality is more or less in place. But what’s stalling the full public debut is the lack of detailed 3D maps driverless cars can rely on in all types of...

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Tim Marshall Frees the Prisoners of Geography with the UKGEOforum

The next UKGEOforum Annual Lecture will be given in January 2017 by the author and former Diplomatic Editor and Foreign Correspondent for Sky News, Tim Marshall. Tim served his time as an unpaid intern and endured many...

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

Two Glaciers Collapse In Western Tibet

A glacier near Lake Aru in western Tibet collapsed on 17 July 2016. Now the Journal of Glaciology publishes the first scientific account of this cryospheric disaster in which nine local yak herders were killed. Eyewitnesses reported...

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

Fugro’s Airborne Technology Deployed In Response To New Zealand Earthquake

Fugro’s LADS technology is being deployed in New Zealand to assist in relief efforts following the damaging 7.9 magnitude earthquake near Christchurch on 14th November 2016. At the request of the New Zealand Government, the Royal Australian...

Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

South Korea Turns Down Google’s Mapping Services

If you're visiting South Korea, be forewarned that you will have to turn to other mapping apps instead of Google Maps for direction. Read More at MIS Asia

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...