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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
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
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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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Friday, September 2nd, 2016

India Significantly Short of Capacity in Space: ISRO Chief

BENGALURU: ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar today said the country is "significantly" short of capacity in space and there is a need to double the number of satellites.  Read More at Economics Times

Thursday, September 1st, 2016

India Bags Deals to Launch 68 Foreign Satellites, 12 of them from US

India secured deals to launch 68 overseas satellites, including a dozen from the US, a top official said on Tuesday. Read More at Hindustan Times

Thursday, September 1st, 2016

Free Australia Postcode Maps by Australian City/State

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – Caliper is excited to announce the release of 17 free postcode maps in PDF format. Population density, income, and postal boundaries are included for several states and cities in Australia, and can be...

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016

Digital Mapping Company HERE Looking for New Investors

Digital maps company HERE, controlled by German carmakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen, aims to find a new investor by the end of the year, HERE chief Edzard Overbeek told a German newspaper.  Read More at Times of...

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

BFC Organises Workshop on Remote Sensing, Navigation Satellite System

The department of Geography of Baba Farid College has organised a workshop on its campus during the 18th Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Outreach Programme. The programme was begun on August 22 on the basics of...

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

Airobotics Selects SimActive’s Photogrammetry Software for its Automated Industrial Drone Solution

Montreal, Canada, August 30th, 2016 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Airobotics has chosen Correlator3D™ for its drone platforms.  The software will be used to derive mapping products for...

Monday, August 29th, 2016

China Wants to Build a Moon Base

In something that seems to have been taken from the recent film "Independent Day: Resurgence," China has unveiled plans to build a base on the moon in the near future. Read More at YIBADA

Monday, August 29th, 2016

Satellite Data on Goa’s Wetlands to be Studied

Panaji: The newly-constituted Goa State Wetland Authority has formed a nodal agency to study a report prepared based on satellite remote sensing data, which has found 550 wetlands in the state. Read More at GoaCom

Monday, August 29th, 2016

South Korea Extends Deadline On Google’s Mapping Data Request

South Korea said on Wednesday it will extend a review of a request by Google goog in June for permission to take government mapping data out of the country for use in servers worldwide, with a decision...

Monday, August 29th, 2016

Nisar Orders Immediate Geo-Mapping of Karachi, Quetta

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) for immediate geo-mapping of Karachi and Quetta to counter terrorism footprints in provincial capitals. Read More at Pakistan Today