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Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
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Korea’s space agency seeks revision of plan to modify next-gen rockets into reusable system
South Korea's aerospace agency said on Thursday that it...
UAE Space Agency Signs Agreement With Technology Innovation Institute to Execute the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt’s Lander Project
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Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
A private lunar lander from Japan is now circling the moon, with...
Indian astronaut to travel soon to ISS as part of ISRO-NASA Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said by 2040, an Indian’s...
China issues regulatory framework to support direct-to-device satellite services
HELSINKI — China has released comprehensive regulations for direct-to-device...
Astranis clinches $115 million Taiwan deal despite satellite setback
TAMPA, Fla. — Astranis has signed a $115 million...
UAE and Egypt Strengthen Space Collaboration with New MoU
In a milestone development for Arab space collaboration, the...
Seoul launches 4th spy satellite to boost North Korea surveillance
South Korea’s military now operates an increasingly integrated cluster...
Indonesia seeks space defense cooperation with Japan’s military
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Russian Space Freighter to be Buried in Pacific

The Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft will be sunk in a remote area in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday after deploying a micro-satellite, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said. The space freighter undocked from the Pirs docking...

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

UNOSAT South East Asia Capacity Development Initiative – Vietnam

The first of a number of national capacity development initiatives to be implemented in South East Asia by UNOSAT took place in Vietnam in December 2011. The initiative is part of the regional cooperation arrangements supported by...

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

APRSAF Questionnaire to Close This Week

We would like to express our gratitude to all colleagues who have completed this questionnaire and also would like to request those who have not yet answered to take a few minutes to provide us with your evaluation and...

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

2nd Int’l School On “Least Squares Approach to Modeling the Geoid”

After the successful experiences in the determinations and evaluations of precise local geoid models in different countries as well as the very well met First International Geoid School at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, in September 2010, we...

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Four Surveyors of Caesar: Mapping the World!

The Article of the Month in January 2012 is written by John F. BROCK, Australia: Four Surveyors of Caesar: Mapping the World!. In this article you will hear about the masterpiece of cartography which highlights most of...

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Policy makers, Scientists to Meet in Manila – Coastal Protection

A high-level discussion on the protection of marine environment against land-based activities is slated on January 25-27, 2012 at the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting (IGR3) on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action (GPA) for the...

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

CAS President BAI Chunli Inspects CEODE’s Sanya Ground Station

On 5 January 2012, CAS President BAI Chunli and Vice President YIN Hejun inspected CEODE’s satellite data receiving station in Sanya, Hainan Province. Accompanied by CEODE Director-General GUO Huadong, President BAI Chunli visited the site of the Sanya...

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

The BLUElink Project

The Australian Government, through the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Royal Australian Navy and CSIRO has initiated BLUElink Ocean forecasting Australia, a $15m project to deliver ocean forecasts for the Australian region. Read More

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

CEODE Successfully Receives Image Data from the First High-precision Three-dimensional Mapping Satellite of China

CEODE’s Miyun Ground Station successfully received the first track of satellite imaging data from the ZY3 satellite and implemented real-time recording and large capacity optical data transmission. A total of 56.6 GB of image data were successfully...

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

China’s Tree Monitoring Sensors Map Disease

The ARBOTOM determines tree defects in 3D including stem quality using acoustic sensors. Pulses are transmitted through trees and return signals that provide an indication of the disease levels. Read More