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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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Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Hazardous Freight Transportation To Be Controlled Using GLONASS

M2M Telematics, the leading Russian vehicle telematics solution provider, announced last week it has developed a distant control and surveillance system for hazardous freight transportation using GLONASS, the Russian satellite navigation system. The hazardous transportation solution, which had...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Guam Land Director Confirmed

Guam - Acting Department of Land Management Director Monte Mafnas won pledges of  support from a number of Senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.  Read More

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Viet Nam Experts Divided Over Land Law Shift

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Lessons from UN-REDD in Vietnam

UN-REDD Programme Viet Nam is developing two reports, the evaluation report for effectiveness of awareness raising and training, and lesson learned report from activities in particular areas such as Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), Benefits Distribution...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

GALILEO Sat System Crucial Extension of Global Search and Rescue

Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system will soon be adding its unique talents to a global search and rescue service. The international satellite rescue system, Cospas-Sarsat, has been making air and sea travel safeter for 30 years and already...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Japan Quake Anniversary Shows Lessons Unlearned

Japan’s remarkable recovery from last year’s tragic earthquake leaves big lessons unlearned. The economy bounced back more quickly than expected after March’s earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear leak. But the government flunked a bigger test by failing...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

WCS to Distribute WorkNC, WorkXPlore 3D in Malaysia

Sescoi is expanding its Asian network of offices and distributors by appointing WCS Solution as Malaysian distributor for its WorkNC CADCAM software, and for WorkXPlore 3D, its high speed view, mark-up and analysis system. Read More

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

UN Atlas Shows Secondary Education Access Still Challenge

Access to secondary education is still a challenge for girls, especially in parts of Africa and Asia, according to a United Nations atlas published today that highlights the differences in education between girls and boys in terms...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Armenia’s PM is Satisfied With Cadastre Activities

Qualitative changes were made in the cadastre activities. And the citizens could not believe that such high-quality cadastre work was possible in Armenia, PM Tigran Sargsyan said during Wednesday’s Governmental session. In his words, the program being...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Samsung Extends Strategic Cooperation with Route 66 for Samsung Wave

Samsung has recently extended its ongoing strategic cooperation with ROUTE 66. As a direct result of this extended agreement SAMSUNG will start to pre-install SAMSUNG Navigation, an advanced mapping and turn-by-turn GPS navigation solution jointly developed by...