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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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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Google Publishes Street View Imagery of Post-Tsunami Japan

The historic 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan back in March may have fallen out of the public news cycle, but the massive rebuilding efforts continue. Now Google has launched a Web site dedicated to...

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

SuperPad 3 Selected for Efficient Field Survey at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering

SuperGeo Technologies announced that its reseller in India, RSI SOFTECH, has successfully gotten into the domestic education market. The local partner promotes SuperPad 3 to Adhiyamaan College of Engineering.

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Indigenous Indian Space Technology at Par With Others

At an event hosted by a private college to commemorate the launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-18, Associate Director of Thiruvananthapuram based Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, John P Zachariah said that indigenous Indian space technology...

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Four Korean Satellites Expected to Be Launched in 2012

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said that a multi-purpose satellite named Arirang-5 will take off from the Yasny rocket launch site in Russia next year. One of four Korean satellites planned for 2012, the Arirang-5 is the nation's...

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Russia – Two More Glonass Satellites Into Operation

Two more Glonass navigation satellites will be up and running before the end of the year, Russian space officials said. “We plan to put two more satellites into operation before the end of the year, and another at...

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Maintain KNN’s Standard: Municipal Commissioner

Kanpur Nagar Nigam (KNN) has won an award for creating unique geographical information system (GIS), designed to locate the houses in the city.  Municipal commissioner R Vikram Singh praised the efforts of the staff and emphasized to maintain standards in...

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

World Ocean Council Launches “Smart Ocean/Smart Industries”

Major ocean companies are working to expand and better coordinate the collection of oceanic and atmospheric data from ships and other offshore platforms through Smart Ocean/Smart Industries. This programme has been developed by the World Ocean Council(WOC), an...

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

ESA Selects Astrium to Build Sentinel-5 Precursor Satellite

Furthering Europe’s capacity to monitor atmospheric pollution, ESA has awarded a contract worth €45.5 million to Astrium UK to act as prime contractor for the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite system.

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

AVEVA and FARO Sign Interoperability Agreement

FARO Technologies, Inc. and AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries,  announced today that they have signed an Interoperability Agreement.

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

The OGC seeks comment on Gazetteer Best Practices

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC?) seeks public comment on the candidate OGC Gazetteer Best Practices Document. There is growing interest in the development of a common feature-based model for geographic names databases, often referred to as gazetteers.  This candidate OGC best...