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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
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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, July 28th, 2011

Ground-based Tech to Fill GPS Black Holes

An Australian company is poised to take advantage of growing frustration at the limitations of satellite-dependent global positioning systems. Professor Chris Rizos, of the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South...

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Boom in Infrastructure Development Triggers Growth in the Asia Pacific

The Asia Pacific air traffic control (ATC) equipment market is experiencing fast-paced growth, driven by booming air traffic and infrastructure expansion programmes. With most countries in the region witnessing burgeoning passenger and cargo traffic, the markets in...

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Web Based Atlas of Laser Scanned Buddhist Stone Inscriptions

An important cultural heritage is located in the Chinese providence of Sichuan: about 1000 years
ago, Buddhist stone inscriptions have been carved into rock – the Stone Sutras. Archiving the current
state of the inscriptions,...

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Mapping Mangrove Biomass

The 2004 Asian Tsunami caused dramatic damage, but there are other threats. Remote sensing technologies are evolving quickly and provide tools for monitoring such tropical forests so the team set out to compare three methods. Image differencing is...

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

India Releases Atlas of Freedom Movement

An atlas, which traces historical events comprising the Freedom Movement of India in geo-spatial depiction, was released at the Geo Summit 2011, held at the Satyabhama University here. Prithvish Nag, Director, National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO),...

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

GIZ at the Fifth Asia Pacific Urban Forum

The GIZ-SUTP along with the Transport division of the UNESCAP jointly organised a breakout session at the Fifth Asia Pacific Urban Forum on the 22nd June 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. The title of the breakout session was...

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Siemens Helps TAIPEI 101 to Become the Tallest ‘green’ Building

Siemens has assisted the management team of TAIPEI 101, the tallest building in Taiwan and the second tallest building in the world, to achieve platinum certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Existing Buildings: Operations and...

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Nearmap.com Signs Agreement with Hometrack

Property information service company, Hometrack, has signed an agreement with Perth-based nearmap.com to use its photo mapping content for its Valuer product. Hometrack provides electronic valuations and risk analytics solutions to the Australian and UK housing and mortgage...

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Australia’s Biggest Agricultural Industry Field Day Event

The giant field days are staged over three days in August in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia. It attracts over 100,000 visitors, the largest visitation of any rural field day in the country. Since it started in 1973,...

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Powering Japan’s Future

Last year, Japan produced close to one quadrillion watt-hours of electricity — that's 1 followed by 15 zeros. The vast majority of that — which translates into one billion megawatt hours (MWh) — came from coal, natural...