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Palakkad Celebrates as NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Set for First Space Mission
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G20 satellite is expected to be launched in 2027: ISRO Chairman
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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
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Japan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defense
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Hong Kong-developed ‘Eye for Space’ now operating aboard Tiangong space station
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ISRO conducts first SOLVE ground test important for Gaganyaan missions
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New 3D Detection Method for Detecting Atmospheric Rivers in Antarctica
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Uttar Pradesh Govt launches Special Land Measurement Campaign
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Japan Eyes Sovereign D2D Satellite Network
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Friday, August 5th, 2011

Esri to Exhibit CityEngine at SIGGRAPH 2011

Esri will exhibit and teach a course about CityEngine, its software for 3D modeling and urban planning, at the SIGGRAPH 2011 conference in Vancouver, Canada, August 7–11. The SIGGRAPH conference is one of the world's...

Friday, August 5th, 2011

XXII ISPRS Congress in Melbourne 2012

Please download the 2nd Announcement and call for Abstracts for the ISPRS Melbourne Congress. Could you please circulate this widely amongst colleagues and members of your organisations The Congress will run from 25th August to 1st September...

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Australian Geophysical Survey Boundary Polygons Available

A file containing survey boundary outlines in MapInfo TAB format for surveys in WA (WAEIS Phase 2 magnetic and radiometric; Albany-Fraser, Sandstone and South Gascoyne Gravity), SA (Frome), NT (West Arunta Gravity) and NSW (SE Lachlan). Read...

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Satellites in the Developing World

Within 24 hours of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, space agencies and companies around the world tasked satellites with providing free images of the earthquake’s aftermath. Experts quickly analyzed and interpreted images taken from space,...

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Hiroshima A-bomb Archive Site With 3-D Satellite Map

A recently launched website aimed at passing down the tragedy of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to future generations, using a 3-D digital satellite map, is gaining public attention, following a similar site on the Nagasaki atomic...

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

APRSAF 18 Announced

We are pleased to announce that the eighteenth session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency
Forum (APRSAF-18) will be held from 6 to 9 December 2011 in Singapore. The APRSAF-18 will be jointly
organized by...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Australia Prepares World-First Tsunami Warning System

Australian scientists are putting the finishing touches on a highly advanced tsunami warning system in a remote desert region north of Perth.   Researchers say the array of sensors is the first in the world able to make...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Satellite Image Shows Ash Plume Drifting From Krakatoa

Krakatau (also known as Krakatoa), a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, has been intermittently active for the past several decades. The island exploded in 1883, killing approximately...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

GPS Survey of Sydney’s Traffic Shows Results

The survey by RACV subsidiary Intelematics Australia took in the 26 busiest commuter routes in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, measuring traffic data over two years. After Thomastown the slowest traffic on Melbourne's seven busiest arterials was...

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Trimble Announces Second Quarter 2011 Revenue of $407.2 Million, Up 22 Percent

Trimble today announced second quarter 2011 revenue of $407.2 million, up approximately 22 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2010. Operating income for the second quarter of 2011 was $51.6 million, up 27 percent...