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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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Thursday, July 7th, 2011

OGC Seeks Comment on Geography Markup Language 3.3 Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate version 3.3 of the OGC Geography Markup Language (GML). GML 3.3 builds on GML 3.2.1, published by ISO as ISO 19136:2007, and extends GML with additional schema components based on...

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Fugro Recognised for Best Practice at JALBTCX Awards

The Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technology Centre of Excellence (JALBTCX), has announced Fugro Senior Survey Manager Nigel Townsend, as a 2011 recipient of the LCDR Peter Johnson Award for Survey Best Practice.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

ITRI Unveils Innovative Remote-sensing Technologies

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute announced a dozen innovative information and communications technologies featuring user-friendly applications of remote sensing July 4. Information and Communications Research Laboratories showcased a range of devices that run counter to the stereotyped impression...

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

TomTom HD Traffic Service to Mid-range GPS Buyers

TomTom's 3G data-based service HD Traffic is now available to Kiwis who are unwilling to spend upwards of $600 on a GPS unit. The service, which warns GPS users about reported incidents on the roads ahead, is now...

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

IBM Continues to Advance Smart Grid Developments in Korea

In conjunction with the semi-annual Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition (GIUNC) meeting, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced its collaboration with Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO), on the building of the Total Operations Center at the Jeju Smart...

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Construction Boom Hits Tohoku

The expected construction boom in areas devastated by the March 11 disaster has arrived, but much grumbling is being heard despite the money pouring in from both the public and private sectors. Whispers of a "reconstruction bubble" are...

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

India Govt Eases Data Policy for Remote Sensing

The government, late on Monday night, announced a forward looking and new data sharing policy for India's Remote Sensing satellites. The new policy effectively breaks the monopoly that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had on the remote sensing...

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

GRAPHISOFT Strategic Partnership with JZFZ in China

GRAPHISOFT Asia Sales Director Robert Greenfield and General Manager of JZFZ Zhang Yuhua signed an agreement that lays out the terms for a strategic partnership. The parties will cooperate in an effort to promote the application of...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

ALSTOM : Grid Wins a Major Contract to Rebuild Iraq Energy

The contract, that includes the supply of GIS substations and power transformers2, has been signed within the framework of the Ministry of Electricity's "Mega Deal3" project to add more than 10,000 MW of power generation capacity in...

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Infrastructure Australia Unveils Priority List

Australia's national infrastructure body on Monday unveiled an 86 billion Australian dollar project priority list ranging from railroads to ports and urged lawmakers to overhaul the financing and planning of major public works programs. Creaking infrastructure has long...