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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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Monday, April 4th, 2011

Iran to Build Remote Sensing Satellite with APSCO

Iran has said it will build a new remote sensing satellite in cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO) of which it is an active member. The country's space agency chief Hamid Fazeli said Sunday that Iran...

Friday, April 1st, 2011

Soyuz Launch Site Ready for First Flight

The Soyuz site at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is now ready for its first launch. ESA yesterday handed over the complex to Arianespace, marking a major step towards this year’s inaugural flight.C onstruction of the Soyuz...

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Why Do Russian Images of Earth Look So Different from NASA’s?

It was taken by a Russian spacecraft, a new weather satellite called Elektro-L. It’s now orbiting Earth on a geostationary orbit 36,000km above the equator, after being launched on January 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, on board...

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Nine New Geothermal Areas Ready To Be Developed

The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced nine potential geothermal areas as geothermal working areas. This is done to increase the geothermal contribution to the national energy mix. This statement is announced by the Director...

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

China State Nuclear Electric Power Selects SmartPlant Foundation

State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute (SNPDRI) based in Beijing, China, has chosen Intergraph SmartPlant Foundation and other SmartPlant Enterprise solutions to manage engineering data for its AP1000 project. As a subsidiary of State Nuclear...

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

CCEA Approves GAGAN Project

The government on Tuesday approved a one time grant-in aid of Rs 378 crore as Budgetary support for implementation of GPS-aided Geo Augmented Navigation system (GAGAN). The GAGAN system, estimated to cost Rs 774 crore, would make...

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

PM Asks Security Agencies to Build Better Infrastructure

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked security agencies to improve their professional standards and build better infrastructure to counter the "new generation" of terrorists who have acquired State-like military capabilities in their fighting strategies and tactics. "The number...

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Mapping Fiji Realities Challenging

Pacific Island countries and territories are challenged by the necessity to update their maps to reflect the present day realities. "Countries are utilising several mapping systems, or projections, in parallel," said Dr Wolf Forstreuter, SOPAC's Remote Sensing and...

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Philippines Launches Regional GIS Centre

The National Economic Development Authority of the Philippines has just recently launched its Regional Geographic Information Systems Centre in the Caraga Region which aims to encourage sharing of spatial information among government, private, and academic institutions in...

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Australia – More Than $314 Million in Disaster Funding Allocated in One Week

Premier Anna Bligh and Federal Minister for Agriculture, and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General of Queensland Flood Recovery, Senator Joe Ludwig, today announced a further 12 disaster affected councils would benefit from advance funding injections to kickstart reconstruction...