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HAL to build, market Isro’s SSLV in landmark deal
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Taiwan developing space capabilities for all-weather imaging
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Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket as it looks to get into the space business
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China’s space program provides larger platform for broader international cooperation
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India To Launch $1.5 Billion Joint Earth Mission With NASA In July
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Monday, April 25th, 2011

CDIA PPP Guide for Municipalities Now Available

The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) has prepared a PPP Guide for Municipalities offering an innovative view to help local governments understand how to approach a potential PPP project and to review some issues that may...

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Viet Nam – Work Begins on Song Tranh No 4 Hydropower Plant

Construction of the Song Tranh No 4 Hydropower Plant kicked off yesterday in Que Luu Commune in the central province of Quang Nam. The VND1.6 trillion (US$76 million) plant is one of the projects set out in...

Monday, April 25th, 2011

‘DAICHI’ (ALOS) Power Generation Anomaly

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been operating the Advanced Land Observing Satellite ‘DAICHI” (ALOS), which has exceeded its design life of three years and its target life of five years. However, at around 7:30 a.m....

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Indonesian Coal Mining 2011 Report

Coal mines in Kalimantan and Sumatra are the coal mines of interest by investors from countries China, India and Singapore. We have good data about the mines that will be on sale and can be a place...

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Intermap Announces $6.45 Million Private Placement Financing

The Offering will consist of a non-brokered private placement by Intermap of 16,125,000 Units at a price of CDN$0.40 per Unit for gross proceeds of CDN$6,450,000. Each Unit shall consist of one common share (a "Common Share") and...

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

OGC Seeks Participants for 3D Portrayal Interoperability Experiment

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is launching a 3D Portrayal Interoperability Experiment (IE) on 26 May 2011 to advance best practice for implementing standards for publishing and streaming 3D geospatial assets related to urban planning and landscape...

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Russia Reconnect with Lost Satellite

A Rokot light-class carrier rocket carrying with the Geo-IK-2 satellite blasted off February 1 from Russia's Plesetsk launching site, but placed the satellite in an incorrect orbit. After the launch, the Defense Ministry announced it had lost...

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

KazSat-2 Satellite to Be Launched in June 2011

During an on-line conference, the KazCosmos chairman, Talgat Mussabayev announced that the launch of the KazSat-2 satellite is scheduled for June 10, 2011. The previous launch date was March 30th, but the spacecraft was found to be...

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

VFX Data Capture Purchases Leica High-Definition Survey Tech

UK based 4DMax, a leading company in the film, TV, visual FX and Forensic 3D data capture market has recently purchased the latest Leica High-Definition SurveyingTM (HDS) ScanStation C10 to enhance its 3D data capture services. The...

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Esri Launches Middle East and Africa Utility User Group

Utility companies in the Middle East and Africa now have a local source for sharing ideas, success stories, and information about Esri technology. The first Middle East and Africa Utility User Group held its inaugural meeting March...