Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
China has launched a new, smaller type of rocket from its "Long March" family which will be used primarily for carrying satellites aloft, state media reported, as the country races ahead with an ambitious space programme. The Long...
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015
Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (21AT) has announced the availability of in-orbit images acquired from its recently-launched TripleSat Constellation. The constellation, comprising three identical optical satellites, is capable of providing one metre native ground sampling distance (GSD)...
Monday, August 31st, 2015
China’s largest, self-developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its maiden flight in Gansu province Monday, according to local media. The drone's first flight lasted about 20 minutes, though it can reportedly stay in the air for more than 30 hours. The CH-5...
Monday, August 31st, 2015
China launched its latest spy satellite into orbit on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 10:31 p.m. EDT (02:31 GMT) atop a Long March 4C rocket. The flight took place from the country’s LC9 launch complex at the Taiyuan...
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
A new version of the Philippine national map is being prepared by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) that will include and identify contested islands with names that pre-date the Spanish era. The map is being prepared...
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
China's Yaogan-27 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on Thursday at 10:31 a.m. Beijing Time, from Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi Province, north China. The satellite will mainly be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield...
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
Deerfield Beach, FL — GIS market in China to grow at a CAGR of 11.75 percent over the period 2014-2019. A GIS is a system or a set of tools used to interpret business and geospatial data. It...
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
E-commerce giant Alibaba is bent on developing the country’s home-grown global positioning system for corporations and developers as China continues to wean itself off its dependence on GPS. Alibaba set up a joint venture called Qianxun Location Network on Tuesday with...
Sunday, August 16th, 2015
China's eyes in the sky are providing a new level of protection for the ruins of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the magnificent temple of the Khmer Empire, which faces inundation by tourists and environmental dangers. Chinese satellites are using...
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
Chinese Internet giant Tencent, the maker of WeChat, has pinned down a strategic investment with indoor mapping startup sensewhere. The total amount of the deal was undisclosed, but the companies said that Tencent now has a license...
