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Hexagon and Hitachi Zosen sign agreement to provide TerraStar-X Enterprise corrections in Japan
Calgary, Canada – Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division and Hitachi...
China launches “Macao Science 1” space exploration satellites
JIUQUAN, May 21 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent two...
Isro’s Chandrayaan-3 launch likely on July 12
The Indian Space Research Organisation is expected to launch...
SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman in space, to International Space Station
Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the...
Singapore Tourism Board partners with Google to create Augmented Reality tours
Google’s ARCore and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) launched...
India’s New Space Policy Allows Full Private Sector Involvement
Long dominated almost exclusively by the government, the Indian...
Bayanat, Yahsat and ICEYE announce an ambitious program to broaden commercial opportunities across the UAE space-ecosystem
The program aims to develop a constellation of five LEO...
International Code Council and Dubai Municipality Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Safe, Innovative Construction
The collaboration supports the position of the Emirate of...
Malaysian Space Agency receives Geospatial World Excellence Award for use of technology in monitoring rice crops
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — The Malaysian Space Agency...
Kenya’s Taifa-1, the first satellite designed locally, rockets into the space economy
Kenya’s Space Agency (KSA) recently deployed its first earth...

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Google Earth Reveals North Korean Labor Camps

There’s no button on Google Earth for “Show Concentration Camps,” which is probably a good thing for North Korea given that human rights activists are now using Google Earth precisely to show where North Korea has their...

Monday, November 19th, 2012

Burma: Satellite Images Show Widespread Attacks On Rohingya

Attacks and arson in late October by ethnic Arakanese against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State were at times carried out with the support of state security forces and local government officials, Human Rights Watch said Saturday. New...

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Satellite Images Raise Concerns for Burma Muslims

Human Rights Watch says a series of images, which compare the same scene with images taken earlier in the year, show "near total destruction" of a predominantly Rohingya Muslim part of Kyaukpyu, one of several areas in Rakhine...