Monday, April 4th, 2011
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...
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
In a recent interview Keiji Tachikawa - President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spoke about the many contributions that Japan is making in terms of space exploration and satellite imaging and sensing. These include an asteroid explorer that...
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has signed a contract with the Moscow-based international space company Kosmotras (ISCK) for the launch of the United Arab Emirates' second remote sensing satellite -- DubaiSat-2. The contract...
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
ISRO spokespersons also stated that the satellite has been transported to the Sriharikota rocket launch centre located about 80km from Chennai in South India, where currently tests are being conducted on it, after which it will be...
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Until recently, JAXA’s contritbution to GEO had focused on disaster management, through the Sentinel Asia Project, and using mainly the Advanced Land Observing Satellite DAICHI. However, since the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite IBUKI went into operation, JAXA...
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
'Resourcesat-2', an advanced remote sensing satellite, 'Youthsat', a participatory scientific mission with payloads from Russia and India and X-sat, Singapore's first indigenous satellite, would be launched on board PSLV C-16 in February, March and April, ISRO Chairman...
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
On 14 December 2010 TanDEM-X mission has reached another important milestone: the test phase was completed on schedule in less than six months and prove that the operational mode, ie the collection of elevation data, can begin from...
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Earth observation is the number one satellite-based application worldwide, with governments spending $6.7 billion on EO in 2008, according to a report from international satellite research and consulting firm Euroconsult. The same report named satellite...
