Monday, July 11th, 2011
ESA today awarded a contract worth almost €150 million to Astrium to develop and build two satellite sensors that will monitor Earth's atmosphere as part of Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme.
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) said that Iran will launch three more satellites in space by the end of Iranian calendar year, ending on March 20, the state IRIB TV website said on Thursday. Iran, on Wednesday,...
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
The Russian Academy of Sciences has offered support and assistance to Turkmenistan in creating a national satellite monitoring centre. The offer was made in the Russian Academy of Sciences’ section of the international exhibition “Science, Hardware and Innovative...
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Former President of India A P J Abdul Kalam Thursday suggested that Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) build a satellite service station in geo-synchronous orbit as he saw an opportunity for it in this field. Kalam, himself an...
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Space scientists are calling on the Federal Government to invest more than $100 million to help safeguard from the effects of severe space weather and political obstruction. Members of the Canberra-based Australian Academy of Science and other space...
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Emirati engineers have completed the design for DubaiSat-2 at a satellite manufacturing plant in South Korea and are working on a flight model for the launch, which is expected at the end of next year from Russia. The...
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The ISRO Inertial Systems Unit here will step up production of systems for satellites and launch vehicles because of ISRO's plan to increase the frequency of satellite launches to meet the rising demand. The fabrication of Polar Satellite...
Monday, April 18th, 2011
But it is Israel's observational satellites, some of which are also launched from the Unit, that have recently grabbed the attention of the top brass. The satellites - there are four government-owned ones and two privately owned...
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Earthquake vulnerability tests have been conducted in some 19,000 buildings in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet, the disaster management minister tells parliament. "All the buildings will be examined step by step. Moreover, initiatives have been taken to develop a...