ISRO develops software for automatically detecting iceberg calving
India's space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has developed a software to detect and monitor iceberg calving and deformations.
The software was developed specifically to monitor the developments at...
CSIRO’s Data61 & Radiant.Earth partner to improve Earth Observation for disaster resilience
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Data61, an Australian data innovation group, will partner with non-profit organization Radiant.Earth to improve disaster resilience globally, with a special focus on the Asia-Pacific...
China’s remote sensing satellites discover 10 Roman ruins in Tunisia
Tunisia’s Ministry of Culture recently unveiled that Chinese scientists have uncovered 10 ancient Roman archaeological remains in Tunisia using China’s remote sensing satellites and related space-based technologies.
These sites, located in Gafsa,...
Insights into ISRO’s launches and missions of 2019
India’s
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has ended the year 2019 with a successful
launch of the RISAT-2BR1 satellite. During this PSLV-C 48 mission nine foreign
satellites were also launched under a commercial arrangement with...
Arianespace to launch Thailand’s THEOS-2
Arianespace has been selected to launch Thailand’s THEOS-2, the country’s new earth observation satellite, which will be built by Airbus.
THEOS-2 will be launched in 2021, using either Arianespace’s existing Vega small...
China launches LKW-3 earth observation satellite
On 13 January 2018, China launched LKW-3, the third satellite in a series known simply as "Land Survey Satellite". The launch took place at 3:10p.m. Beijing time (GMT+8) using a Long...
ISRO’s PSLV launches 31 satellites, including from Australia & Malaysia
Today, at 9:58 a.m. IST (GMT +5:30), India’s space agency ISRO launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota. The mission, known as...
Australia’s Fleet Space to launch first 2 satellites with ISRO, SpaceX
Australian Internet of Things (IoT) startup Fleet Space Technologies has announced launch plans for its first two nanosatellites, Centauri I and II, in the second half of 2018. The NewSpace startup,...
Japan’s Tsubame records lowest ever satellite altitude
Tsubame, an Earth Observation satellite developed by Japan's space agency JAXA, has been registered by the Guinness World Records as having achieved the “lowest altitude by an Earth observation satellite in...
Beijing Space View Technology signs agreement with Malaysian Digdat
Today, Chinese satellite operator and data provider Beijing Space View Technology (Space View) announced that it has signed an agreement with Malaysian geospatial products company Digdat. This took place at Intergeo,...