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The Indian Space Research Organization has announced that April 28th is the date now set for the launch of their Polar Satellite Vehicle, PSLV-C9 carrying aboard their latest remote sensing satellite, known as CARTOSAT-2A, along with Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight nanosatellites, will launch at about 9:20 a.m.
Read MoreSentinel-2, the first optical satellite in the Sentinel series, will have Astrium as its prime contractor.
Read MoreSince humans first flew in space, nothing has captivated astronauts more than the view of home out the window of their spacecraft.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], through its commercial launch business, Boeing Launch Services, has been awarded a contract to launch DigitalGlobe's second WorldView Earth-imaging satellite on a Delta II launch vehicle. Plus, DigitalGlobe looking at an IPO...
Read MoreWorth 305 million euro is the new contract just signed by Thales Alenia Space with the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply the Sentinel-3 Earth observation satellite for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program.
Read MoreCOM DEV International Ltd. [TSX: CDV] has been awarded an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) from an Asian customer for work on a major subsystem of an instrument that will fly on a future Earth observation satellite.
Read MoreOne of the experiments housed on the European Columbus laboratory's external platform onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is an automated eye in the sky known as the Earth Viewing Camera (EVC).
Read MoreFailure Analysis has submitted a proposal to the CIA/Air Force/National Reconnaissance Office to provide a civil and military satellite-based, underground 3-D mapping system called DUMSTR.
Read MoreEuropean Space Agency (ESA) Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain and Heinz Zourek, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry Policy, have signed an agreement in Brussels to reinforce the performance of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) earth observation system.
Read MoreLockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA to design and develop a new instrument on the nexgen of weather sats... this instrument is to detect patterns in lightning flashes so forecasters can have an early indicator of severe thunderstorms and tornados.
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