Despite the hype created by smallsat LEO constellations, the traditional market is expected to remain the dominant source of revenue globally for building and launching satellites.
Palm Oil Plantations
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over palm oil plantations in East Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island Borneo.
First images from Mars will be seen through Jenoptik lenses
When NASA launches the Mars 2020 mission the first images back to Earth in February of 2021 will be seen through lenses designed and engineered by Jenoptik. The Jenoptik Light & Optics team in Jupiter, FL have been developing three types of mission critical lenses...
Maxar Chosen by NASA to Integrate Pollution Monitoring Payload on an Upcoming Commercial Satellite
Westminster, Colo. – Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) today announced that it will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class satellite in geostationary (GEO) orbit. TEMPO will be the first...
Altitude Angel and DroneShield combine to bring single situational awareness to managed airspace
London, United Kingdom – Altitude Angel, the world’s foremost unmanned traffic management (UTM) technology provider, and DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO or DRO.AU) (“DroneShieldâ€), a global leader in drone detection and mitigation, have announced a partnership....
Airbus to run UK MOD's land C4ISR test centre
London – Airbus has agreed a five-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to manage test and reference services to support the delivery and assured release of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance...
OGC's Dr. Nadine Alameh receives GeoIgnite's inaugural ˜Diversity in Leadership' award
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is proud to announce that OGC CEO Dr. Nadine Alameh has received GeoIgnite’s inaugural Diversity in Leadership Award. The award was presented to Nadine as part of the GeoIgnite 2019 Diversity in Leadership Summit, held last month...
Mapbox and Yahoo! JAPAN Collaborate to Transform the Digital Experience of Maps in Japan
San Francisco, California and Tokyo, Japan- Mapbox and Yahoo Japan Corporation (hereafter referred to as "Yahoo! JAPAN") today announce at SoftBank World that they are collaborating to transform the digital experience of maps in Japan, and will begin integrating and...
Researchers bust cost barriers by putting $100 satellites into orbit
On June 3, as NASA Ames Research Center announces the successful deployment of the largest swarm of ChipSats in history, Manchester, now an assistant professor at Stanford, is already envisioning the future of this technology. “This is like the PC revolution for...
Abu Dhabi Government concludes participation at Esri User Conference in San Diego
ABU DHABI - The Abu Dhabi Government has concluded participation at the recent Esri User Conference at the San Diego Convention Centre in San Diego, California. During their presence at the five-day show, 18 government entities from Abu Dhabi shed a spotlight on its...
