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China on Sunday launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-7, which will play an important role in land surveying and mapping, urban and rural construction and statistical investigation, according to…

According to reports by Chinese state-owned Xinhua news agency, China has launched three more Yaogan-30 remote-sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern China on 26 July. The…

Usually, observation planes approaching a foreign airspace experience a strong reaction, often in the form of an interception and an official complaint from the diplomatic sphere. This month, however, several flights…

Venus has often been called Earth’s sister planet, mainly because the two are roughly the same size. And there the similarity ends. One significant difference is that Venus is covered…

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information to find space-based technology offerings for potential use in satellites that weigh less than 1,102 pounds. IARPA said Thursday in a…

SAMARA, January 17. /TASS/. The first Obzor-R radar satellite will be ready in 2019 and will be launched in the summer of 2020, CEO of the Samara-based Progress Rocket and…

New radar satellite data reveals the dramatic impact this has had on the stability of the city’s foundations. Between 1984 and 2011, groundwater supplies beneath Tehran sunk by as much…

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has won a contract from South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) to develop and build a network of surveillance satellites, the company said in a…

Space Apps Challenge: students have 48 hours to develop applications using space data Press Release From: Canadian Space Agency Posted: Friday, October 19, 2018 From October 19 to 21, in…

A new European Space Agency (ESA) project aims to allow developing countries to have greater access to powerful Earth observation tools in order to reduce risks linked to natural disasters…