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Tech Transfer Propagates Earth-Observation Programs U.S., Europe face growing competition from emerging space economies Mar 4, 2013Amy Svitak | Aviation Week & Space Technology   We do not offer the…

Dr. Joe Romm is Founding Editor of Climate Progress, “the indispensable blog,” as NY Times columnist Tom Friedman describes it. Feb 14, 2013 Back in September, Climate Progress reported that…

China launches Yaogan 15 via Long March 4C at short notice May 29, 2012 by Rui C. Barbosa A Chinese Long March 4C has launched with a military passenger –…

April 27, 2012 On 26 April 2012, India successfully launched its remote sensing Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1). This success, when viewed along with the successful launch of the first long-range…

ISRO Launches India’s First Radar Imaging Satellite, RISAT-1 India’s space program took a giant leap on Thursday morning at 5.47 a.m. (IST) with the successful launch of the country’s heaviest…

UK space radar project initiated By Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent, BBC News The UK government is to kick-start an innovative project to fly radar satellites around the Earth, with an initial…

Jonathan Amos Science correspondent The British spacecraft manufacturer SSTL has announced its intention to start building radar satellites. It is a significant move for the Guildford-based company which has, until now,…

India Launches $200M TECSAR Spy Satellite Apr 20, 2009 19:04 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff The April 20/09 launch of the RISAT-2 satellite gives India the ability to monitor…

India readies Israeli radar spysat to eye Pakistan BY CRAIG COVAULT SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: April 18, 2009 India is poised to launch a $200 million military imaging radar reconnaissance satellite…

Radar reconnaissance spacecraft launched BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: July 22, 2008; Updated with additional post-launch details The capstone of a fleet of German military satellites rocketed into space…