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Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) is India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. Though S2 was launched on 2 October 2021 at the Bangalore International Center, a formal launch announcement was made today in a webinar.
The think tank is based in Bangalore, with satellite presence in New Delhi, Berlin, Sendai, and …

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TerraPulse has announced the company has been selected by the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic to map forest cover as part of a sweeping forest activity study funded by The World Bank.

Through the program, terraPulse will apply scientifically peer-reviewed AI to nearly forty years of satellite imagery to support the countries’ monitoring of forest assets. …

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Orolia has created the Orolia Academic Partnership Program (OAPP) to build a community to help foster global PNT research and collaboration at top engineering schools and research institutions. Orolia will provide qualified institutions with access to the company’s signature Skydel Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Simulation Engine, the industry’s most advanced GNSS and PNT testing and simulation tool.
Supporting its …

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Berlin-based location intelligence startup Targomo is in the midst an international expansion of its location analytics platform. Users now have access to information on locations in a total of 24 countries, seven of them outside Europe, and including the US.
Last year, Targomo relaunched a retail-optimized version of its TargomoLOOP platform with data for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “From the …

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A German – Finnish collaboration between MOOVE GmbH and Sensible 4 Oy has been announced, and the vehicle was launched at the world’s leading startup event Slush in Helsinki. Together the companies are aiming to bring a new self-driving serial-produced shuttle bus to the European market in 2023.
In the new collaboration, Finnish self-driving technology company Sensible 4 will automate …

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Orbital Reef, led by partners Blue Origin and Sierra Space, was selected by NASA for a funded Space Act Agreement for collaboration to design a commercially owned and operated space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). NASA’s Commercial LEO Development program aims to shift NASA’s research and exploration activities in LEO to commercial space stations, helping stimulate a growing space …

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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has executed a $316 million contract option for BAE Systems’ advanced M-Code Global Positioning System (GPS) modules, raising the contract funding to $641 million. The modules provide dependable positioning, navigation, and timing for ground troops, vehicles, aircraft, and precision munitions. The contract will ensure the availability of Common GPS Modules …

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AWS
Siemens Digital Industries Software and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announces an expansion of their collaboration, which combines Siemens’ deep industry expertise with cloud services from AWS to help industrial companies accelerate digital transformation in the cloud. Together, AWS and Siemens plan to drive adoption of Siemens’ Xcelerator as a Service and make Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of integrated software, …

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Esri India, country’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions provider, today announced the launch of Indo ArcGIS to address the need for ready-to-use GIS based solutions and geospatial content for the GIS users in India.

Powered by ArcGIS technology, world’s leading mapping and analytics system, Indo ArcGIS includes solution products in the areas of Forest Management, …

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Trimble has introduced the Trimble® R750 GNSS Modular Receiver, a connected base station for use in civil construction, geospatial and agricultural applications. The R750 provides improved base station performance, giving contractors, surveyors and farmers more reliable and precise positioning in the field.
The R750 can be used to broadcast Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) corrections for a wide range of …