ISRO to launch RISAT satellite on Monday
Indian Space Research Organization is all set to launch a new spy satellite to space this coming Monday.
This spy satellite named RISAT has been manufactured in Israel.
It has been designed by the Israeli Aerospace Industries and it features Synthetic Aperture Radar technology capable of taking images from the [...]
Iran launches its first domestically made satellite
Iran has announced that they have now launched their first domestically made satellite.
Iran said that this satellite is designed for peaceful purposes only and it has no military connections.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a statement: “Iran’s satellite technology is for purely peaceful purposes [...]
ISRO to launch Mehga Tropiques weather satellite
Indian Space Research Organization has announced that they are now working on launching a weather satellite.
ISRO is working on launching this new satellite named Mehga Tropiques which has been co-developed by the Indian and French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales).
This new satellite has been designed to [...]
GeoEye-1 starts sending first images
Google is one of the sponsors of the recently launched GeoEye-1 satellite which would transmit images back to earth.
Google would get exclusive rights to using the images on their Google Earth and Google Maps services.
The satellite has now beamed back first images which were part of the testing of technology.
GeoEye [...]
Google in exclusive deal with GeoEye for satellite imagery
Search engine giant Google has entered into an exclusive partnership with GeoEye.
GeoEye would now provide exclusive imagery from a satellite that is scheduled to be launched in the coming days.
Google would be using these images on their mapping tools like Google Maps and Google Earth.
The two [...]
Iran launches homemade satellite in space
Iran has revealed that they have now launched their first homemade satellite in the space.
The official IRNA news agency said in a report: “Iran’s Omid satellite was launched on Sunday using the Safir satellite-carrier rocket.”
Another news source added: “The president attended Iran’s Space Centre and ordered the launch … He [...]
Mitsubishi launches Japan’s first domestically produced commercial communications satellite
Japanese tech giant Mitsubishi has managed to launch the country’s first domestically produced commercial communications satellite.
This satellite was named Superbird-7 and it was sent to the space on a launcher made by European consortium Arianespace.
It was launched from the Guiana Space Center.
The satellite would now be managed [...]
Vietnam launches its first satellite Vinasat-1
Vietnam has joined the growing list of countries which have now launched their own satellite in the space.
The country launched the Vinasat-1 which was carried aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European spaceport in French Guiana.
Doan Hop Le, Vietnam’s minister of Information and Communication spoke about this achievement: “With [...]
Japan launches Kizuna internet satellite
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has confirmed that they have now launched their satellite which would provide for high speed internet speeds.
The satellite was launched after a one-week delay due to problems with the gas jet thruster for its launch rocket.
It was launched at 0855 GMT from the small island of Tanegashima. [...]
