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New Celestial Navigation System for Drones Enables GPS-Free Operations: Report
Scientists at the University of South Australia (UniSA) have unveiled a navigation system for drones that uses stars to pinpoint their location, removing the need for GPS signals. The lightweight and cost-effective system enhances operational resilience, particularly in environments where GPS signals are jammed or degraded. This development has pot...
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ISRO Launches EOS-08 Earth-Observing Satellite, Marks Third Successful Mission for SSLV
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved a significant milestone with the successful launch of the EOS-08 Earth-observing satellite on August 15. This marked the third mission for the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), a crucial addition to India’s space capabilities, specifically designed to deploy small satellites into low Ear...
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Indian Space Start-Up Uses Spy Satellite Tech To Track Mosquitos
An Indian start-up has modified sophisticated spy and surveillance satellite technology and tweaked it to detect mosquito breeding. Mosquitos are a menace of unparalleled proportions during the summer and monsoon months.
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Joint Satellite Mission With NASA Not For Surveillance: Space Agency ISRO
The joint satellite mission ISRO has undertaken with US' NASA was not for surveillance purposes, but aimed at studying the Earth with a focus on sustainability, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Saturday.
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Korean Space Race? North And South Chase Spy Satellites
North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.
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Nasdaq Refiles BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Application With SEC: Details
Nasdaq refiled an application with the US SEC to list an exchange-traded fund by BlackRock that will reflect the price of bitcoin to add additional details. The refreshed filing said that Coinbase Global will provide market surveillance in support of the proposed ETF from the world's largest asset manager.
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Assam Government Introduces Bill Mandating Installation of CCTV Cameras in Public Spaces
The Assam government introduced a new bill seeking to make it mandatory for owners of spaces that have congregations of people to install CCTVs. The bill mandates the use of surveillance equipment, like CCTV cameras and surveillance footage will have to be stored for 30 days and made available to the government as and when required. Failure to inst...
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India To Have Its 1st Observatory To Track Space Activity In Uttarakhand
India's first commercial space situational awareness observatory, to track objects as small as 10 cm in size orbiting the earth, will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand by Digantara, a space sector start-up.
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Russian's Roscosmos Launches Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrying Iranian Satellite Amid Ukraine War Concerns
Russian space agency Roscosmos has launched Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrying Iranian Satellite Khayyam. The Russian mission control has also confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit. The development comes amid controversy that Moscow might use the satellite to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine.
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Greek Government Rocked by Resignations Amid Long-Simmering Surveillance Scandal
Greece's intelligence chief and a close aide to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resigned in the space of an hour on Friday, as the country's conservative government battles a surveillance scandal. While the government has consistently denied any state involvement, saying it had not bought software of that type, complaints from the opposition and...
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South Korea Launches Its First Domestically-Developed Space Rocket
A successful launch would boost South Korea’s growing space ambitions but also prove it has key technologies to build a space-based surveillance system and bigger missiles amid animosities with rival North Korea, some experts say.
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China Develops Prototype Miniature Helicopter For Mars Missions
China has developed a prototype miniature helicopter for surveillance work on future Mars missions, according to its space science agency, following the historic landing of a robotic rover on the Red Planet a few months ago.
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DRDO's "Sindhu Netra" Surveillance Satellite Deployed In Space
In a boost for the country's surveillance capabilities to monitor activities of both military warships and merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the 'Sindhu Netra' satellite developed by a team of young scientists from Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully deployed in space on Sunday.
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IIT Madras Reserachers Design Drones To Counter 'Rogue Drones'
This system can be of invaluable assistance to law enforcement agencies, security services and armed forces to secure air space over critical civilian and military installations from surveillance by rogue drones, the Institute said in a statement.
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ISRO Launches India's Most Capable Surveillance Satellite RISAT-2BR1
India's most advanced surveillance satellite was placed into orbit today with a rocket launched from the country's spaceport in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO on board the PLSV-C48 rocket. Nine foreign satellites were also launched on ...
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New Celestial Navigation System for Drones Enables GPS-Free Operations: Report
Scientists at the University of South Australia (UniSA) have unveiled a navigation system for drones that uses stars to pinpoint their location, removing the need for GPS signals. The lightweight and cost-effective system enhances operational resilience, particularly in environments where GPS signals are jammed or degraded. This development has pot...
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ISRO Launches EOS-08 Earth-Observing Satellite, Marks Third Successful Mission for SSLV
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved a significant milestone with the successful launch of the EOS-08 Earth-observing satellite on August 15. This marked the third mission for the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), a crucial addition to India’s space capabilities, specifically designed to deploy small satellites into low Ear...
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Indian Space Start-Up Uses Spy Satellite Tech To Track Mosquitos
An Indian start-up has modified sophisticated spy and surveillance satellite technology and tweaked it to detect mosquito breeding. Mosquitos are a menace of unparalleled proportions during the summer and monsoon months.
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Joint Satellite Mission With NASA Not For Surveillance: Space Agency ISRO
The joint satellite mission ISRO has undertaken with US' NASA was not for surveillance purposes, but aimed at studying the Earth with a focus on sustainability, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Saturday.
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Korean Space Race? North And South Chase Spy Satellites
North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.
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Nasdaq Refiles BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Application With SEC: Details
Nasdaq refiled an application with the US SEC to list an exchange-traded fund by BlackRock that will reflect the price of bitcoin to add additional details. The refreshed filing said that Coinbase Global will provide market surveillance in support of the proposed ETF from the world's largest asset manager.
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Assam Government Introduces Bill Mandating Installation of CCTV Cameras in Public Spaces
The Assam government introduced a new bill seeking to make it mandatory for owners of spaces that have congregations of people to install CCTVs. The bill mandates the use of surveillance equipment, like CCTV cameras and surveillance footage will have to be stored for 30 days and made available to the government as and when required. Failure to inst...
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India To Have Its 1st Observatory To Track Space Activity In Uttarakhand
India's first commercial space situational awareness observatory, to track objects as small as 10 cm in size orbiting the earth, will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand by Digantara, a space sector start-up.
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Russian's Roscosmos Launches Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrying Iranian Satellite Amid Ukraine War Concerns
Russian space agency Roscosmos has launched Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrying Iranian Satellite Khayyam. The Russian mission control has also confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit. The development comes amid controversy that Moscow might use the satellite to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine.
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Greek Government Rocked by Resignations Amid Long-Simmering Surveillance Scandal
Greece's intelligence chief and a close aide to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resigned in the space of an hour on Friday, as the country's conservative government battles a surveillance scandal. While the government has consistently denied any state involvement, saying it had not bought software of that type, complaints from the opposition and...
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South Korea Launches Its First Domestically-Developed Space Rocket
A successful launch would boost South Korea’s growing space ambitions but also prove it has key technologies to build a space-based surveillance system and bigger missiles amid animosities with rival North Korea, some experts say.
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China Develops Prototype Miniature Helicopter For Mars Missions
China has developed a prototype miniature helicopter for surveillance work on future Mars missions, according to its space science agency, following the historic landing of a robotic rover on the Red Planet a few months ago.
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DRDO's "Sindhu Netra" Surveillance Satellite Deployed In Space
In a boost for the country's surveillance capabilities to monitor activities of both military warships and merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the 'Sindhu Netra' satellite developed by a team of young scientists from Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully deployed in space on Sunday.
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IIT Madras Reserachers Design Drones To Counter 'Rogue Drones'
This system can be of invaluable assistance to law enforcement agencies, security services and armed forces to secure air space over critical civilian and military installations from surveillance by rogue drones, the Institute said in a statement.
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ISRO Launches India's Most Capable Surveillance Satellite RISAT-2BR1
India's most advanced surveillance satellite was placed into orbit today with a rocket launched from the country's spaceport in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO on board the PLSV-C48 rocket. Nine foreign satellites were also launched on ...
