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- Technology
Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite now available in 6 more countries
San Francisco: Apple announced that its safety service Emergency SOS via satellite is now available to customers in six more countries — Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal. Available on…
- Featured News
NISAR main teri galiyon pe ai vatan…: NASA-ISRO joint Satellite Project in final stages
The headline of this wonderfully written promising story is taken from the first line of the famous poem of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, the internationally acclaimed Urdu poet Today is the birth anniversary…
- Bangalore
ISRO preps for re-entry experiment of decommissioned satellite on March 7
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for a challenging experiment of controlled re-entry of a decommissioned low earth orbit satellite, Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1), into the earth’s atmosphere on March 7.…
- India
Efforts afoot to have built-in satellite tuners in TV sets: Anurag Thakur
Mumbai: Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday said efforts are afoot to have a built-in satellite tuner in television sets to offer access to over 200 channels, a move that…
- Featured News
Key to India’s place in small satellites market is SSLV-D2
The February 10 mission of the ISRO to test its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) performance will have a special significance for both the space agency and two companies with active presence…
- Science
ISRO-NASA built satellite ready to be shipped to India for launch
Washington: An earth-observation satellite jointly developed by NASA and ISRO that will help study Earth’s land and ice surfaces in greater detail is all set to be shipped to India later this…
- India
ISRO report shows entire Joshimath may sink
Dehradun: The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released satellite images of Joshimath and a preliminary report on land subsidence which shows that the entire…
- Science
OneWeb nearing completion of satellite constellation, deploys 40 satellites
Chennai: The UK-based satellite broadband connectivity company, OneWeb, on Tuesday confirmed the successful deployment of 40 satellites launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This launch is OneWeb’s 16th to-date,…
- Middle East
Kuwait announces launch of 1st satellite, KuwaitSat 1 into space
Kuwait has successfully launched the first satellite, “KuwaitSat 1”, into space via a missile from a base in the US state of Florida, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported. The Kuwaiti satellite…
- Telangana
Satellite sensing system to map roads in Telangana
Hyderabad: To ensure better shortcut road connectivity, a satellite remote sensing system be used for road mapping in the state. Vice Chairman of the Planning Board of Telangana, B Vinod Kumar on…
- Technology
iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via satellite helped rescue 2 people in serious car crash
San Francisco: The Emergency SOS via satellite and the Crash Detection feature of the iPhone 14 has helped rescue two people in a serious car crash in the US. According to MacRumors,…
- Business
Microsoft, Viasat partner to deliver satellite internet globally by 2025
Washington: Microsoft announced that it has partnered with global communications company Viasat to deliver satellite internet access to 10 million people across the world by 2025. Viasat is the first satellite partner…
- Technology
Musk launches govt-focused satellite internet service called Starshield
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run SpaceX has announced a new government-focused satellite internet service called Starshield with a focus on “national security”. Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national…
- Technology
Apple invests $450mn for Emergency SOS via satellite
San Francisco: Apple has invested $450 million in developing the critical infrastructure that supports Emergency SOS via satellite for iPhone 14 models which will be launching “later this month” in the US…
- World
UN announces satellite-based system to detect emissions
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt): As part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling methane, the UN on Friday announced a new satellite-based system to detect emissions of the climate warming…