Friday, April 3rd, 2026
ispace-U.S. mission schedule updated due to engine development delays & model update Tokyo – ispace, inc., a global lunar exploration company, announced today ULTRA, its newest lunar lander model integrating the APEX 1.0 lander and the Series 3 lander, each of which had been in development in parallel at the company’s Japanese and U.S. entities.
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
The crew lifted off around 6:35 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the 10-day mission, they could travel farther from Earth than any humans have gone before. What to know NASA’s long-awaited Artemis II mission has launched four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon. The rocket lifted off at 6:35 p.m.
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Relaunch creates a powerful, secure, and scalable platform for citizen services and administration. The state capital of Mainz and its municipal data centre (KDZ) have partnered with VertiGIS and Esri Germany to relaunch their Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI). The initiative delivers a modern, cloud-based, and security-certified SaaS platform designed to meet today’s administrative needs while
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
The Celeste program will begin with two demonstrator satellites, IOD-1 and IOD-2. Celeste IOD-1, developed by GMV and Alén Space under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Celeste In-Orbit Demonstrator (IOD) program, was successfully launched on March 28 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand. The two satellites – built respectively by GMV
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
High-accuracy positioning in a compact industrial enclosure is now accessible to robotics, logistics, and scalable industrial automation applications. Septentrio, part of Hexagon, a provider of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, announces a new enclosed multi-frequency GNSS receiver: AsteRx EB. This cost-effective product offers uncompromised high-accuracy positioning and GNSS heading for industrial robots, port logistics, marine, and
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
The contract awarded by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) to a consortium led by e-GEOS, part of the Leonardo Group, which also includes MapSat, Planetek Italia and the University of Cassino. e-GEOS, a joint venture between the Italian Space Agency (20%) and Telespazio (80%) of the Leonardo Group, is leading the
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Europe’s satellite navigation ambitions reached a new milestone on 28 March, as the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the first two satellites of its Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission from New Zealand aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket. The mission signals a bold move toward a more resilient, sovereign navigation infrastructure designed to complement and reinforce the
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Visit by Emmanuel Macron and Sanae Takaichi reflects increasing focus on on-orbit servicing. Astroscale France SAS, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings , a provider of satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, and Exotrail, a French company specializing in the design, manufacturing and operation of multi-orbit and multi-mission satellites, have signed a contract
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, is doubling down on digital innovation for urban management. The city has agreed to extend its partnership with Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (LX) by three years, reinforcing its commitment to building a digital twin-based urban management system that serves both city administrators and citizens alike. The original agreement,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Octave announced the launch of Alto 2026.0, a milestone upgrade to its platform for building advanced location intelligence and real-time situational awareness applications. As geopolitical tensions rise, Alto 2026.0 delivers visualization capabilities for defense agencies to map cyber threats and incidents and easily share the information across teams. Defense and intelligence agencies worldwide rely on
