Lokeren, Belgium, August 30th, 2013. Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies today announces the availability of of its completely re-engineered UAS mapping software solution “We are pleased to present today ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has begun the process of transferring to its fourth and final mapping orbit, as it continues its mission around the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn initially made orbit around Ceres on ...

Having already provided us with numerous insights into the nature of the dwarf planet Ceres, NASA's Dawn spacecraft is ready to move into a new, lower mapping orbit, which will provide the most ...

Orbit GT has released v17.1 of its UAS Mapping desktop product including the all-new Upload to the Cloud feature. It is available for download from the company website. “This upgrade includes the ...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached the red planet in March 2006, and entered into a highly elliptical orbit– the type of orbit easiest to achieve in that it requires the least amount of fuel ...

Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies will showcase Orbit UAS Mapping Pro, version 11.0, at InterGeo, October 7-9 in Berlin. “Orbit’s UAS Mapping Pro 11.0 is an impressive product for all professional UAV ...

Long before NASA reached the moon, the U.S. civilian space agency's managers and engineers began to look at ways of using Apollo lunar hardware in non-lunar and advanced lunar missions. In April 1963, ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has completed a gentle spiral into its new science orbit for an even closer view of the giant asteroid Vesta. Dawn began sending science data on Sept. 29 from this new orbit, ...

Well, this is something I’ve been waiting for a very, very long time: The Dawn spacecraft is in its final, lowest mapping orbit of the protoplanet Ceres, and is now returning the highest-resolution ...

Commercial space situational awareness provider LeoLabs is to expand its ground-radar network to track smaller objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) after raising an additional $13 million in funding. The ...

A Long March rocket boosted a Chinese mapping satellite into orbit Sunday from the Jiuquan launching base in the Gobi desert, according to state media reports. The Tianhui 1B satellite blasted off at ...

The probe's orbit had to be lowered to get it into position to be able to map mars. To do this, the low point in the orbit was manipulated using on-board rockets to dip the probe into the upper part ...