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As the Belo Monte Dam Chokes the ‘House of God’, Satellites Capture It All

Pritam Das, Faisal Hossain, Hör∂ur Bragi Helgason and Shahzaib Khan 07/05/2022

Five years ago, the Big Bend was a river...

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Is the Google Maps Island off Kochi Really an Island?

The Wire Staff 18/06/2021

A small, green smudge has appeared on Google Maps'...

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The Startup Building the First Constellation of Satellites To Track Space Debris

Afiya Qureshi 31/10/2020

In conversation with the founder of a Canadian startup...

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India Needs to Get Over ‘National Security’ Myth, Revamp Remote Sensing Policies

Ashok G.V. and Prateep Basu 05/06/2020

The Indian government's regulatory climate for Earth-observation data fails...

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Despite the Great IRS Tech, India’s Remote-Sensing Programme Remains a Downer

Pradeep Mohandas 28/11/2019

In the late 1990s, space agencies from around the...

ISRO’s Earth Observation Satellite HysIS Sends First Image

The 380-kg HysIS is meant to study the earth’s...

First-stage integration of the PSLV C34 in progress. Credit: ISRO

Wheat Production Forecasts and More – 20 Points From ISRO’s 2016 Annual Report

The Wire Staff 22/02/2017

During 2016, ISRO signed cooperative agreements with the French,...