• Australia’s space industry is facing an uncertain future after the recent budget cuts which cancelled the national EO programme
• AI-Empowered Policy Making with the UN Arab Region Data and Policy Support Hub

• China Launches New Meteorological Satellite. China launched the FENGYUN-3F weather satellite

• India’s first Defence UAV Testing Centre to be in Tamil Nadu. Indian Startup to launch world’s first Multi-Sensor Satellite in 2024

• India’s IN-SPACe is considering a public-private partnership for building and operating a national EO constellation

• Indian EO analytics firm, SatSure, which is building a constellation of satellites, made a strategic investment in Astrogate Labs, a startup building laser communications system that enhances downlink speed to 1 Gbps

• 5 Private Companies Planning Earth Observation Missions

• NASA announced the release of the first open-source geospatial AI foundation model for EO data, built using the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 dataset, in partnership with IBM
• NOAA Eliminates Certain Restrictions on Commercial Remote Sensing Companies
• Radiant Earth, PLACE, Spatial Collective, and the Kenyan Space Agency are collaborating on a pilot project to collect and curate labelled high-resolution agricultural data for open access and public benefit in Kenya

• The UK Space Agency announced £15M in funding which will be used to invest in a range of environmental monitoring EO instruments

• The Government of Western Australia invested AUD 800,000 in LatConnect 60, which is building a constellation of EO satellites;

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• Array Labs is scanning the Earth from space to equip autonomous vehicles with 3D maps

• Capella's Earth-imaging satellites are deorbiting faster than expected

• Geospatial Intelligence Drives the Future
• Generation Space Index Q2 2023 is released
• Maxar unveils new Maxar Geospatial Platform | Geo Week News

• NASA scraps study to use lidar space sensors for climate monitoring of aerosols

• Satellites Detect Methane Leak in Kazakhstan Raising Climate Concerns

• Scientific Innovation and an Evolving Industry Landscape

• SAR satellites from Capella Space are falling back to Earth much sooner than the three years they were anticipated to operate, due to a combination of issues with the propulsion system and increased solar activity

• Planet Joins BARSC. Planet has announced a layoff of 117 employees, about 10% of its ~1,000 employees

• European space traffic management company Neuraspace has joined NVIDIA Inception, a program that nurtures startups revolutionizing industries with artificial intelligence

• IN-SPACe may be looking at 130 satellites

• Hesai Technology, NVIDIA Collaborate on AV System Development

• Pioneering worldwide space partnerships to boost UK innovation

• PrivacyHawk Raises $2.7 Million to Pioneer the Personal Data Protection Market

• Real-estate broker Redfin will include wind risk data provided by the non-profit firm First Street Foundation, based on current and projected wind exposure from hurricanes, for nearly every U.S. property listed on its website

• SatSure Invests in Astrogate Labs for Laser Communication Solutions

• The Next Frontier in Agriculture: Earth Observation Drones for Precision Farming

• Tilebox, an Austrian startup, building a platform for space data management raised $1.7M in pre-seed funding;

• Top Five Applications of Remote Sensing

• Space-related security and defence projects funded through the EDF

• The US Space Force will receive $40 million for a pilot program to evaluate the use of commercial imaging satellites in support of military operations

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Young space firms are driving acquisition activity

• Funds Europe: SpaceTech investment breaks new record

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• Integrated Spatial Planning Workbook
• New e-course on Digital Sustainability for Climate Action

• Top Five Applications of Remote Sensing

• Top Five Applications of GeoAI