UNOSAT is the United Nations Satellite Centre. It is hosted at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), with the mission to promote...

is termed global navigation satellite system (GNSS). As of 2023[update], five global systems are operational: the United States's Global Positioning System...

December 31st 2022, there are 6,718 operational satellites in the Earth's orbit, of which 4,529 belong to the United States (3,996 commercial), 590 belong...

The International Cospas-Sarsat Programme is a satellite-aided search and rescue (SAR) initiative. It is organized as a treaty-based, nonprofit, intergovernmental...

The United Kingdom Global Navigation Satellite System (UK GNSS) was a United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) research programme which, between May 2018 and...

The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP) was established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) to allow Iraq to sell oil on...

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of...

Signals intelligence operational platforms are employed by nations to collect signals intelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of...

of Technology use satellites for educational applications. Between 1975 and 1976, India conducted its largest sociological programme using space technology...

spacecraft, so the number of satellite and space probes launchings budgeted for was doubled. The total cost of the satellite programme was estimated at 733.5 million...

agencies/institutions. Coincidently, the nations with existing space capabilities continued to develop satellite programmes and expand their space budgets. By...

technology and their space applications, with a view to their being used for scientific purposes and for operational space applications systems… ESA is responsible...

projects on remote sensing and GIS for societal applications. IIRS also runs various outreach programmes (Live & Interactive and e-learning) to build trained...

begun their own space programmes, while the European Union collectively works to create satellite systems to rival those of the United States. The USSR Space...

various sectors within the United Arab Emirates and across the globe, using data from UAE satellites and various applications related to space science....

organisation agreed to provide free satellite time for pre-SITE testing. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided assistance of $500,000...

approximately 4000-satellite constellation, with the first generation becoming operational in approximately 2020. The satellites for the OneWeb constellation...

was launched on 15 June 2007 and has been in operational service since January 2008. With its twin satellite TanDEM-X, launched 21 June 2010, TerraSAR-X...

emitters, to be used for monitoring emissions" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Satellite Applications Catapult [@SatAppsCatapult] (14 December 2023). "Fantastic to see...

of a central structure and four operational entities: Center of Space Techniques, Space Applications Center, Satellite Development Center, and Telecommunications...

network of reconnaissance satellites. The Ofeq programme has made Israel one of seven countries capable of launching such satellites. Israel is widely believed...

attacked by a foreign nation. To support the civil community in case of disasters (e.g. flooding). To participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations...

Organisation (ISRO), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. It is located in Trivandrum, in the Indian state of Kerala. The...

goals of the programme include human-occupied space stations and crewed lunar landing.[citation needed] Following table lists Indian satellites in development...

received and processed by the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, the international satellite system for search and rescue (SAR). These beacons transmit...

during their operational lifetime. After the launch of the second flight model, they comprised the first complete telecommunications satellite system (including...

Space Race, launching the first satellite, the first animal,: 155  the first human and the first woman into orbit. The United States would then land the first...

Australia, Greece, Mexico, the United Kingdom and in Israel. For example, an ArrowBio plant that has been operational at the Hiriya landfill site since...

Of the 900+ operational satellites, there are 320 dual use or dedicated military satellite in the sky, half of which are owned by United States alone...

China has never engaged in biological activities with offensive military applications. China was reported to have had an active biological weapons program...