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On the 21^st of December, 2^nd International Drone Show Competition announced results. The Geoscan company took the first place in the Over 1000 Drones nomination. Moreover, we got a special prize for the exceptional contribution to the drone show industry development.

214 participants from 104 countries competed in one or more of six categories. We applied with the video presenting our drone show in Saudi Arabia.

On the 20^th of December, in Lucknow, Geoscan drone show took place. It became a part of the 75^th Independence Day celebration lasting for 75 weeks. The countdown to the anniversary of independence started in March, 2021 and is finishing on the 15^th of August, 2022.

500 drones, accompanied with music, were depicting celebration-related formations in the Lucknow skies:

In November, Geoscan became the first company to create accurate drone-made images of the leaders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: the king and the prince. The light show took place in Riyadh, and it was timed to coincide with the opening of the Boulevard season. 2300 drones soared into the sky!

It was the biggest drone show in Saudi Arabia; moreover, those portraits were the largest ones in the world, with each being 300 metres in height.

We are glad to announce that our massive collecting names programme ‘Send your name into space’ has finished. We thank everyone for participation and spreading information on social media. We are grateful to the Russian school students’ union and Irkutsk planetarium which draw attention to our project and contributed to the leadership of Irkutsk province in the number of registered participants.

Gamma spectrometry (GS) has become one of the most important methods to address ore mapping and prospecting problems. GS is usually implemented in ground and aerial versions. In the first case, the area survey is performed over a long time, but it allows accumulating a larger number of pulses per point to reliably determine the specific activities (and concentrations) of uranium, thorium, potassium.

Given the pandemic environment, not every subsoil user is ready to organize large-scale on-the-ground geophysical works. This is due to both the uncertainty in the future cost of resources and the risk of disruption due to COVID-19. At the same time, we would like to cover large areas with surveys, so as to obtain the data and plan the works for the next field season. One solution is to apply geophysical survey methods using UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).

To mark the 64^th anniversary of the first artificial satellite flight our company is today, the 4^th of October 2021, launching a unique new programme. Next year the CubeSats Geoscan 1U and Geoscan 3U will send the names of all those who wish to participate into Earth orbit.

Yesterday, on the 21^th of September, a big drone show took place in Armenia. From the formation to writing, from the state symbol to national hero — 1050 drones were telling a real story of the country emergence.

The show started with the drones forming an eagle, which is depicted on the coat of arms of Armenia. The bird, flapping its enormous wings, was welcomed with astonishment and received so thunderous ovation that music accompanying the show seemed muted. Then, at a distance sacred Mount Ararat, which is a symbol of Armenian nation, appeared.