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March 15, 2010
SHAKE AND BLOW
Did The Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 12, 2010
Pictures of widespread devastation leave no doubt: Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in coastal Chile was extremely strong. Indeed, say NASA scientists, it might have shifted the axis of Earth itself. "According to our calculations, the quake moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches (8 cm)," says geophysicist Richard Gross of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. If the Earth tilted over 3 inches, you probably think you would have noticed. But that's not how the "figu ... read more

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TECH SPACE

Three FASTSAT Instruments Pass Tests
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Lockheed Martin Wins Contract To Build GeoEye-2
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

USGS Scientists Research Help Haiti Reconstruction
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Driving Away From Concepcion Crater
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MILTECH

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates LITENING Targeting System On US Navy F/A-18E/F
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GPS NEWS

Russia, India May Jointly Make Glonass, GPS Navigation Devices
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TECTONICS

Cities In Motion
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MARSDAILY

Lava Likely Made River-Like Channel On Mars
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NUKEWARS

Petraeus warns Iran becoming 'thugocracy'
LAUNCH PAD

NASA's high-tech GOES-P weather satellite lifts off
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Google launches 'Street View' charm offensive
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WEATHER REPORT

NASA to launch latest high-tech weather satellite
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GPS NEWS

Russia Launches Proton-M Carrier Rocket With 3 Glonass Satellites
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GPS NEWS

Russia launches three new navigation satellites: report
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TECH SPACE
Satellites, Rockets And More
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010
On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location information to ballistic missile submarines and be used as a general navigation system. Twenty-five minute ... more

GPS NEWS
Rosum And Siano Take GPS Indoors Using TV Signals
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010
Rosum Corporation has announced the launch of ALLOY, a revolutionary location and synchronization solution for indoor and urban environments. The ALLOY chip, which was developed in partnership with Siano, the leading supplier of Mobile Digital TV receiver chips for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices, utilizes broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing and loca ... more

SPACEWAR
A Successful Year For Space Command Transition
Peterson AFB CO (AFNS) Mar 02, 2010
The commander of Air Force Space Command highlighted the command's achievements in his Year in Review - 2009 memorandum Feb. 10. Gen. C. Robert Kehler said in a year defined by mission shifts, the more than 46,000 people of Air Force Space Command chose to thrive, allowing joint forces to navigate with accuracy, see with clarity, communicate with certainty, strike with precision and operate with ... more

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GPS NEWS

Traffic Congestion Returns As Economy Shows Signs Of Recovery

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Teletrac And SpeedGauge Deliver Integrated GPS And Vehicle Tracking System


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TIME AND SPACE
U.S. Army pushes Stryker modification

US Marine Corps Evaluate BAE Onboard Vehicle Power System

Oshkosh Receives Contract For M-ATV Interface Upgrades

TIME AND SPACE
NATO Commander Backs Cooperation With Russia On Missile Defense

NATO needs an anti-missile defence system: chief

Poland to host U.S. missiles in April

TIME AND SPACE
Raytheon Awarded Contract For SLAMRAAM Long-Lead Purchases

France buys U.S. missiles, upgrades army

Raytheon Laser-Guided Maverick On Track

TIME AND SPACE
Russian Military Reform In Times Of Crisis

Oshkosh To Supply Egypt With Next-Gen Trucks

New Zealand digs deep for defense savings

TIME AND SPACE
Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills

Chatty robots, flying alarm clocks at top high-tech fair

Robot footballers wow crowd in Germany

TIME AND SPACE
Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian flu

World could soon shield most newborns from HIV: Global Fund

Climate Change One Factor In Malaria Spread

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GPS NEWS
E-Commerce Sites Discover Fast Track To M-Commerce
Palm Desert CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2010
With 77% of retail chains seeing high value in mobile commerce, many say their top priority in 2010 is giving smartphone shoppers better access to their online stores. With this in mind, Philadelphia-based Monetate has launched Monetate Mobile, a new product that can provide existing retail web sites with mobile-native navigation and location-based features like a GPS-based store locator, deployed overnight, using just one line of JavaScript. Monetate Mobile is being launched at eTail West, a lead ... read more

GPS NEWS
Chopper Crash Test A Smash Hit

LockMart C-5M Super Galaxy Is Effective, Suitable And Mission Capable

First A400M Ferried From Seville To Toulouse

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GPS NEWS
Seoul unveils electric vehicle

RWE and Renault team up for EV project

S.Korea unveils 'recharging road' for eco-friendly buses

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GPS NEWS
UK Buys Another Skynet 5 Military Comms Satellite

NATS Services, Thales UK And VT Group Announce JMATS Agreement

Third WGS Satellite Passes On-Orbit Tests

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GPS NEWS
NATO Commander Backs Cooperation With Russia On Missile Defense

NATO needs an anti-missile defence system: chief

Poland to host U.S. missiles in April

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GPS NEWS
Europe to argue for bluefin tuna trade ban

Overfishing prompts Brazil sardine curbs

Greens protest genetically modified potato go-ahead


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