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ESA Prepares ATV For ISS Docking Paris, France (ESA) Mar 22, 2008 
Jules Verne ATV is lining up for Europe's first-ever automated docking in space. Following two demonstrations, the final 'putt' must be more accurate and gentle than on any rolling golf green. Now that the vessel is 'on the green' - in a parking orbit 2000 m ahead of the ISS - ATV mission controllers must pace the spacecraft through two pending and crucial demonstration dockings, moving ... read more |
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Starsem Readies Launch Of Second European Navigation Satellite
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 22. 2008Preparations for Starsem's upcoming mission are in full swing at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the European-built GIOVE-B navigation satellite payload now undergoing checkout, and the Soyuz launch vehicle advancing through the integration process. GIOVE-B was delivered to the launch site on March 13 along with its ground support equipment, arriving aboard an Antonov An-124 cargo ... more A Billion GPS Chips Expected To Ship In 2013 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Satellite-based navigation is a very popular technology with consumers, and the upsurge in purchases of GPS (Global Positioning System) devices is fuelling a similar growth in the market for GPS receiver chipsets. A new study from ABI Research forecasts GPS IC shipments to reach one billion annually in 2013. Average Selling Prices (ASPs) will continue to fall, but the effect on vendors' revenue ... more MapQuest And INRIX Collaborate To Deliver Traffic-Enabled Navigation Solutions 
Kirkland WA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008MapQuest and INRIX have announced a collaboration that will allow consumers and businesses to access the full breadth of INRIX traffic information across multiple MapQuest business units including MapQuest.com, MapQuest Wireless, and MapQuest Platform Services. MapQuest has integrated INRIX's real-time traffic speed and incident information on the leading mapping site in the U.S., MapQuest.com. ... more World GPS Market Forecast To 2012 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Global Positioning System (GPS) is a revolutionary tool, which provides unequalled accuracy and flexibility of positioning for navigation, surveying and Geographic information system (GIS) data capture. Growing use in automotive and consumer applications is propelling the market for mobile location technologies. Although standalone products are quite popular, the most common applications are ... more XM Announces New 2009 Maxima To Offer XM NavTraffic 
New York NY (SPX) Mar 20, 2008XM has announced that the new 2009 Maxima will offer XM NavTraffic as a standard, factory-installed feature when equipped with Nissan's Hard Drive Navigation system. XM is the exclusive satellite radio provider to Nissan, and every Nissan with the premium audio package is factory-equipped with XM Satellite Radio. XM NavTraffic, powered by NAVTEQ Traffic, is the nation's leading real- time ... more |
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Los Angeles AFB (SPX) Mar 19, 2008The Global Positioning Systems Wing, Air Force Space Command, Department of Transportation, and the Los Angeles Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) have re-established the GPS Partnership Council as the premier annual event for GPS stakeholders to exchange the latest GPS information and status, view the latest industry exhibits and capabilities, network ... more Cape Canaveral Airmen Launch Delta II Rocket 
Cape Canaveral FL (AFNS) Mar 19, 2008Air Force officials here successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta II booster carrying the sixth modernized NAVSTAR Global Positioning System satellite into space at 2:10 a.m. EDT March 15 from Space Launch Complex 17A here. The satellite will join the constellation of on-orbit satellites providing global coverage and increased performance of the GPS services to users worldwide. ... more Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems Wins Air Traffic Control Industry Award For Satellite-Based Landing System 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2008Northrop Grumman's European subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has received an air space management industry award in the eighth annual Jane's ATC Global Awards 2008, announced at the ATC Global exhibition and conference in Amsterdam. The Industry category, for the most significant contribution by an equipment supplier, was awarded to Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems in recognition of its achievement ... more Asia's Odd-Ball Antelope Faces Migration Crisis 
New York NY (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Take a deer's body, attach a camel's head and add a Jimmy Durante nose, and you have a saiga - the odd-ball antelope with the enormous schnoz that lives on the isolated steppes of Central Asia. Unfortunately, they are as endangered as they are strange-looking due to over-hunting. Now, according to a recent Wildlife Conservation Society study, their migration routes are in jeopardy as well. ... more |
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Chandler AZ (SPX) Mar 18, 2008ProLink Solutions has announced that Arizona Golf Resort now features the ProLink Solutions ProStar GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity. Arizona Golf Resort's 6,523-yard, par-71 course is noted for its outstanding par-3 holes and lush conditions. While the fairways are lined with ... more Silicon Labs Enhances RDS Data Receivers For Portable And In-Car Navigation Devices 
Austin TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Silicon Laboratories has announced the expansion of its broadcast audio portfolio to include two high-performance radio data system receivers. These devices meet the growing demand to couple RDS traffic message channel and open data applications with static GPS navigation maps to dynamically route drivers around traffic anomalies. The Si4706 and Si4749 receive RDS data ... more Artemis Provides Communications For Jules Verne ATV 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 16, 2008ESA's Artemis data relay satellite, controlled from Fucino (Italy) and with its mission control centre and Earth terminal located at Redu (Belgium), is providing communications between the Jules Verne ATV and the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse (France). Jules Verne ATV was launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 05:03 CET on 9 March. First contact between Artemis and the ATV was est ... more Maxwell Systems Releases Next Quest Earthwork 
King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Maxwell Systems is proud to announce Maxwell Systems Quest Earthwork 7.5, the latest release of its powerful earth-measuring software. This version of Maxwell Systems' cut and fill program contains a significant new enhancement-the incorporation of machine control capabilities. "Quest Earthwork 7.5 enables Maxwell Systems' sitework customers to use our software in conjunction with today's ... more
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