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February 05, 2010
SOLAR SCIENCE
Boulder Instrument Package To Study Space Weather Set For Launch
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 05, 2010
A $32 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, power grids, ground communications systems and even astronauts and aircraft crews. The CU-Boulder Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE, will fly on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory known as SDO, the space agency's first mission as part of its "Living With a Star ... read more

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TIME AND SPACE

Aluminum Ion Drives Most Precise Quantum Logic Clock Ever
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DRAGON SPACE

China launches orbiter for navigation system: state media
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GPS NEWS

China Aiming To Have Its Own GPS In Place By 2012
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GPS NEWS

China Launches Third Orbiter For Indigenous Global SatNav System
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

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UAV NEWS

JASSM Test Validates Missile Upgrades
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TECH SPACE

New Simulation Tool Could Shorten Manufacturing Design Process
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MISSILE NEWS

Upgrades To Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile Validated
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WOOD PILE

Conflict And Speculation In Tropical Forests Set To Grow
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Researchers Synchronize Blinking "Genetic Clocks"
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FLORA AND FAUNA
Animals Populated Madagascar By Rafting There
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 01, 2010
How did the lemurs, flying foxes and narrow-striped mongooses get to the large, isolated island of Madagascar sometime after 65 million years ago? A pair of scientists say their research confirms the longstanding idea that the animals hitched rides on natural rafts blown out to sea. Professors Matthew Huber of Purdue and Jason Ali of the University Hong Kong say that the prevailing flow of ... more

GPS NEWS
Major Galileo Contracts Signed
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 28, 2010
Yesterday, Mr Rene Oosterlinck, ESA's Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability phase. This event marks the start of building the Galileo operational infrastructure. The signing ceremony took place at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre at Noordwijk (The Netherlands) in t ... more

OPINION SPACE
Satellites - One Size Fits All
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2010
Over the past few decades NASA and other organizations have attempted to design satellites that would be capable of carrying out multiple missions. The fundamental idea is to create a single spacecraft design that could be duplicated over and over in order to reduce unit costs while satisfying several space missions and applications. To date, the results have been disappointing. The spacec ... more

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GPS NEWS

ISRO-Assisted Development Project For Haryana

GPS NEWS

Spot Image And Infoterra Sign Agreements With Google


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SPACE TRAVEL
IBM taking US Air Force into software cloud

Airbus Military A330 MRTT Refuels AWACS

First Production F135 Engine Delivered

SPACE TRAVEL
Romania to host U.S. missiles

Iran tells Gulf states not to buy 'ineffective' US missiles

More Upgrades For Patriot Tactical Missile Defense System

SPACE TRAVEL
Raytheon To Make More Maverick Missiles

JAGM Completes First Captive Flight Test

Upgrades To Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile Validated

SPACE TRAVEL
Paris, Berlin, Madrid push for A400M deal

Pindad delivers more Panzer APCs

Paris asks partners to pay extra 1.5 billion euros for A400M

SPACE TRAVEL
NASA And GM Take Giant Leap In Robotic Technology

Animal rights group wants 'Robohog Day'

S.Korean scientists develop walking robot maid

SPACE TRAVEL
Britain to close swine flu unit as pandemic fades

New chinks emerge in malaria's armour

Safety risk associated with HIV drug

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GPS NEWS
USA And Japan Convene On GNSS Status
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2010
The U.S. and Japan convened a plenary meeting at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 13 to review and discuss cooperation in the civil use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GPS augmentations, including Japan's Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) Satellite-based Augmentation System (MSAS) and Quasi-Zenith Satellite Systems (QZSS). The GPS consultations are held regularly pursuant to the "Joint Statement on Cooperation in the Use of the Global Positioning System ... read more

GPS NEWS
90 presumed dead as Ethiopian plane crashes off Lebanon

Crisis meeting in Berlin on Airbus A400M: Germany

China airlines back in black but turbulence ahead: experts

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GPS NEWS
US orders Prius brake probe, adding to Toyota woes

Taiwan carmaker touts new luxury sedan in China

Green flagship Prius a new headache for Toyota

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GPS NEWS
USAF Global Strike Command Officials Assume B-52, B-2 Mission

Raytheon Offers Disruption-Tolerant Military Network

LockMart Achieves Milestones On First MUOS Satellite

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GPS NEWS
Romania to host U.S. missiles

Iran tells Gulf states not to buy 'ineffective' US missiles

More Upgrades For Patriot Tactical Missile Defense System

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GPS NEWS
China imposes media ban over new milk scandal: watchdog

Waste Not Biofuels Cause One Billion People To Go Hungry

Philippines fears El Nino drought will cut rice yields

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