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August 26, 2010
GPS NEWS
China Launches New Mapping Satellite
Jiuquan, Gansu (XNA) Aug 26, 2010
China successfully launched a mapping satellite, "Mapping Satellite - I," from the northwestern Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 3:10 p.m. (Beijing time) Tuesday. The satellite, which was launched on a Long March 2-D carrier rocket, had entered into the preset orbit, according to the center. The satellite, developed by a company under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), would be mainly used to conduct scientific experiments, carry out surveys on land resources, a ... read more

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SPACEMART

Space Expo Begins In India's Tech Hub
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TERROR WARS

New Challenges Posed By The Changing Landscape Of Capture And Preservation Of Digital Evidence
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ENERGY TECH

Hi-Tech Rechargeable Batteries Developed For Military
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GPS NEWS

Venture Capital Fund Backs Business Opportunities From Space
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.

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GPS NEWS

Life360 Launches Real-Time Family Tracking App For iPhone
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Google doubles Germans' opt-out deadline for Street View
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GPS NEWS

Hunter's iJournal Provides iPhone Users A Way To Improve Their Hunting Skills
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GPS NEWS

Real-Time Polar Bear News Featured On New Churchill Polar Bears Website
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GPS NEWS

India Launches Satellite-Based Navigation System
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MILTECH

High-Performance, Shock-Tolerant ATALIN Selected By US Army
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BEE STING

Artificial Bee Eye Gives Insight Into Insects' Visual World
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Google lets uneasy Germans opt out of 'Street View'
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GPS NEWS

Putin wants Russian satnav system in new cars from 2012
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GPS NEWS
Sea Star Line GUARDIAN SERVICE Offers Reefer Monitoring, Tracking, Tracing And Control
Jacksonville FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2010
Sea Star Line announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Mark-It Services in order to equip their refrigerated systems (Reefers) with both Global Positioning and Radio Frequency Identifications Systems creating the Sea Star Line Refrigerated Cargo Guardian Service. In an industry first, Sea Star Line introduces the Sea Star Line refrigerated cargo Guardian Service. The ne ... more

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GeoEye Wins National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Enhanced View Award
Dulles VA (SPX) Aug 10, 2010
GeoEye has announced it won a $3.8 billion contract award from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for increased commercial satellite-imaging capacity. This competitively awarded contract supports the EnhancedView program by providing products and services that will help meet the increasing geospatial intelligence needs of the intelligence community and Department of Defense. ... more

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Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Surpasses 10 Years On-Orbit
Newtown PA (SPX) Aug 10, 2010
The fifth Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-5) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin to provide critical navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide, has reached 10 years of successful on-orbit operations. The satellite was launched on July 16, 2000, and is one of 30 GPS spacecraft currently on-orbit delivering vital situational awareness and pre ... more

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GPS NEWS

Runzheimer International Reduces Corporate Mileage Expenses

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US appeals court nixes GPS tracking without warrant


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EXO LIFE
Richest Planetary System Discovered

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Detector Technology Could Help NASA Find Earth-Like Exoplanets

EXO LIFE
Toshiba to sell launch first 3D TV without glasses: report

US grants licenses for radar equipment sales to Taiwan

Amazon says new Kindle a best seller

EXO LIFE
China Launches New Mapping Satellite

Venture Capital Fund Backs Business Opportunities From Space

Life360 Launches Real-Time Family Tracking App For iPhone

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China Finishes Construction Of First Unmanned Space Module

China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

China Sends Research Satellite Into Space

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Perseid Meteors Return: Viewing Conditions Excellent

Fireball heralds arrival of meteor shower

The Impact That Shattered Santa Fe

EXO LIFE
Some Asteroids Live In Own Little Worlds

NASA prepares for asteroid rendezvous

Japan plans second asteroid sample grab

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EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA Images Show Continuing Mexico Quake Deformation
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2010
New NASA airborne radar images of Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico border show Earth's surface is continuing to deform following the April 4 magnitude, 7.2 temblor and its many aftershocks that have rocked Mexico's state of Baja California and parts of the American Southwest. The data, from NASA's airborne Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR), reveal that some faults in the area west of Calexico, Calif., have continued to move at Earth's surface, most likely in the ... read more

EARTH OBSERVATION
Pakistan cotton crop failure hands opportunity to India

Food prices soar in Russia after drought

Flour appeared on menus 10,000 years ago

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Computer data stored with 'spintronics'

Protein From Poplar Trees Can Be Used To Greatly Increase Computer Capacity

Polymer Synthesis Could Aid Future Electronics

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Safety questions raised after China plane crash

42 dead in China plane crash

Lightning bolts a risk for modern jets

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Epic traffic jam in China? Where?

Solution to Beijing's traffic woes? The elevated 'super bus'

62-mile traffic jam snarls up Beijing

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Despite challenges, S.E. Asia grows with China: ASEAN

Secure card use on the rise in S. America

Unrest in Zimbabwe diamond sector

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