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Boeing, Raytheon and Harris to Pursue GPS Control Segment Sustainment ContractColorado Springs, CO (SPX) Jun 07, 2012 Boeing, Raytheon and Harris Corporation will work together to pursue future development and sustainment work on the Air Force GPS Control Segment Sustainment (GCSS) contract. The control segment is the ground hardware and software that controls the space vehicles and their payloads. The GCSS contract will extend the current GPS Operational Control Segment program until it transitions to the next-generation control segment, GPS OCX, which is currently being developed by Raytheon with support from B ... read more |
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  Taking action for GMES Representatives from the areas of economy, health, energy, agriculture, climate change, disaster management and key decision makers gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week to show their support f ... more | .. |
 Revamped Google maps goes offline for mobile Google unveiled a revamped maps program Wednesday that allows mobile users to use the service without an Internet connection as the Internet giant geared up for a possible competing service. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea military accuses North of stealing secrets South Korea's military security chief accused North Korea Thursday of training elite hackers to steal military secrets and stir up public disorder. ... more | .. |
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 USAF Awards Lockheed Martin GPS III Flight Operations Contract The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $68 million contract to provide mission readiness, launch, early orbit checkout and on-orbit operations engineering support for the first two GPS III ... more | .. |
  James Cook and the Transit of Venus Every ~120 years a dark spot glides across the Sun. Small, inky-black, almost perfectly circular, it's no ordinary sunspot. Not everyone can see it, but some who do get the strangest feeling, of sta ... more | .. |
  What role will Russia play in the space century? As technology develops and private companies expand into intergalactic travel, vacationing and working in space seems to be less and less far-fetched. Elena Shipilova of Russia Beyond the Headlines ... more | .. |
 CryoSat goes to sea CryoSat was launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the Arctic, but data from the Earth-observing satellite have also been exploited for other studies. High-resolution mapping of the topogr ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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  Iran's Fajr 1 Delayed...... Again Fajr 1 was originally mentioned by Iran as "ready to launch" early in August 2010 when an Iranian government minister said the lift off was scheduled for the period Aug 24-30. Then, on Aug 16, came ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes Navigation Payload Milestone For GPS III Prototype Lockheed Martin is helping develop the next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has completed a major integration and test event on the program's satellite pathfinder, known as the G ... more | .. |
 S Korea to develop geostationary satellite for environmental monitoring South Korea has fully embarked on the development of a geostationary environmental satellite with the goal of launching it in 2018, the government said Monday. The Ministry of Environment said ... more | .. |
 LiDAR Technology Reveals Faults Near Lake Tahoe Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard a ... more |
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TomTom eyes expanding S. American market In-vehicle location and navigation expert TomTom has spotted a major business opportunity in Latin America where it is teaming with Digibase to expand operations from consumer, corporate sector to government and security services. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Alarm bells in the U.S. Gen. David Richards, the British chief of staff, in the understatement of the week, says the strategic landscape is "worrying" and the outlook "bleak." ... more | .. |
 Satellite maps ocean floor A European satellite launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the arctic is also yielding high-resolution mapping of the ocean floor, scientists say. ... more | .. |
  DeLorme inReach Two-Way Satellite Communicator Now Connects With iPhone, iPad and iPod touch DeLorme has announced that its award-winning inReach is now compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This innovation makes it possible for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to access an array of two-w ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
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 Spirent Launches New Entry-Level Multi-GNSS Simulator Spirent Communications has announced the launch of its new GSS6300M Multi-GNSS simulator designed for integration, verification and production testing where a quick and accurate functional test is n ... more | .. |
  SpaceX makes final approach to space station SpaceX's Dragon capsule on Friday made its final approach toward the International Space Station, edging closer to the climax of its landmark mission to latch on to the orbiting research lab. ... more | .. |
 Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to be exp ... more | .. |
 My American Landscape Contest: A Space Chronicle of Change To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the United States' Landsat Earth-observing program - which first rocketed into space on July 23, 1972 - NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey are giving someth ... more |
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 Extremely Rare Transit of Venus to Occur on June 5, 2012 A few hours before sunset on June 5th, 2012 residents of the Washington, DC metropolitan area will have a chance to witness one of the rarest celestial phenomena known: a "Transit of Venus". S ... more | .. |
 City's population is counted from space The population of an entire city has been estimated from space to speed up medical and disaster relief efforts, British researchers say. ... more | .. |
 SpaceX capsule completes first tests before ISS docking The Dragon space capsule, which has launched a new era of commercial spaceflight, completed its first tests before its scheduled docking at the International Space Station, NASA said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Beidou navigation system installed on more Chinese fishing boats China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System has grown in popularity among fishermen, with nearly 70,000 people using its short message service (SMS), said an official from the system's mana ... more |
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
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 Unparalleled Views of Earth's Coast With HREP-HICO Scanning the globe from the vantage point of the International Space Station is about more than the fantastic view. While cruising in low Earth orbit, the space station HICO and RAIDS Experiment Pay ... more | .. |
 Chinese navigation system to cover Asia-Pacific this year China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System, or Compass Navigation System, will be able to provide high-quality services to most users in the Asia-Pacific region this year, an unidentified ... more | .. |
 Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates New Target Location Module Northrop Grumman has announced the successful demonstration of the company's new Target Location Module (TLM), a key component of the battle-proven, man-portable Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefi ... more |
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 N. Korea denies jamming GPS of civilian aircraft North Korea on Friday denied it had jammed the GPS systems of hundreds of civilian aircraft and ships in South Korea, accusing the South of using problems with navigation equipment to smear the North. ... more | .. |
 Thousands of Young Adventurers Kept Safe with M2M Connectivity from Eseye More than 2,400 teenagers aged between 14 and 19 took part in Saturday's event, trekking 35, 45 or 55 miles over what the Ten Tors director Brigadier Piers Hankinson called the "forbidding Dartmoor ... more | .. |
 Habits and hidden journeys of ocean giants Using the latest satellite tracking technology, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Exeter (UK), and the Government of Mexico have completed a ground-breaking ... more | .. |
 Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River in a field test organized by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley. The smartphone-equipped floating robots demonst ... more |
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