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June 11, 2012
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Boeing, Raytheon and Harris to Pursue GPS Control Segment Sustainment Contract
Colorado 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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NUKEWARS

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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ENERGY TECH

Obama backs Philippines on sea freedom
The United States and the Philippines on Friday called for freedom of navigation in the tense South China Sea as the White House offered a robust show of support for President Benigno Aquino. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

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
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GPS NEWS

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
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GPS NEWS

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
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VENUSIAN HEAT

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
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RUSSIAN SPACE

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
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
STRATCOM strives to build coalitions for space operations

DARPA Seeks Technology to Radically Improve Dismounted Squad Situational Awareness, Communication Effectiveness

Raytheon delivers electronic jamming capability for Gray Eagle UAS

Raytheon's newest Standard Missile-3 takes out complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target

Security risks found in sensors for heart devices, consumer electronics

Obama to meet Xi in California in June

Philippines coast guard defensive over killing

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EARTH OBSERVATION

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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SPACEWAR

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
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GPS NEWS

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
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EARTH OBSERVATION

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
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EARTH OBSERVATION

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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GPS NEWS

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
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SUPERPOWERS

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
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EARTH OBSERVATION

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
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Dozens dead as massive tornado strikes US city

China factory blast leaves 33 dead and missing

Hydropower frenzy threatens Carpathian mountains: WWF

No new H7N9 cases in China for a week: government

Bird flu costs China industry $65 bn: state media

Climate change will cause widespread global-scale loss of common plants and animals

Terracotta And Cement Roofs Vulnerable In Wildfires

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TECH SPACE

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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GPS NEWS

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
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LAUNCH PAD

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
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EARTH OBSERVATION

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
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EARTH OBSERVATION

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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VENUSIAN HEAT

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
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EARTH OBSERVATION

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
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LAUNCH PAD

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
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24/7 Energy News Coverage
Squishy hydrogels may be the ticket for studying biological effects of nanoparticles

RUB physicists let magnetic dipoles interact on the nanoscale for the first time

Friction in the nano-world

New report identifies strategies to achieve net-zero energy homes

Reading the Unreadable

India awaits LNG exports from Freeport facility

Alaskan village loses court fight against big oil

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GPS NEWS

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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EARTH OBSERVATION

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
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GPS NEWS

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
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GPS NEWS

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
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GPS NEWS

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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GPS NEWS

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
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GPS NEWS

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
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GPS NEWS

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
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