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Lockheed Martin Marks Landsat 40th AnniversarySunnyvale CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2012 An unprecedented enterprise began 40 years ago when the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) - later renamed Landsat - was launched. Five more Landsat spacecraft would reach orbit during the next 27 years. All were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. into near-polar orbits allowing them to image the entire Earth, one slice at a time, as it rotated below. "We congratulate NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on this momentous anniversary of an incredible resource that serve ... read more |
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 Landsat Looks and Sees The American sage Yogi Berra once said: "You can see a lot by just looking." The Landsat program is the longest continuous global record of Earth observations from space - ever. Since its first sate ... more | .. |
 Earth-observing Camera Launches to International Space Station A remote-controlled Earth-observing camera system called ISERV was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's third H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV- ... more | .. |
  Herding sheep really are selfish Many animals spend time together in large groups not because they enjoy each other's company, but rather because it lowers their own chances of being eaten should an uninvited guest arrive on the sc ... more | .. |
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  SSTL announces the launch of exactView-1 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has announced the successful launch of exactView-1 at UTC 06:41:39 into a sun synchronous polar orbit of 800km by a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodro ... more | .. |
  Scientists Bring Low Frequency, 'First Light' to the Jansky Very Large Array U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists from the Radio Astrophysics and Sensing Section of the Remote Sensing Division in conjunction with radio astronomers and engineers from the National Radio A ... more | .. |
 GeoEye Signs Two New Seven-Figure GeoEye-1 Imagery Contracts GeoEye recently signed seven-figure agreements with two international partners in the Middle East and Asia for both the renewal and expanded use of GeoEye imagery products. The Middle East affiliate ... more | .. |
 Why Is Earth So Dry? With large swaths of oceans, rivers that snake for hundreds of miles, and behemoth glaciers near the north and south poles, Earth doesn't seem to have a water shortage. And yet, less than one percen ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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  Ambitious ISRO enhancing India's space capabilities India is boot-strapping its space-based assets to meet the growing demand for enhanced services in communications, broadcasting remote-sensing and navigation, a top space agency official said Monday ... more | .. |
  Russia and Italy to jointly develop patrol aircraft Russian and Italian engineers will jointly develop a patrol aircraft with extraordinary technical characteristics. Under the project, intellectual systems of communication, navigation and identifica ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Completes First LRASM Captive Carriage Test Lockheed Martin's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) sensor suite recently completed its first flight during a captive carry flight test off the coast of northwest Florida using a modified Sabreli ... more | .. |
 NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission Becomes an Observatory Engineers at Orbital Sciences Corporation, Gilbert, Ariz., have installed the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument back onto to the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. With both ... more |
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  Researchers demonstrate 'spoofing' of UAVs A University of Texas at Austin research team successfully demonstrated for the first time that the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be commandeered by an outside sourc ... more | .. |
  Indonesia's 'unique' whale sharks get pet tags The "unique habit" of whale sharks that converge to feed from fishing nets in Indonesia has allowed them to be tagged with low-cost technology usually used on pets, conservationists said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 GMV Leads Satellite Navigation Project In Collaboration With The South African National Space Agency GMV is leading a major satellite navigation project in collaboration with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). The project, SBAS Awareness and Training for South Africa (SATSA), wi ... more | .. |
  Calling all truckers ... not! Researchers in India are developing a new technology that will prevent truck drivers and other road users from using their cell phones while driving. The technology based on RFIDs could also be inte ... 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
Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage | .. |
  Russian Space Firm Suspected of $17 Million Fraud Russian police have opened a criminal investigation into the alleged misuse of 565 million rubles ($17 million) of state funds set aside for the country's satellite navigation system. The Inte ... more | .. |
 Israeli navy eyes new missile systems The Israeli navy is looking for new long- and short-range missiles systems to support major ground offensives, senior officers say, a strong indication amphibious operations are being planned for Lebanon, Syria or the Gaza Strip if a new war erupts. ... more | .. |
 SSTL signs contract with OHB for second batch of Galileo payloads Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) Director of Telecommunications and Navigation, Dr John Paffett, has signed a contract with Dr. Ingo Engeln, Member of the Executive Board of OHB System AG at t ... more | .. |
  US slaps more sanctions on Iran The United States unleashed a fresh wave of sanctions against Iran Thursday, ratcheting up pressure to convince Tehran to take seriously concerns about its suspected nuclear weapons program. ... more |
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 Phone app will navigate indoors A smartphone app using magnetic fluctuations to map indoor locations can guide users where global positioning systems can't penetrate, Finnish researchers say. ... more | .. |
 IGARSS 2012 - 'Remote Sensing for a Dynamic Earth' One of the most important conferences on geoscience and remote sensing will take place at the International Congress Centre in Munich from 22 to 27 July 2012. The International Geoscience and Remote ... more | .. |
 New eyes in the sky Until now, scientists who study air pollution using satellite imagery have been limited by weather. Clouds, in particular, provide much less information than a sunny day. University of Iowa scientis ... more | .. |
  ILS Proton Launches SES-5 For SES International Launch Services has successfully carried the SES-5 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an ILS Proton for SES of Luxembourg. This was the 21th SES satellite launched on ILS P ... 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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 University of Texas at Austin researchers demonstrate first 'spoofing' of UAVs A University of Texas at Austin research team successfully demonstrated for the first time that the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be commandeered by an outside sourc ... more | .. |
 Images in an Instant: Suomi NPP Begins Direct Broadcast Real-time data that will be used in everything from weather forecasts to disaster response is now being beamed down to Earth from a cone-shaped appendage aboard the nation's newest Earth-observing s ... more | .. |
 MSG-3 set to ensure quality of Europe's weather service from geostationary orbit The latest weather satellite in Europe's highly successful Meteosat second-generation series is on its way after lifting off on an Ariane 5 at 21:36 GMT (23:36 CEST) on Thursday, 5 July from Europe' ... more | .. |
 Galileo pathfinder GIOVE-A retires Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has put the GIOVE-A satellite into retirement, ending a successful extended mission for the European Commission's Galileo satellite navigation programme under ... more |
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 SSTL announces exactView-1 satellite launch date Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is announcing the planned launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, on 22nd July by ... more | .. |
 Announcement of ACRIDS product line for Precision Airdrop Systems The Dutch SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group (SSBV) has unveiled its ACRIDS product line for Precision Airdrop Systems. ACRIDS, an acronym for Aerial Cargo Rider System, is based on the use a ... more | .. |
 Satellite research reveals smaller volcanoes could cool climate A University of Saskatchewan-led international research team has discovered that aerosols from relatively small volcanic eruptions can be boosted into the high atmosphere by weather systems such as ... more | .. |
 NASA Satellites Examine a Powerful Summer Storm As a powerful summertime storm, known as a derecho, moved from Illinois to the Mid-Atlantic states on June 29, expanding and bringing destruction with it, NASA and other satellites provided a look a ... more |
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