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exactView-1 satellite operational in orbitCambridge, Canada (SPX) Jul 27, 2012 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has announced the successful separation from the Soyuz launcher and subsequent operation of mission-critical systems onboard the exactView-1 satellite, which was built by the Company under contract to prime contractor COM DEV Canada for exactEarth. exactView-1 separated from the Soyuz launch vehicle's Fregat upper stage in low Earth orbit approximately 2 1/2 hours after launch. SSTL has since established communications with the satellite in its of 817km ... read more |
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  Boeing Ships 3rd GPS IIF Satellite to Cape Canaveral for Launch Boeing on July 9 shipped the third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites for the U.S. Air Force from the company's Satellite Development Center in El Segundo to Cape Canaveral Air For ... more | .. |
 Mission accomplished, GIOVE-B heads into deserved retirement ESA's GIOVE-B experimental navigation satellite is gradually raising its orbit as it prepares for well-earned retirement at the end of its four-year mission paving the way for Europe's Galileo const ... more | .. |
 Digitalglobe And Geoeye Combine To Create A Global Leader DigitalGlobe, Inc. and GeoEye, Inc. have announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in a ... more | .. |
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 IGARSS begins in Munich World-class scientists, engineers and educators have gathered in Munich, Germany, this week to discuss the latest developments in remote sensing and exchange ideas with other members of the internat ... more | .. |
 GPS Can Now Measure Ice Melt, Change In Greenland Over Months Rather Than Years Researchers have found a way to use GPS to measure short-term changes in the rate of ice loss on Greenland - and reveal a surprising link between the ice and the atmosphere above it. The study, publ ... more | .. |
  Hackers build mobile phone network for Def Con A custom mobile phone network came to life in the middle of Def Con as hackers showed off their technology skills in tribute to the infamous gathering's elite "ninjas." ... more | .. |
  Why Some Types Of Multitasking Are More Dangerous Than Others In a new study that has implications for distracted drivers, researchers found that people are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others. Trying to do two visual tasks at ... more |
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 S.Korea to buy European missiles Outside View: America strikes out Time running out for Mideast peace: Blair Ban calls for end to Saddam-era sanctions against Iraq Iran's Rowhani offers softer tone, same policies Russia urges softening of Iran sanctions amid nuclear hope | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Marks Landsat 40th Anniversary 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 ... more | .. |
  'New generation' of tech-savvy Taliban fighters Once seen as uneducated thugs, the Taliban are producing dangerous new fighters who use the latest digital technology to plan and publicise attacks against NATO and Afghan forces, analysts say. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 WIN-T Increment 1 Enables National Guard to Restore Vital Network Communications Following a Disaster Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments NOAA, partners predict possible record-setting deadzone for Gulf of Mexico Jet stream changes cause climatically exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet melt Computer modeling technique goes viral Submarine springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 |
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 Printing Tiny Batteries An innovative material for the green Earth Working backward: Computer-aided design of zeolite templates Qatar comes to rescue of Germany's Solarworld Intelligent glasses designed for professors India's Energy Ties with Iran Unsettle Washington | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 |
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  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 | .. |
 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 |
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