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January 30, 2013

Galileo's search and rescue system passes first space test
Paris (ESA) Jan 30, 2013
The first switch-on of a Galileo search and rescue package shows it to be working well. Its activation begins a major expansion of the space-based Cospas-Sarsat network, which brings help to air and sea vessels in distress. The second pair of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites - launched together on 12 October last year - are the first of the constellation to host SAR search and rescue repeaters. These can pick up UHF signals from emergency beacons aboard ships and aircraft or carried by indiv ... read more

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AFRL Selects Surrey Satellite US to Evaluate Small Satellite Approach to GPS The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) to investigate cost reduction and augmentation of the current GPS constellation through the applicat ... more		RapidEye Commits to Data Continuity; Discusses System Health and Life Span RapidEye has announced a positive update on the health and lifespan of its satellites. In addition, Michael Oxfort has been appointed to lead the development of the company's data continuity strateg ... more		EADS sweetens KF-X offering Syria opposition demands 'goodwill gestures' from Assad Row on arming Syria rebels deeply divides EU Gunmen kill NATO driver in Pakistan: officials Frigid Heat: How Ice can Menace a Hot Engine Palestinian-Israeli peace deal 'still possible': Abbas Manila confirms boost to military spending		Pleiades 1B captures its first images using e2v sensors Pleiades 1B, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Earth observation satellite, has captured its first images using e2v high performance imaging sensors. Two types of e2v sensors (for ... more
				NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph Mission Satellite Completed The spacecraft and science instrument integration for the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) - NASA's next Small Explorer (SMEX) Mission - has been completed, and final testing is underway ... more		New Sunspots Producing Space Weather On Jan. 13, 2013, at 2:24 a.m. EST, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME. Not to be confused with a solar flare, a CME is a solar phenomenon that can send solar partic ... more

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