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May 20, 2013

Team Wins Cubesat Berth to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2013
A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's most important frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget and the extent to which fast-changing phenomena, like clouds, contribute to that imbalance. NASA's In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies ("InVEST" for short) program has funded a team led by Lars Dyrud, a scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., to develop a miniature instrument ... read more

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NRL's MIGHTI Slated for Launch on ICON Mission A Naval Research Laboratory instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a satellite mission that NASA has selected to move forward into development (Phase B), with launch expect ... more		Pakistan adopts Chinese rival GPS satellite system Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system which was launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said Saturday. ... more		Fourth Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Constellation on Orbit With the launch of the fourth GPS IIF satellite, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force continue modernizing the Global Positioning System that millions of people worldwide rely on as a navigation and timing ... more
				First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing The first satellite of Galileo's next phase has arrived at ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch. This first Galileo Full Opera ... more		China's BeiDou satellite navigation system has broad commercial uses Chinese scientists expressed their confidence in the commercial application of the BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS) and called for international cooperation at a forum on Thursday. Sun ... more

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Wayne State University researcher's technique helps robotic vehicles find their way, help humans A Wayne State University researcher understands that the three most important things about real estate also apply to small ground robotic vehicles: location, location, location. In a paper rec ... more		GPS IIF-4 Launched From Cape Canaveral A U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Boeing was successfully launched May 15. The fourth GPS IIF satellite, Space Vehicle Number (SVN) 66, was carried aboard a United ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Lockheed Martin's JASSM Extended Range Completes IOT and E Flight Testing Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) Extended Range successfully completed U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT and E) flight testing, scoring 20 su ... more
				SES Techcom To Support Aircraft Tracking From Space SES Techcom has launched the first space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) system to monitor air traffic around the globe. The ADS-B system is operating on the Proba V satel ... more		Using earthquake sensors to track endangered whales The fin whale is the second-largest animal ever to live on Earth. It is also, paradoxically, one of the least understood. The animal's huge size and global range make its movements and behavior hard ... more

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China Successfully Sends First Gaofen Satellite Into Space China has launched its first Gaofen-1 high-resolution remote sensing satellite into orbit, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The satellite was carried by a Long March 2D (Chang Zheng 2D) ... more		1000mph land speed attempt relies on DMCii eye in the sky Bloodhound product sponsor DMCii has provided regular imagery to monitor test track conditions on the Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape of South Africa. During the rainy season (from October to Marc ... more		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		New Public Application of Landsat Images Released Google released more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space Thursday compiled into an interactive time-lapse experience. Working with data from the Landsat Program managed by the ... more
				Skybox Imaging Announces Strategic Partnership with Japan Space Imaging Skybox Imaging (Skybox), an emerging provider of timely high-resolution satellite imagery and full motion video, has entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership with Japan Space Imaging (JSI), ... more		Sun unleashes four potent solar flares The Sun has unleashed four potent solar flares this week, marking the most intense activity yet this year and causing limited interruptions to high-frequency radio communications. ... more

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China 'will not accept' carbon tax on EU flights: report

Hong Kong launches first electric taxis

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	Impacts of Strong Solar Flares Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather - great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun - some people wo ... more		Plug-and-Play technology for microsatellites has been experimentally confirmed SPUTNIX specialists within the work on creation of a microsatellite platform TabletSat have assembled and tested the onboard control system equipment based on Space Plug- and-Play Architecture (SPA) ... more		Quantum Physics: Look But Don't Touch Improving our understanding of the human brain, gathering insights into the origin of our universe through the detection of gravitational waves, or optimizing the precision of GPS systems- all are d ... more		e2v image sensors launched into space on board Vietnam's first optical Earth observation satellite On 7th May 2013, e2v high performance image sensors were launched into space on-board Vietnam's first optical Earth observation satellite, the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Mon ... more

AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners

Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

Vietnam to launch second remote sensing satellite into orbit by 2017		NASA: Solar flare was first of most intense class observed this year		Facebook eyes $1bn deal for GPS app Waze		ESA's next Earth Explorer satellite Will Map The Tropics		Orbcomm Signs Seven New Customers In Transportation And Logistics Industry
Raytheon completes first international delivery of Enhanced Paveway II GBU-50		AFSPC Vice Commander: Innovation desperately needed for tomorrow's challenges		Scaling up gyroscopes: From navigation to measuring the Earth's rotation		Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat		NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western US Snowpack

Outside View: Pakistani politics: Perils and paradoxes

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NIST demonstrates transfer of ultraprecise time signals over a wireless optical channel

Satellite instrument package to assess space weather ready for delivery by CU-Boulder

Vietnam, with French help, set to launch remote sensing satellite

Spatial Dual Offers Dual Antenna For GNSS/INS

Raytheon completes second launch exercise for next generation GPS satellites

Sagetech Delivers NextGen Technology for Satellite Constellation

World's major development banks look closer at Earth observation

Orbital Selected By NASA To Build Icon Space Weather Satellite

China launches high-definition earth observation satellite

Japan's Mt Fuji to get World Heritage stamp: officials

Russia launches latest satellite in its global positioning system

Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite

NASA Mission to Study What Disrupts Radio Waves

Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Open Architecture Navigation System for DARPA

Cargo spaceship docks with ISS despite antenna mishap

US army seeks new technology to replace GPS

World's First Ski Area Fully Powered With On-Site Renewables

Boston bombing carjack victim recalls his night of terror

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