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December 04, 2009
IContain And InSeT Systems Deploy Hyper-Accurate Tracking Technologies
Shenzhen, China (SPX) Dec 03, 2009
IContain and InSeT Systems have paired to bring incredibly accurate and time-sensitive location data to emergency response personnel. InSeT Systems' Inertial Tracking Unit (ITU) and IContain's device-agnostic tracking software allow location data to be gathered and displayed from subterranean mines and other - previously impossible - locales. Until now, the Location Based Services industry ... read more

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Young Arabs Can Be The Next Generation Of Space Engineers
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Rafael Releases New Member of Spike Family - Spike NLOS
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Device can track people without sensors
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France gets new smart bombs
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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New Method To Measure Snow And Soil Moisture With GPS
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 25, 2009
A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil and vegetation moisture, a technique expected to benefit meteorologists, water resource managers, climate modelers and farmers. The researchers have developed a technique that uses interference patterns created when GPS signals ... more

Inauguration Of Site Of Galileo Station At Kourou
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 23, 2009
The site of a ground station for Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, inside the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), near Kourou in French Guiana, was inaugurated on 19 November. The site, which was made available by France's Centre national d'etudes spatiales (CNES), will play an essential role in the setting up of the Galileo system, since it will accommodate the most ... more

NGC TRo Supply AHRS For NEURON European UCAV Demo Project
Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2009
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator. The LCR-100 AHRS units will be built by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF. The LCR-100 Gyrocompass AHRS is a north finding attitude and heading reference ... more

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Seeing Stars, Proba-2 Platform Passes Its First Health Check


Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation


New System Allows Vehicle GPS To Track Location While In Flight
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Speculation swirls over ICBC's reported Cathay bid: media

Airbus: First flight for delayed A400M next month

Enstrom to use Safe Flight power line unit

Climate fears over India's middle class-driven car boom

Green cars to get Copenhagen boost

GM to cede venture control to China's SAIC: report

TacSat-4 Spacecraft Complete And Awaiting Launch

Harris Completes Qualification Testing Of US Navy Multiband SATCOM Terminal

Raytheon Wins Space Situational Awareness Prototype Award

NATO chief mulls missile shield if Iran gets bomb

Japan FM says govt must justify missile defence spending

Chile buying U.S. weapons, radar

Paul McCartney has a beef with world climate talks

China's approval of GMO rice, corn seen boosting yields

Global warming threatens food supply: Vietnam

Traditional Indigenous Fire Management Techniques Deployed

Philippines says storm damage tops four billion dollars

Bhopal victims fight for justice 25 years on

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NRL Sensor Provides Critical Space Weather Observations
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2009
Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science Division and Spacecraft Engineering Department offers a first of its kind technique for remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from space. Flying on-orbit the U.S. Air Force ... more

Raymarine's New 33STV Brings Superior Satellite TV To Smaller Vessels
Merrimack NH (SPX) Nov 04, 2009
Raymarine has introduced the 33STV, the latest in their line of Satellite TV Antenna Systems, which features a high performance 13" satellite dish inside a compact 14" radome, weighing less than ten pounds, to accommodate both powerboats and sailboats under 25 feet in length. Equipped with Dynamic Beam Tilting and Wide Range Search, all of Raymarine's Satellite TV Systems are able to track ... more

AFSPC Reaches Out To Space Camp Youth
Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Nov 04, 2009
Could a U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Space Camp grad be the next U.S Air Force F-16 Pilot or GPS System operator? The Air Force only hopes so. The U.S. Space and Rocket Center is located in Huntsville, Alabama. "Space Camp" is what the center is commonly known as and provides residental and day camp educational programs for children in various age groups and adults. Space Camp is a series ... more

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LockMart GPS Satellite Achieves 10 Years Of On-Orbit Operations


Eurockot Launches SMOS And Proba-2


Raytheon Completes Free Flight Of Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range
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Ivorian rivals set new election date after latest postponement

Somalia's neighbors face war threats

Nigerian group to facelift a notorious Lagos slum

Climate fears over India's middle class-driven car boom

Green cars to get Copenhagen boost

GM to cede venture control to China's SAIC: report

Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence

LHC Sets New World Record

Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC

SpaceX Begins NASA Astronaut Training For Dragon Spacecraft COTS Program

Four "Butterflynauts" Emerge On ISS

Expedition 21 Crew Lands In Kazakhstan

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

NZ Rocket's GPS Battery Dies

NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology

Rocket Stars: The Guys Making Rocket Science A Career

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Europe probe tracks global warming impact on water

Driver-less car in high-speed rally assault

AFSPC Commander Visits 'Masters Of Space'

Australia set to buy upgraded Howitzers

Canada, US state give name to new sea

Geolife And PosiMotion Bring Turn-By-Turn Navigation To iPod Touch

New Celestial Map Gives Directions For GPS

NAVAIR And Augusta Demo Operations Of Multiple Swarms Of UAVs And Sensors

Motorola looks to Google-powered phones for turnaround

GIS Forestry Tool Lowers Costs Of Finnish Forest Management

Search And Rescue Aid Wins Navigation Prize

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Google adds free GPS navigation to mobile phones

Fastsat Instruments Shipped To NASA Marshall For Tests And Launch Preparation

Ball Aerospace-Built WorldView-2 Satellite Reveals First Images

Sensing Disasters From Space

Video Sync Capability Announced For Labsat GPS Simulator

Rio youth use GPS phones to put favelas on map

DOI Demonstrates Climate Change With ArcGIS Explorer

GPS to get lesson in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Satellite Data Look Behind The Scenes Of Deadly Earthquake

Philadelphia PD Meets Mission Demands With GIS

Blue Sky Network Chosen To Track Mecca Pilgrimage Flights

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