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ISRO-Assisted Development Project For HaryanaChandigarh, India (PTI) Jan 27, 2010 Haryana is among five states selected for the implementation of a project designed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for carrying out developmental activities through local bodies. The major Remote Sensing and GIS Application project entitled 'Space Based Information Support for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DP)" of ISRO will be implemented in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala and West Bengal as well. Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad V Jayaraman told a meet ... read more |
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China Aiming To Have Its Own GPS In Place By 2012Beijing, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010 China is in a rush to build its version of the Global Positioning System (GPS), by planning to launch 10 Beidou navigation satellites between now and 2012, a newly launched official website said. "The Beidou (Compass) Navigation Satellite System, which will be completed in 2020 with 35 satellites, will enable China to shake off its dependence on GPS and achieve huge economic benefits," Pang Zhihao, a senior researcher with the China Academy of Space Technology, told China Daily. Na ... read more |
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Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010China took one step forward in its ambition to build an independent global navigation network capable of rivaling foreign congeneric systems with the successful launch of a new orbiter into space early Sunday morning. Boosted by a Long-March-3III carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, it was the third orbiter China has launched for the network ... more 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2010The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1) between to familiarize people with the satellite. Among many suggestions, "MICHIBIKI" was selected as the nickname. Selection result: The chosen nickname is "MICHIBIKI" meaning "guiding" or "showing the way." Reason for selection: "MICHIBIKI" accounted for the high ... more 
Helsinki (AFP) Jan 21, 2010Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, will offer free maps and navigation services for its smartphone users, it said Thursday in a move that puts pressure on players in the GPS industry. "We are offering global car and pedestrian navigation in 74 countries, in 46 languages ... Ovi Maps becomes completely free from this moment onwards," Jukka Hosio, director of Nokia's services marketing ... more |
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Russia Activates 1 Of 3 New Glonass Navigation SatellitesMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 13, 2010 One of three newly orbited satellites in Russia's Glonass space satellite navigation grouping has entered service, the federal space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters. The three satellites, which bring the total number of Glonass sat ... read more |
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