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Satellites - One Size Fits AllBethesda MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2010 Over the past few decades NASA and other organizations have attempted to design satellites that would be capable of carrying out multiple missions. The fundamental idea is to create a single spacecraft design that could be duplicated over and over in order to reduce unit costs while satisfying several space missions and applications. To date, the results have been disappointing. The spacecraft bus tends to become overly complicated, excessively heavy and too costly for most applications. The under ... read more |
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Spot Image And Infoterra Sign Agreements With GoogleParis, France (SPX) Jan 27, 2010 Spot Image and Infoterra are pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Google to be a partner for Google Earth Enterprise. Spot Image and Infoterra have been a Google Earth content partner for a number of years, providing ready to use imagery to Google as well as to Google Earth Enterprise users. Spot Image and Infoterra will be able to provide customised Google Earth Enterprise solutions to their customers and distributors. Using this technology, our professional customers will b ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2010The U.S. and Japan convened a plenary meeting at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 13 to review and discuss cooperation in the civil use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GPS augmentations, including Japan's Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) Satellite-based Augmentation System (MSAS) and Quasi-Zenith Satellite Systems (QZSS). The GPS consultations ... 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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