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Major Galileo Contracts SignedParis, France (ESA) Jan 28, 2010 Yesterday, Mr Rene Oosterlinck, ESA's Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability phase. This event marks the start of building the Galileo operational infrastructure. The signing ceremony took place at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre at Noordwijk (The Netherlands) in the presence of Mr Matthias Ruete, Director General 'Energy and Transport' of the European Commission (EC) and ... read more |
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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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Paris, France (SPX) Jan 27, 2010Spot 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 ... more 
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 |
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China's Compass Finds Route To Rival GPSBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 19, 2010 When Pan Qing and his friends traveled to the prairies in the Inner Mongolia, they navigated their way over the unfamiliar and boundless grasslands with no problems - thanks to their Global Positioning System (GPS). "The GPS is not always accurate, but it' s helpful for those who don't know how to read a map, or use compass or who can't see the sun," says Pan, an outdoors enthusiast who bought a hand-held GPS two years ago. The GPS is the most advanced system of its kind in the wor ... read more |
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