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Russia launches three new navigation satellites: reportMoscow (AFP) March 1, 2010 A Russian Proton-M rocket was launched into space Monday with three new satellites for Moscow's GLONASS navigation system, aimed at competing with US and European systems, a report said. The satellites were placed into orbit after the rocket blasted off from Russia's Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan at 2119 GMT, a Russian space agency spokesman said, according to the Ria-Novosti news agency. The 1.4-tonne satellites join 22 others that are part of the GLONASS system, which fell into disrepair a ... read more |
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Cannes, France (SPX) Feb 25, 2010Thales Alenia Space announced to have signed with French Space Agency (CNES), the contract to build the Jason-3 satellite. The Jason-3 operational oceanographic mission involves a quadripartite collaboration between the two meteorological organizations Eumetsat and NOAA, acting as the leaders of the program, and CNES and its American counterpart NASA. Jason-3 will allow the continuit ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 25, 2010Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives. In practical terms it means the only place left to get lost is indoors, where satnav signals fail to reach. But one ESA project is changing that. With initial results presented at last week's Techno/Innovation Days, the DINGPOS (Demonstrator for Indoor GNSS Positioning) project combines a highly-sensitive receiver capabl ... more  
Austin TX (SPX) Feb 25, 2010To help assess the potential threat of more large earthquakes in Haiti and nearby areas, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics are co-leading three expeditions to the country with colleagues from Purdue University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the U.S. Geological Survey and five other institutions. Rapid response missions can be critical for assess ... more |
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Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Proves Networked CapabilityNew Dehli (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 completed a major milestone when the weapon's Strike Common Weapon Datalink (SCWDL) communicated via Link-16 nodes with a Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System aircraft. The test demonstrated the weapon's ability to function as a node on the network and moved the system one step closer to engaging moving maritime targets. JSOW is a family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons that employs an integrated GPS-inertial navigation system and terminal infrar ... read more |
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