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Delta IV GPS IIF-01 Launch Set May 20Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 18, 2010 The U.S. Air Force will launch the first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 37 here May 20. The launch window is 11:29-11:48 p.m. (EDT). The GPS IIF system brings next-generation performance to the constellation. The GPS IIF vehicle is critical to U.S. national security and sustaining GPS constellation availability for global civil, commercial and defense applications. Besides sust ... read more |
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Solheimajokull Glacier, Iceland (AFP) April 23, 2010A metal sign reads: "Warning! The glacier can be dangerous." A rumbling growl from under the mountains speaks far louder. Solheimajokull glacier is part of the ice cap sealing Katla, a volcano 10 times more powerful than neighboring Eyjafjoell, whose eruption last week clogged Europe's skies with ash and grounded the continent's airlines. If Katla blows up, the current eruption will rese ... more  
Noordwijk, Holland (ESA) Apr 26, 2010The start-up company Star2Earth, reared in the ESA Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands, will improve electricity production from a hydroelectric plant on Lake Laja in Chile by using navigation satellite signals to measure water levels and wave heights. Mounted on the lake's shore, the new Oceanpal sensor will accurately monitor the water level. It does not touch the water so it i ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2010MBDA is pleased to announce that the Qatari Emiri Navy will procure a batch of Exocet MM40 Block 3 missiles to equip its fleet of four Vita class Patrol Boats. This latest generation of naval superiority missile has a significantly extended range thanks to its turbojet propulsion. And thanks to its GPS navigation, the new Exocet MM40 Block 3 is able to strike a target designated by its geo ... more |
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Australia blames 'very tired' sailor for Barrier Reef crashSydney (AFP) April 15, 2010 Australian officials Thursday said a "very tired" sailor's simple navigation errors caused a cargo ship to run aground and badly damage the Great Barrier Reef, as two crew faced court over the crash. A preliminary report into the April 3 foundering, which leaked tonnes of oil and threatened a major ecological disaster, said the Chinese officer steering the giant Shen Neng 1 had slept only for a short time in the previous 37 hours. "The first mate had had a very busy time while the ship was in Gl ... read more |
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