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China To Launch Fourth Orbiter For Global Satellite Navigation NetworkXichang, China (XNA) Jun 02, 2010 China is to launch its fourth orbiter into space as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system. An unnamed official with the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in southwestern Sichuan Province, said the satellite would be launched on the Long March 3III carrier rocket "in a few days." The satellite and the rocket were in sound condition and preparations had been running smoothly, the official said Monday, without giving the exact la ... read more |
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 18, 2010The 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 susta ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2010NOAA's National Geodetic Survey - the official U.S. government source for determining precise latitude, longitude and elevation - is undergoing a modernization effort that takes into account advances in GPS and other technologies. The effort is important to all activities requiring accurate positioning information including levee construction projects, the design of evacuation routes in hu ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 17, 2010On August 15, 2007, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck in Central Peru, killing more than 500 people-primarily in the town of Pisco, which was heavily damaged by the temblor-and triggering a tsunami that flooded Pisco's shore and parts of Lima's Costa Verde highway. The rupture occurred as the Nazca tectonic plate slipped underneath the South American plate in what is known as a subduction zone. ... more |
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Macau resident convicted in US of illegal defense exportsLos Angeles (AFP) May 12, 2010 A Macau resident has been convicted of trying to illegally export communications, encryption and GPS equipment used by the US military and NATO forces, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. Chi Tong Kuok, also known as Edison Kuok, was convicted by a federal jury in San Diego, south of here, on Tuesday of trying to export defense articles to Macau and Hong Kong without a license, the department said in a statement. Kuok, a Portuguese citizen who lives in Macau, was arrested in Atlanta in Jun ... read more |
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