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August 12, 2010
EARTH OBSERVATION
Google lets uneasy Germans opt out of 'Street View'
Berlin (AFP) Aug 10, 2010
Google said Tuesday it would allow Germans to opt out of its disputed Street View navigation service ahead of its launch in the country this year but privacy watchdogs were still not happy. The move is part of an effort to placate German authorities, who have serious concerns about the service that allows users to view online panoramic still photos at street level taken using specially equipped vehicles. "Google will roll out Street View for the 20 biggest German cities by the end of the year," ... read more

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GPS NEWS

Putin wants Russian satnav system in new cars from 2012
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MILTECH

High-Performance, Shock-Tolerant ATALIN Selected By US Army
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GPS NEWS

Sea Star Line GUARDIAN SERVICE Offers Reefer Monitoring, Tracking, Tracing And Control
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SPACEMART

GeoEye Wins National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Enhanced View Award
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.

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GPS NEWS

Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Surpasses 10 Years On-Orbit
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GPS NEWS

Runzheimer International Reduces Corporate Mileage Expenses
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GPS NEWS

US appeals court nixes GPS tracking without warrant
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Images Show Continuing Mexico Quake Deformation
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TECH SPACE

Acoustic Tests On New Glonass-K Satellite Completed
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TECH SPACE

Google phones unseat BlackBerry as top sellers in US
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GPS NEWS

adidas Turns Your Smartphone Into A Personal Coach
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GPS NEWS

Soap maker creates unease over Brazil GPS spying stunt
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GPS NEWS

Russia To Launch 3 Glonass Satellites In September
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Honeywell Provides Guidance System For Atlas V Rocket
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Aug 02, 2010
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Aug 02, 2010 Honeywell has announced that it has been selected by United Launch Alliance to provide primary avionics components for guidance and navigation of the Atlas V rocket in a follow-on contract worth up to $90 million over the life of the long-term contract. Honeywell will provide the Fault Tolerant Inertial Navigation Unit (FTINU) and the Redundant Rate Gyro Unit ... more

THE STANS
US 2011 drawdown in Afghanistan will be 'limited': Gates
Washington (AFP) Aug 2, 2010
Amid growing clamor against the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has cautioned that large numbers of US troops will remain even after a "limited" July 2011 drawdown. Despite mounting casualties and public doubts, Gates said Sunday the US-led force was making headway and Taliban insurgents would not be able to wait out American forces because a major troop withdrawal was not ... more

GPS NEWS
China Launches Fifth Satellite For Its Own Global Navigation Network
Xichang, China (XNA) Aug 02, 2010
China successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network. The satellite was launched from the Long March 3I carrier rocket. It is the 126th flight for the country's Long March series of rockets. The satellite will join another four satellites in orbit to form a network that will eventu ... more

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TECH SPACE

Japan mobile phone makers to roll out 'augmented reality'

THE STANS

US 2011 drawdown in Afghanistan will be 'limited': Gates


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AEROSPACE
Planets In Unusually Intimate Dance Around Dying Star

Detector Technology Could Help NASA Find Earth-Like Exoplanets

NASA Finds Super-Hot Planet With Unique Comet-Like Tail

AEROSPACE
Inauguration Of First DLR Ground Station In Canada

NASA's FASTSAT Satellite Arrives At Kodiak

Chinese 'peel' widget converts Apple Touch to phone: report

AEROSPACE
Putin wants Russian satnav system in new cars from 2012

Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Surpasses 10 Years On-Orbit

Sea Star Line GUARDIAN SERVICE Offers Reefer Monitoring, Tracking, Tracing And Control

AEROSPACE
China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

China Sends Research Satellite Into Space

China eyes Argentina for space antenna

AEROSPACE
Perseid Meteors Return: Viewing Conditions Excellent

Fireball heralds arrival of meteor shower

The Impact That Shattered Santa Fe

AEROSPACE
NASA pondering mission to study asteroid

Questions not answers from asteroid image

WISE Discovers Over 90 Near-Earth Objects

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MILTECH
Game Changing Mobile Tech At Connecting Soldiers To Digital Apps
San Carlos CA (SPX) Aug 02, 2010
MarkLogic Corporation, a leading provider of information infrastructure software, has announced that it has been invited to demonstrate its custom mobile applications for warfighters at the "Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications (CSDA)" Digital Rodeo taking place at Fort Bliss, Texas. Hosted by the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), a Directorate of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), CSDA will showcase new mobile technology, including the latest industry develop ... read more

MILTECH
Bread prices soar in drought-hit Russia

New Zealand dairy backs product in China hormone scandal

Global warming threatens Asian rice production: study

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MILTECH
Computer data stored with 'spintronics'

Protein From Poplar Trees Can Be Used To Greatly Increase Computer Capacity

Polymer Synthesis Could Aid Future Electronics

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MILTECH
US Senate legend Stevens killed in Alaska plane crash

Turkey's aerial industries prosper

Hong Kong's Cathay expands as demand returns

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MILTECH
India auto sales hit monthly record as China sales slow

Sales of Toyota hybrids top one million vehicles in Japan

China car demand eases but long term prospects still strong

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MILTECH
Guatemala seen in better economic shape

Google to serve ads on DIRECTV satellite dish programs

China's trade surplus balloons to 28.7 billion dollars

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