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China Launches Sixth Satellite For Own GPS NetworkXichang, China (SPX) Nov 02, 2010 China early Monday morning successfully launched its sixth orbiter which will form part of its indigenous satellite-navigation and -positioning network. A Long March-3C carrier rocket carrying the "Beidou," or Compass, navigation satellite took off at 0:26 a.m. Monday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. It will join five other satellites already in orbit to form a network. which will eventually consist of 35 satellites. The network will provi ... read more |
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  Commentary: Afghan peace solution America's 17 intelligence agencies have spent more than half a trillion dollars - more than $500,000,000,000 - since 9/11, most of it on the global war on terror, and the Obama administration still believes that if Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammad Omar Akhund were to return to power in Kabul, al-Qaida would be back too - "in a heartbeat." And this despite much evidence to the contrary. ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch 8 Glonass Navigation Satellites In 2011-2013 Russia will put eight Glonass-M satellites into orbit in 2011-2013 to ensure the effective operation of its satellite navigation network, a Russian space industry official said. Glonass - the ... more | .. |
  New Research Settles Years Debate Over Diffuse Aurora New space research published this week (Thursday 21 October) in the journal Nature, has settled decades of scientific debate. Researchers from the University of California (UCLA) and British Antarct ... more | .. |
  Opportunity's Eastward View After Sol 2382 Drive This mosaic of images from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a 90-degree view centered toward the east following a 93.3-meter (306-foot) drive east-northeastwa ... more | .. |
 US Handset Navigation Usage Rose In Last 12 Months A navigation survey recently conducted by ABI Research has revealed differences in navigation form-factor usage compared with a similar survey conducted in 2009. While in both 2009 and 2010 PN ... more |
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Joliet IL (SPX) Oct 22, 2010Officials and customers have gathered to celebrate the opening of Union Pacific Railroad's nearly $370 million, 785-acre Joliet Intermodal Terminal. Located approximately five miles south of I-80 and seven miles east of I-55, the facility increases Union Pacific's international and domestic container capacity while improving rail traffic efficiencies throughout the Chicago region, which is ... more 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2010Location awareness is becoming an increasingly vital contributor to the North American mobile user experience. While US wireless carriers reported consumer Location Based Service (LBS) subscribers of approximately 16 million in 2009 (set to grow to over 50 million in 2015), off-deck app-store LBS applications such as Gowalla, Booyah MyTown, Loopt, FourSquare, Family Finder, Poynt, Google Latitud ... more 
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Oct 22, 2010CellGuide has announced the availability of its patent-pending HiMap technology for precision urban positioning. HiMap is now commercially available for CellGuide's ACLYS chip, ACLYS IP Core, and GPSense engine. HiMap is also available for licensing as an add-on to GNSS receiver manufacturers. HiMap significantly improves GNSS navigation performance in urban canyons. City skylines cr ... more |
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S.Africa implants GPS chips in rhino horns to fight poachingJohannesburg (AFP) Oct 21, 2010 South African rangers on Thursday announced a plan to implant GPS devices in the horns of rhinos in a new effort to combat rampant poaching. The GPS chips link up to a computer monitoring station where park rangers track the rhinos. "The animal's movements are then tracked 24/7 and if they are attacked, game rangers will be alerted via the alarms," park enforcement officer Rusty Hustler told the Sapa news agency. The alarm signal activates if the rhino lies inert for longer than is deemed no ... read more |
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