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Russia loses military satellite: reportsMoscow (AFP) Feb 1, 2011 Russia's top military and space official launched a search Tuesday for a missing military satellite that apparently was put into the wrong orbit shortly after its launch. The Russian defence ministry confirmed that it had lost sight of the craft - a dual-use vessel that can draw a three-dimensional map of the Earth and locate the precise positions of various targets. The incident came just a month after President Dmitry Medvedev sacked two top space officials for a similar setback and delivered ... read more |
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  New Transistor For Plastic Electronics Exhibits Best of Both Worlds In the quest to develop flexible plastic electronics, one of the stumbling blocks has been creating transistors with enough stability for them to function in a variety of environments while still ma ... more | .. |
  When Artemis Talks, Johannes Kepler Listens After Ariane 5 lofts ATV Johannes Kepler into space on 15 February, ESA's Artemis data relay satellite will be ready for action. Artemis will provide communications between Johannes Kepler and ... more | .. |
  Russia To Launch New Batch Of Glonass Satellites By June Russia will launch another three Glonass-M satellites on board a Proton heavy carrier rocket later this year to complete the orbiting Glonass grouping, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos sa ... more | .. |
 LockMart To Enhance Space Systems Development With Opening Of New Virtual Laboratory Lockheed Martin plans to increase the affordability and efficiency of space system development with the opening of a new advanced technology and virtual simulation facility, known as the Collaborati ... more |
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 'Smartphone Satellite' Developed By Surrey Space Researchers Space researchers at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) have developed 'STRaND-1', a satellite containing a smartphone payload that will be launched into orbit a ... more | .. |
  Nepal uses satellites to track rare tiger An injured wild tiger that strayed into a tourist resort in Nepal has been moved to a new home in the jungle and fitted with a satellite collar so its progress can be tracked, the government said. ... more | .. |
 Galileo Satellite Undergoes Launch Check-Up At ESTEC Galileo's first satellite is undergoing testing at ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands, checking its readiness to be launched into orbit. This marks a significant step for Europe's Galileo sat ... more | .. |
 Raytheon To Open GPS Collaboration Center In SoCal Raytheon's new Global Positioning System Collaboration Center opening in February 2011 in El Segundo, Calif., will allow U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems personnel to interact with the GPS O ... more |
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 Europe defends 'stupid' Galileo satellite Europe stood by its much-delayed and over-budget Galileo satellite navigation system on Tuesday despite a rising price tag and a contractor's description of the project as "stupid." ... more | .. |
  DRS Expands Armor Product Offering With Its All-New Compact Tablet DRS Technologies has announced that its Tactical Systems Group has recently unveiled its newest ARMOR rugged mobile computer, the ARMOR X7 compact tablet. This all-new small mobile computer is speci ... more | .. |
 SDS Delivers MQ-9 Reaper Simulator To ERAU SDS International (SDS) recently delivered a specialized version of the ROVATTS-based MQ-9 Reaper Mission Training Device (MTD) tabletop simulator to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to s ... more | .. |
  Introducing All-New Focus Electric Ford Motor Company has unveiled its all-new Focus Electric - the company's first-ever all-electric passenger car. The zero-CO2-emissions, gasoline-free version of Ford's popular small car is the fla ... more |
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 ISRO-Enabled Control Room For Anti-Naxal Operations A state-of-the-art control room with giant TV screens that will help track the offensive of security forces in Naxal strongholds with satellite imaging and GPS has been activated at the CRPF headqua ... more | .. |
 2011 to be 'revolution' for Europe in space - ESA Europe is set for a space "revolution" in 2011 when two new types of rocket join its launch pad in French Guiana, European Space Agency (ESA) boss Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Friday. ... more | .. |
Galileo satnav system called 'stupid idea': US cable The head of a German firm working on Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system called it a "stupid idea" being pushed by France for military reasons, a leaked US diplomatic cable showed Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Russia to spend $3.8B on space program The Russian government will spend $3.8 billion on its national space program in 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Another GPS Software Upgrade Completed As part of a larger ongoing effort by Air Force officials to improve and maintain the current GPS ground system, Air Force Space Command officials completed another sustainment software release for ... more | .. |
 China schools issue GPS phones to boost safety Schools in Beijing are giving GPS-equipped mobile phones to students, as China seeks to tackle the twin problems of missing children and campus violence, state press said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Fresh snow storm bears down on New York New Yorkers, still reeling from one of the biggest snow storms in the Big Apple's history, faced a fresh dump of the white stuff Friday as officials vowed to be better prepared this time. ... more | .. |
 GPSCaddy Golf App Now Offers Free Course Maps Calton Hill, the Scottish mobile phone application developers, have announced that all golf course maps for their prize-winning GPSCaddy app are now free. This makes GPSCaddy even better value ... more |
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 ISRO To Implement Regional Navigation Satellite System The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to implement the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to provide India and neighbouring countries with the Position Navigation and ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch 50 ComSats Over Next Five Years Russia plans to launch five Glonass communication satellites in 2011 and 48 more later to create a Cosmonaut information highway, local media reported Wednesday. There are 20 of 26 Glonass sat ... more | .. |
 Magellan Introduces New Member To eXplorist Family Magellan has announced the introduction of the Magellan eXplorist 310 GPS receiver, a power-packed, waterproof, and rugged handheld GPS designed for essential outdoor navigation. The newest ad ... more | .. |
 Japan eyes building its own GPS system Japan is considering launching new satellites to establish its own global positioning system (GPS) in a bid to reduce its reliance on the US navigation network, officials said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Garmin Has A GPS Device For Everyone Garmin International has announced that its 2011 Consumer Electronics Show product line-up is one of its most diverse ever and is designed to emphasize the different ways GPS can be used across all ... more | .. |
 Networks Of Up To 2 Million Cells Now Supported By GeoLENs Location Platform Touting one of the wireless industry's most comprehensive location platforms, Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, h ... more | .. |
 Software Will Take Half Of The Total Nav Market By 2016 Industry experts have long ago decided which side of the "software is killing the dedicated in-car navigation device" debate they are on. However, in a market with traditionally long product life-cy ... more | .. |
 Privacy Push Will Impact Geolocation Sector Efforts to protect consumers' privacy on the Internet are likely to impact companies that collect, use or distribute geolocation data, said LeClairRyan attorney Kevin D. Pomfret, a leading advisor i ... more |
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 President Medvedev Sacks Space Officials Over Satellite Loss Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed two senior space industry officials and reprimanded the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, Anatoly Perminov on Wednesday over the recent loss of thr ... more | .. |
  Six Years After The Tsunami Disaster Six years after the tsunami disaster of 26/12/2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed. The project ends on 31 March 20 ... more | .. |
 Bob Benson: Tales Of Chilly Research As the weather gets colder in Maryland, Bob Benson tells tales of winters he used to know in Minnesota, the South Pole, and Alaska. A five-decade career studying Earth's ionosphere - the part of Ear ... more | .. |
 Galileo Pathfinder GIOVE-A Achieves Five Years In Orbit ESA's GIOVE-A satellite - the first prototype of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system - is still working well after five years in space. The first 'Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element' ... more |
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