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April 21, 2011
EARTH OBSERVATION
Satellites can give advance hurricane info
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Apr 20, 2011
Satellites can monitor tropical storms and predict surges in strength to warn when a storm is about to become a hurricane, U.S. researchers say. Scientists at the University of Illinois say one of the biggest problems facing hurricane forecasters is identifying rapid intensification, when storms suddenly transform into much stronger cyclones or hurricanes. While there have been recent advances in forecasting technology to track the potential path of tropical storms and hurricanes, meteor ... read more

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Goa Seeks ISRO Expertise For Mapping Mangroves, Sand Dunes
Goa government will take the help of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map its sand dunes and mangroves as part of the crucial 2011 CRZ rules. State Environment Minister Aleixo Sequira sa ... more
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GPS NEWS

Apple devices logging movements: researchers
A pair of British security researchers said Wednesday that the latest version of Apple's operating system for the iPhone and the iPad is constantly recording the location of the devices and storing the information in a hidden file. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Using GPS Data To Model Effects Of Tidal Loads On Earth Surface
For many people, Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology is little more than a high-tech version of a traditional paper map. Used in automobile navigation systems and smart phones, GPS ... more
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GPS NEWS

NAVIGON Updates iPhone Nav App
NAVIGON AG has announced the availability of the eighth update for its iPhone app, MobileNavigator, the most feature-rich navigation solution on the iOS platform. The update adds a Reality Scanner f ... more
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GPS NEWS

TomTom Makes Driving Safer With Active Driver Feedback
TomTom has announced Active Driver Feedback and WEBFLEET OptiDrive; two new features focused at further increasing TomTom's safety and efficiency benefits for businesses. Active Driver Feedbac ... more
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GPS NEWS

ExxonMobil Introduces Android Station Locator App
ExxonMobil is launching its latest in mobile technology - the Exxon Mobil Fuel Finder application for Android. The application gives real-time maps, driving directions, and station information for n ... more
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Garmin Adds Its First Touchscreen GPS Watch To Forerunner Family
Garmin International has announced the Forerunner 610 sports watch - a slim, yet robust and weather-proof touchscreen solution for serious runners seeking an extra advantage. Forerunner 610 can stan ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Landsat: Who Are The Customers
Exactly who uses Landsat satellite imagery and what value do they derive from the information? In the first study of its kind, U.S. Geological Survey investigators surveyed a broad cross section of ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Astrium GEO-Info Services Looks Back On The Chernobyl Disaster 25 Years Later With EO Technologies
The first satellite image of the Ukrainian site was acquired by SPOT1 only ten days after the explosion, demonstrating the value of Earth-imaging satellites in responding to natural and man-made dis ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Ocean Front Is Energetic Contributor To Mixing
Wind blowing on the ocean is a crucial factor mixing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the ocean depths and keeping it from going back into the atmosphere. For more than two decades scien ... more
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SPACEWAR

Russian Space Industry 'Falling Short' Of State Arms Goals
Russia's space chief says its rocket industry is falling short of the goals set by the state arms procurement program. "Measures to ensure the implementation of the state arms procurement prog ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Yury Gagarin's Flight Remembered
On the morning of April 12, 1961, the Vostok spacecraft was launched into orbit carrying the world's first cosmonaut, Yury Gagarin, a citizen of the Soviet Union. YouReporter users and bloggers shar ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

Shootingstars Provide Clues To Likely Response Of Plants To Global Warming
Many scientists are concerned that plant and animal species may face extinction due to global warming, but biologists at Washington University in St. Louis are trying to predict exactly what will ha ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Pulling Back The Sheets
Melting ice sheets from Greenland and Antarctica has long been tied to rising sea levels. But these two sources are outpacing all others - including mountain glaciers and ice caps - to become the do ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Joint Polar Satellite System Program And The US Budget
While our politicians are arguing over a FY 2011 budget that should have been passed by last September, many space programs of vital national interest are being delayed, and their futures are coming ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Report Provides NASA With Direction For Next 10 Years Of Space Research
During the past 60 years, humans have built rockets, walked on the moon and explored the outer reaches of space with probes and telescopes. During these trips in space, research has been conducted t ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

NASA's JWST Marks Milestone With Completion Of Huge Assembly Stand For Flight Optics
A giant structural steel frame used to assemble the eye of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed by Northrop Grumman teammate ITT at a facility in Syracuse, N.Y. Northrop Grumman is l ... more
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GPS NEWS

China launches navigation satellite
China on Sunday launched its eighth satellite orbiter as part of its navigation and positioning network, state media reported. ... more
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China Maps The World With Beidou
Early Sunday, China successfully launched its eighth orbiter of the Beidou system. It marks the establishment of a basic system for the navigation and positioning network. But how will the system pa ... more
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SPACEWAR

Wing Unveils New Mission, Vision Statements And Priorities
The 50th Space Wing has a new mission. No not a new satellite this time, but a new mission statement along with a new vision statement. Col. Wayne Monteith, 50 SW commander, unveiled the new stateme ... more
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MILTECH

Northrop Grumman Navigation Capabilities Exceed Requirements For Automated Aerial Refueling
Northrop Grumman's Relative Navigation system exceeded accuracy requirements during recent flight tests for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program. The tes ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Arctic Ozone Loss
Recent observations from satellites and ground stations suggest that atmospheric ozone levels for March in the Arctic were approaching the lowest levels in the modern instrumental era. What those re ... more
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GPS NEWS

GPS to protect Bulgarian locomotives from fuel thefts
Bulgaria's national railway company will track its diesel locomotives via GPS from now on to combat increasing thefts of fuel, Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov said Friday. ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian Space Agency Events Unchanged As Chief's Retirement Announced
Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said on Wednesday the agency's scheduled events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's historic first space flight will go ahead as pl ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

For NASA's Aquarius, Quest For Salt A Global Endeavor
With more than a few stamps on its passport, NASA's Aquarius instrument on the Argentinian Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC)-D spacecraft will soon embark on its space mission to "taste" Ea ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

3-D map of Philippines to help combat disasters
President Benigno Aquino said Friday he plans to have a 3-D map of the Philippine archipelago created as part of an effort to guard against disasters. ... more
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First Consistent Geological Interpretation Of East Africa Rift System
Astrium GEO-Information Services has completed a geological interpretation study of the East Africa Rift System (EARS) and the surrounding area that is increasingly becoming an exploration hotspot f ... more
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SPACEMART

A New Space Policy For Europe
Improving the safety and daily lives of European citizens thanks to radio navigation, guiding tractors by satellite for high-yield crops, optimizing response to humanitarian crisis... This is not sc ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

SeaWiFS' Thirteen Years Of Observing Our Home Planet
Mary Cleave left the NASA astronaut corps in the early 1990s to make a rare jump from human spaceflight to Earth science. She was going to work on an upcoming mission to measure gradations in ocean ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Global Hawks Mark Year Of Science Flights
This week marks the first anniversary of the NASA Global Hawk project's initial science mission. On April 7, 2010, Global Hawk No. 872 took off from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards A ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Salt-Seeking Spacecraft Arrives At Launch Site
An international spacecraft that will take NASA's first space-based measurements of ocean surface salinity has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Aquarius/SAC ... more
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