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July 06, 2011
GPS NEWS
AI Solutions to Assist Air Force with GPS Satellite Positioning Data and Analyzing GPS Anomalies
Lanham MD (SPX) Jul 06, 2011
a.i. solutions is part of a team of companies awarded an Air Force contract to provide professional engineering and communications services in support of the U.S. Global Positioning Systems Operations Center in Colorado Springs. The Air Force Space Command awarded the prime contract to Apogee Engineering LLC, with a.i. solutions as one of the sub-contractors. The overall value of the contract is $7.4 million. Under the requirements of the contract, a.i. solutions will monitor and collect GPS ... read more

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GPS IIIB Satellites to Add Critical New Capabilities
Lockheed Martin has completed on-schedule a System Design Review (SDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite increment under the U.S. Air Force's next generation GPS III program. ... more
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GPS NEWS

LOCiMOBILE GPS Tracking Apps Cross over 1 Million users in 116 countries
GTX has announced its LOCiMOBILE subsidiary's GPS Tracking Apps crossed over 1 Million downloads with users in 116 countries and continues to be on the top charts of iTunes and Android market place. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Lockheed Martin Team Completes GeoEye-2 Design Phase Early
The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, has successfully completed the Space System Critical Design Review (CDR) two ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Track24 Defence releases SCC Titan
Track24 Defence, the commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) blue force and blue personnel tracking (BFT/BPT) specialist, has unveiled SCC Titan, its new turnkey situational command and control (SCC) soluti ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Raytheon UK Awarded Four-Year Support Contract for U.K. Paveway
Raytheon UK has been awarded a 10 million pounds Sterling (approximately $16 million), four-year contract to provide continued in-service support for both current and legacy U.K. Paveway Weapon Syst ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Pioneering ERS environment satellite retires
After 16 years spent gathering a wealth of data that has revolutionised our understanding of Earth, ESA's veteran ERS-2 satellite is being retired. This pioneering mission has not only advanced scie ... more
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BLUE SKY

Sounding rockets study how winds in space drive currents in the upper atmosphere
Some 50 miles up in the sky begins a dynamic region of the atmosphere known as the ionosphere. The region is filled with charged particles created by extreme ultraviolet radiation from the sun. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

DLR scientists support expedition with a highly accurate 3D model of mountain
Considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world and, at 8000 metres high, the most difficult to climb, K2 lies on the border between Pakistan and China. For scientists at the German Aero ... more
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SPACEMART

LockMart CommSat Ready For Launch For Japanese Customers
The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation ... more
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WATER WORLD

Kenya project: making safer water to sell carbon credits
To protect the environment and improve the health of four million people while making a profit is the goal of a Swiss-based company distributing water filters and aiming to sell carbon credits. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

La Nina's Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo
It's what Bill Patzert, a climatologist and oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., likes to call a "La Nada" - that puzzling period between cycles of the El Nino-Sout ... more
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MILTECH

US Army Awards Raytheon contract to Complete Excalibur Ib Development
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon a $36 million contract for the final phase of the Excalibur Ib development program. This phase concludes with warfighter tests and will qualify Excalibur Ib for fieldi ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm
In Sept. 1859, on the eve of a below-average solar cycle, the sun unleashed one of the most powerful storms in centuries. The underlying flare was so unusual, researchers still aren't sure how to ca ... more
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GPS NEWS

House Committee Acts to Halt LightSquared Proposal Until GPS Interference Issues Resolved
The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee has approved action that would "fence" or halt the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from expending any funds related to a conditiona ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA satellite gets 2 tropical cyclones in 1 shot
The Northwestern Pacific Ocean is active with two tropical cyclones, Tropical Storm Meari near the Philippines, and Tropical Depression Haima moving over China and now toward Vietnam. NASA's Aqua sa ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

Carmanah Technologies Develops Solar Engine for ADB Airfield Solutions
Carmanah Technologies in partnership with ADB Airfield Solutions announce the completion of the wireless solar engine power supply (SEPS) for ADB airfield lights and visual navigation aid products. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Astrium awarded Galileo Full Operational Capability Ground Control Segment Contract
Astrium has been selected by the European Space Agency and the European Union as prime contractor for the Galileo Full Operational Capability Ground Control Segment. The contract value is 73.5 milli ... more
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GPS NEWS

Study Shows Interference with GPS Poses Major Threat to U.S. Economy
More than 3.3 million U.S. jobs in agriculture and industries rely heavily on Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and the disruption of interference with GPS posed by LightSquared's planned d ... more
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CONSTELLATIONS

DeLorme Unveils Plans for Personal Communicator with Global Satellite Coverage
DeLorme has announced the Fall 2011 release of the DeLorme inReach, the first Iridium-based personal communicator to deliver truly global two-way satellite text messaging; delivery confirmations; SO ... more
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GPS NEWS

US Supreme Court to hear warrantless GPS case
The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether police can attach a GPS tracking device to a suspect's vehicle without obtaining a search warrant. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Paving the Way for Space-Based Air Pollution Sensors
Although the nation's air has grown significantly cleaner in recent decades, about 40 percent of Americans - 127 million people - live in counties where pollution levels still regularly exceed natio ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Nigeria prepares to launch two earth observation satellites
Nigeria has concluded plans to launch into orbit two satellites from Russia on July 7, a top government official with the country's National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said. ... more
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MILTECH

Goodrich TERPROM Terrain Referenced Navigation to Equip Airbus A400M
Goodrich has been selected by Cassidian (an EADS company) to provide the TERPROM terrain referenced navigation (TRN) system for the Airbus Military A400M versatile airlifter. The system will be prov ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm
In Sept. 1859, on the eve of a below-average1 solar cycle, the sun unleashed one of the most powerful storms in centuries. The underlying flare was so unusual, researchers still aren't sure how to c ... more
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GPS NEWS

Le Bourget contracts complete Galileo network
As Europe prepares for October's launch of the first Galileo satellites, a worldwide ground network is being put in place. Contracts signed at the Paris Air and Space Show cover satellite control an ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA sees Hurricane Beatriz 'wink' on the Mexican coast
Hurricane Beatriz is skirting the southwestern Mexican coast and bringing heavy rains and high surf to coastal areas, including Mexico's biggest port. NASA satellite imagery showed that Beatriz seem ... more
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STATION NEWS

The end for ATV Johannes Kepler
Europe's unmanned ATV space freighter plunged on command into Earth's atmosphere to end its mission as a spectacular shooting star over the southern Pacific Ocean. Contact with the spacecraft was lo ... more
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GPS NEWS

Galileo's Soyuz launchers arrive at French Guiana
The two Soyuz launchers that will fly the first four satellites of Europe's Galileo navigation system into orbit have arrived at Kourou harbour in French Guiana, completing a journey that took them ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Raytheon's First-of-Its-Kind Space-Based Hyperspectral Sensor Marks Second Year on Orbit
A groundbreaking space sensor built by Raytheon has completed its second year on orbit, exceeding its design life by 100 percent. The Advanced Responsive, Tactically Effective Military Imaging Senso ... more
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TECH SPACE

Track24 Defence releases SCC Titan
Track24 Defence, the commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) blue force and blue personnel tracking (BFT/BPT) specialist, has unveiled SCC Titan, its new turnkey situational command and control (SCC) soluti ... more
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GPS NEWS

Cont-Trak offers reliable container tracking via satellite
Whether at sea, on rail, stacked or stored, shipping containers can now be tracked worldwide via satellite with Cont-Trak, developed through ESA's telecommunications programme. Field trials ha ... more
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