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October 14, 2011
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Soyuz ready with Galileo satellites for milestone launch
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 14, 2011
International space cooperation will be highlighted in a historic event on 20 October: the launch of Europe's first Galileo navigation satellites on Russia's first Soyuz rocket to depart from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff is scheduled for Thursday, 20 October at 12:34 CEST (11:34 GMT, 07:34 local time). The launch will be the first time that Russia's venerable Soyuz vehicle has ascended from European territory, adding a trusted workhorse to Europe's launchers family. Thi ... read more

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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Readies New Type of Earth-Observing Satellite for Launch
NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth-observing satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmenta ... more
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WEATHER REPORT

Hardware Deliveries Puts Advances Defense Weather Satellite System Ahead of Schedule
The Northrop Grumman-led engineering team building the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) spacecraft continues to take delivery of key hardware, making significant progress on satellite fabrica ... more
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GPS NEWS

Lockheed Martin Powers on the GPS III Pathfinder
The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System has turned on initial power to the program's pathfinder spacecraft, known as the GPS III Non Flight ... more
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MILTECH

Raytheon Excalibur Ia-2 Ready for Use in Afghanistan
Raytheon successfully fired nine rounds in U.S. Army lot acceptance tests, which means the Excalibur Ia-2 precision-guided projectile is ready for U.S. Army and Marine Corps use in Afghanistan. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Electronic Compass Market Finds its Way to 73 Percent Growth in 2011
With navigation features becoming standard in smartphones like Apple Inc.'s iPhone as well as in tablets and gaming devices, the market for electronic compasses is set to close this year with sizabl ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Astrium signs new Pleiades contract
Astrium Services and Chinese provider of satellite data and value-added services, Beijing Eastdawn Information Technology (Eastdawn), have signed a partnership agreement to give Eastdawn access to P ... more
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AEROSPACE

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Provide New Hybrid Navigation System for Cessna Business Jets
A new fiber-optic inertial navigation system/global positioning system (INS/GPS) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation's navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH, has been sele ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia sets priorities for federal space program
The Russian space agency Roscosmos has prioritized commercial use of its satellites as part of the federal space program until 2015. "By 2015, we are planning to increase the number of Earth o ... more
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TECH SPACE

Boeing and Lion Air Pioneer Precision Satellite Navigation Technology
Boeing and Lion Air, an all-Boeing Next-Generation 737 operator, are pioneering the use of precision navigation technology in South Asia with the introduction of Required Navigation Performance (RNP ... more
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GPS NEWS

Raytheon Joins Industry Partners in Honoring USAF for Historic Contributions Through GPS
Raytheon joins industry partners in congratulating the United States Air Force (USAF) for the International Astronautical Federation's 60th Anniversary Award, presented at IAF ceremonies Oct. 4 in C ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Indra Tries In Madrid And Seville Space Technology To Detect Heat Islands
Indra has led in Spain the Heat Islands European project oriented to study the benefits of using Earth observation satellite imaging to study the climate in urban areas. The project, which jus ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

On-time preparations continue for Soyuz' milestone mission from French Guiana
Preparations for the first Soyuz launch from French Guiana are on track for its historic liftoff later this month with two Galileo navigation satellites. "We're right on the timeline, and ever ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Russia puts new Rus-M carrier rocket project on hold
The Russian space agency has dropped plans to construct a new Rus-M carrier rocket by 2015, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin said on Friday. "We have come to the conclusion that we do not need ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian Space Forces to conduct 14 rocket launches by year end
Russia's Space Forces will carry out 14 launches of various carrier rockets until the end of 2011, SF commander Lt. Gen. Oleg Ostapenko said. "About 14 launches will be carried out from the Pl ... more
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage
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CAR TECH

Secure updates for navigation systems
At the push of a button by the driver, control units download the car manufacturer's new software - such as enhanced map material for the navigation system. To ensure that this data channel is prote ... more
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TECH SPACE

A Race To Space Waste
The Space race has managed a significant achievement. In 50 years, humanity has sent tons of waste from Earth to space. "The ocean above" as Victor Hugo called it is a victim of industrial pollution ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket orbits Glonass satellite
Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket has put into orbit a Glonass-M navigation satellite, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Monday. He said the satellite separated from th ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Northrop Grumman Upgrades Enhance Royal Australian Navy Frigate Anti-Ship Missile Defence Systems
System upgrades provided by Northrop Grumman into the ANZAC Class frigate HMAS Perth helped optimize the performance of the ship's Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) system during recent sea trials co ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

World's highest webcam brings Everest to Internet
The world's highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet's tallest peak. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

RADA Selected for a SAR Development Program
RADA Electronic Industries reports that its advanced, Fiber-Optic-Gyro (FOG) based Embedded GPS-INS (EGI) has been selected by an undisclosed European leading radar provider to be integrated into it ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Google Earth eclipses one billion downloads
Google Earth software has been downloaded more than one billion times, and that stellar achievement was marked Wednesday with a website showcasing ways the interactive replica of the planet is used. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second Lowest Level
Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) a ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

APL Builds On Earth Science Success With New Hosted Payload Proposal
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are proposing a new space-based monitoring system that would help scientists answer some of the most fundamental question ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket orbits Glonass satellite
Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket has put into orbit a Glonass-M navigation satellite, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Monday. He said the satellite separated from th ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Leads Study of Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Loss
A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperat ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Scientists hail Africa's steps into space
More African countries are launching satellites and taking advantage of space technology, the world's top scientists heard Monday at a meeting marking the 50th anniversary of human space flight. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

Health care tops US Supreme Court docket
Profanity on television, police use of GPS without a warrant, and the status of Jerusalem on passports are grist for the new US Supreme Court session opening Monday, but the main event will be President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Nigerian satellite demonstrates stunning high resolution capability
The first high resolution satellite imagery was released Thursday from NigeriaSat-2, as engineers from the Nigerian space agency (NASRDA) and the satellite's manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology ... more
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GPS NEWS

Ruling Fuels Debate On Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking
On TV crime dramas, police officers keep tabs on suspected criminals by sitting in unmarked cars with some doughnuts, coffee and a pair of binoculars. In today's reality, however, law enforcement ag ... more
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GPS NEWS

Hexagon Enhances Satellite-based Positioning Solutions with Locata Local Constellation
Locata Corporation has announced Hexagon will integrate the revolutionary Locata positioning technology with Hexagon's positioning receivers. This partnership will leverage each company's expertise ... more
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