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First Soyuz ready for liftoff from French Guianaby Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 17, 2011 The first Soyuz to take off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana is now at its launch pad. The rocket that will carry the first two Galileo navigation satellites into orbit is on track for liftoff on 20 October. The three-stage Soyuz ST-B was rolled out horizontally on its erector from the preparation building using the 600 m-long railway that leads to the pad. The vehicle was then raised into its launch position. Earlier this week, the two Galil ... read more |
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 Huge stakes riding on maiden Soyuz launch from Kourou Prestige and a multi-billion-dollar gamble in satellite navigation will be riding on a Soyuz rocket next Thursday when the Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe's space base in South America. ... more | .. |
  Factfile on Galileo, Europe's rival to GPS Following is a snapshot of Europe's Galileo space-based navigation system, the first satellites of which are scheduled to be launched on Thursday from Kourou, French Guiana. ... more | .. |
 Soyuz ready with Galileo satellites for milestone launch 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 ... more | .. |
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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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