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November 07, 2011
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Galileo satellites handed over to control centre in Germany
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 07, 2011
Europe's first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads. Marking the formal end of their LEOP Launch and Early Operations Phase, control of the satellites was passed yesterday from the CNES French space agency centre in Toulouse to the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen in Germany. Oberfaffenhofen, operated by the German Aerospace Center DLR, will be in charge of the satellites' command and ... read more

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Russia launches navigation satellites
Russia on Friday successfully launched three satellites for its global navigation system Glonass on a Proton-M rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency said. ... more
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GPS NEWS

China envoy loses cool over Indian map error: report
The Chinese ambassador to India told a journalist in New Delhi to "shut up" in a heated exchange over a map that showed parts of India within China, newspapers reported on Friday. ... more
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Russia set to launch Proton-M carrier rocket with 3 Glonass-M satellites
Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket with three Glonass-M navigation satellites will be launched on Thursday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency (Rosco ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

ATK Awarded Contract for Third LRIP Lot of AARGM
ATK has announced that it has been awarded a $54.4-million contract by the U.S. Navy for a third lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP) Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM). The contra ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Landsat's TIRS Instrument Comes Out of First Round of Thermal Vacuum Testing
The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the next Landsat satellite came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing Tuesday, October 4 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbe ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Halloween Weekend Snow Paints a Ghostly Picture in the U.S. Northeast
A late October snowstorm from a Nor'easter blanketed the eastern U.S. from West Virginia to Maine and broke records the weekend before Halloween Monday. NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the reg ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Launches JPL-Built Earth Science Experiment
An experiment developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to test technology for future NASA Earth science missions was aboard one of five small "CubeSat" research satellites th ... more
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ICE WORLD

A Crack in the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf
After more than two weeks of successful flights over Antarctica and its surrounding waters and sea ice, one of the more interesting things NASA's Operation IceBridge team has seen this year is a lar ... more
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AEROSPACE

OGC Team Produces Winning Single European Sky Aviation Proposal
The OGC announced that a consortium that includes the OGC and OGC members has been accepted as an Associate Partner of the Single European Sky ATM Research programme (SESAR Joint Undertaking). ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Small but agile Proba-1 reaches 10 years in orbit
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Ball Aerospace-Built NPP Satellite Launched Successfully
NASA's NPP satellite built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. was successfully launched into a sun-synchronous polar orbit this morning at 2:48 PDT (5:48 EDT). NASA's first Earth-observi ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Marines use Excalibur to limit collateral damage in Afghanistan
The U.S. Marine Corps issued an urgent operational need for 1,037 Raytheon 155 mm Excalibur extended range, precision-guided artillery projectiles for use in Afghanistan. Successfully fielded ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia to launch four Glonass satellites in November
Russia is planning to add four Glonass navigation satellites to its orbital grouping in November. Three Glonass-M satellites will be launched on November 4 aboard a Proton-M carrier rocket fro ... more
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TECTONICS

Purdue leads national earthquake program blanketing Indiana with seismic stations
Seismic equipment is being installed throughout Indiana as part of a national program to better understand how and why earthquakes and volcanic events occur, and Purdue University professors and stu ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Lockheed Martin Begins GeoEye-2 Satellite Integration
Lockheed Martin has announced that it will begin integration of GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, with the planned delivery of its integrated prop ... more
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GPS NEWS

Successful launch for Europe's satellite navigation system
Europe's first two fully operational Galileo satellites were successfully launched October 20 2011 from the European spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The satellite payloads were buil ... more
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GPS NEWS

GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to hit US
The first shoes with built-in GPS devices - to help track down dementia-suffering seniors who wander off and get lost - are set to hit the US market this month, the manufacturer says. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Soyuz places Galileo satellites in orbit - mission control
A Russian rocket on Friday placed in orbit the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo geopositioning system after its maiden launch from Europe's space base, mission controllers said. ... more
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One Soyuz launcher, two Galileo satellites, three successes for Europe
The first pair of satellites for Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system has been lofted into orbit by the first Russian Soyuz vehicle ever launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Gui ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Clinton warns Iran not to 'miscalculate' over Iraq
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran on Sunday not to "miscalculate" in Iraq, saying the US military presence in the region would remain strong after the withdrawal of all American combat forces at the end of the year. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Better use of Global Geospatial Information for Solving Development Challenges
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Boeing Delivers 50,000th CSEL Search and Rescue Communications System
The Boeing Company has delivered the 50,000th Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) combat search and rescue communications system to the U.S. joint services. The expanded use of this system w ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Final checks for first Soyuz launch from Kourou
Launch directors on Thursday were running through the last checks for the maiden liftoff of Soyuz, the legendary Soviet-Russian rocket, from Europe's base in French Guiana. ... more
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Russia surprised as Apple uses Glonass in new iPhone
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GIS Technology Plays Critical Role to Aid Joplin Tornado Survivors
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EPIDEMICS

Google Earth typhoid maps reveal secrets of disease outbreaks
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth
NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The ... 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 Environmental Sate ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA postpones climate satellite launch to Oct 28
NASA on Wednesday set October 28 for its planned launch of a satellite to help weather forecasters predict extreme storms and offer scientists a better view of climate change. ... more
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WATER WORLD

US rivers and streams saturated with carbon
Rivers and streams in the United States are releasing enough carbon into the atmosphere to fuel 3.4 million car trips to the moon, according to Yale researchers in Nature Geoscience. Their findings ... more
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GPS NEWS

Galileo - keeping time with atomic clocks
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