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January 17, 2012
EARTH OBSERVATION
A step closer to mapping the Earth in 3D
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2012
After a year in service, the German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X, together with its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X, have completely mapped the entire land surface of Earth for the first time. The data is being used to create the world's first single-source, high-precision, 3D digital elevation model of Earth. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) controls both radar satellites, generates the elevation model and is responsible for the scientific use of TanDEM-X ... read more

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SPACEWAR

45th Space Wing: Looking Back at 2011 and Forward to 2012
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GPS NEWS

US Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Third and Fourth GPS III Satellites
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $238 million contract for production of the third and fourth satellites in the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation, known a ... more
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Raytheon to Develop Mission Critical Launch and Check Solution for Global Positioning System
Raytheon has been awarded a $27.4 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center for development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Launch and Checkout System (LCS), which ... more
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GPS NEWS

First Galileo satellite GIOVE-A outlives design life to reach sixth anniversary
British satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is celebrating the sixth year of transmission of signals from its GIOVE-A satellite, which signalled the start of Europe's ambit ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Ziyuan III satellite sends back hi-res images
The Ziyuan III satellite has sent back its first set of visual data days after the orbiter was successfully launched on Jan. 9 to produce high-resolution imagery for civilian use. According to ... more
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ICE WORLD

Engineering team completes ambitious Antarctic expedition in the 'deep-field'
A team of four British engineers has returned to the UK after completing a gruelling journey to one of the most remote and hostile locations on the planet to put in place equipment and supplies for ... more
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GPS NEWS

USAF Awards Contract to Lockheed Martin for GPS III Launch and Checkout Capability
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS III satellites from launch through early on-o ... more
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GPS NEWS

ORBCOMM Announces Launch of VesselSat2
ORBCOMM has announced the successful launch of VesselSat2, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG. VesselSat2 wa ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Radar to Study Most Active Volcano On Hawaii
An airborne radar developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has returned to Hawaii to continue its study of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii's current most active volcano. The Un ... more
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Astro Aerospace Completes CDA of Reflector Boom Assembly for SMAP Mission
Astro Aerospace, a strategic business unit of Northrop Grumman, has completed a major milestone in the development of the reflector boom assembly (RBA) for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism
As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Association of Old Crows Recognizes the Dangers of Persistent GPS Interference
The November 2011 testing of LightSquared's wireless broadband service proposal found no significant interference to cellular phone text and voice capabilities but did find significant disruption of ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Ice data at your fingertips
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UAV NEWS

Autonomous Deployment Demonstration Program Completes Flight Testing
The Naval Research Laboratory Vehicle Research Section has completed flight tests for the Autonomous Deployment Demonstration (ADD) program. The final demonstration took place Sept. 1 at the Yuma Pr ... more
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Winters in the Gobi desert are usually long and very cold but the winter of 2009/2010 was particularly severe, a condition Mongolians refer to as "dzud". Millions of livestock died in Mongolia and t ... more
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GPS NEWS

China's satellite navigation system will meet both civil and defense needs
China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System is designed to meet diversified civilian needs, said National Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun Wednesday. "As is known to all, all int ... more
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GPS NEWS

Chinese Satellite Navigation System Beidou Begin Test Services
China started to run its own satellite positioning system, Beidou, on Tuesday as the country climbed the global tech ladder and challenged the monopoly of the West. Beidou, or Big Dipper, the ... more
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China's homegrown navigation satellite network starts providing services
China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System began providing initial positioning, navigation and timing operational services to China and its surrounding areas from Tuesday, a spokesman for ... more
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Russia, India to cooperate in production of satellite navigation equipment
Russia and India intend to cooperate in the production of satellite navigation equipment and to provide services to civilian users of the Glonass system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

First ever direct measurement of the Earth's rotation
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China's satellite navigation system live: Xinhua
China's home-grown satellite navigation system launched a limited positioning service Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency said, as the country seeks to break its dependence on foreign technology. ... more
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TRMM Satellite Measured Washi's Deadly Rainfall
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was providing forecasters with the rate in which rainfall was occurring in Tropical Storm Washi over the last week, and now TRMM data has ... more
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Russian satellite crashes into Siberia after launch
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GMV tracks the first Galileo IOV Satellite
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NASA Studies Vegetation Canopy Water Content, Soil Moisture
Scientists seeking insight into the role vegetation plays in water fluctuation between soil and the atmosphere recently conducted research using specialized sensors during a series of NASA Airborne ... more
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China launches high-resolution remote-sensing satellite
China successfully launched Ziyuan I-02C Thursday, a high-resolution remote-sensing satellite, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province. Launched at 11:26 a.m aboar ... more
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Satellites can help to grow the perfect grape
A little water is needed to make wine, but how do you know when enough is enough? ESA's GrapeLook service can give you the answer. GrapeLook uses satellites to help decide how much to water vineyard ... more
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China to launch country's first high-resolution mapping satellite for civil purposes
China will launch its first-ever high-resolution geological mapping satellite for civil purposes next January, according to official sources. The Ziyuan III satellite will be launched aboard a ... more
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GIS Degree A Safe Bet for Professionals in the Ever-Growing Oil Industry
The Keystone Pipeline Project has been a hotly debated topic in Washington and around the country. The pipeline would carry crude oil from northeastern Alberta, Canada to several locations in the U. ... more
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Mankind faces long road in space exploration
After the retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet, the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station (ISS) is by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft until at least 2015. However, as one ... more
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