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VIIRS Eastern Hemisphere Image - Behind the ScenesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 07, 2012 The Suomi NPP satellite is in a polar orbit around Earth at an altitude of 512 miles (about 824 kilometers), but the perspective of the new Eastern hemisphere 'Blue Marble' is from 7,918 miles (about 12,743 kilometers). NASA scientist Norman Kuring managed to 'step back' from Earth to get the big picture by combining data from six different orbits of the Suomi NPP satellite. Or putting it a different way, the satellite flew above this area of Earth six times over an eight hour time period. Norman ... read more |
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 First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure ... more | .. |
 Blue Marble By Suomi NPP A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of t ... more | .. |
  Taiwan to build flight system on disputed islands Taiwan's defence ministry said Monday it is preparing to set up an air navigation system on the disputed Spratly islands, in a move that could spark fresh tensions in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
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  Raytheon and US Navy Complete JSOW C-1 Developmental Testing The U.S. Navy completed developmental testing (DT) of the Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1. The conclusion of DT brings U.S. and allied warfighters one step closer to being able to engage moving s ... more | .. |
 'Atlantis' gone in new Google map image A Google Earth image with an undersea gridlike pattern some suspected were sunken streets of the mythological city of Atlantis has been updated, official said. ... more | .. |
  SSTL-OHB System consortium to build a further eight Galileo FOC satellites European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani has announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites fo ... more | .. |
 Eight more Galileo navsats agreed ESA has signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe's Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time. The signin ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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 Ariane 5 to launch Galileo constellation Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), has signed an agreement i ... more | .. |
 EU signs orders for eight new Galileo space satellites The EU on Thursday signed contracts with German and French engineering firms to build and launch another eight satellites for its Europe's Galileo geopositioning system. ... more | .. |
  Armadillo rocket flys high Following detailed analysis of the downlinked telemetry and audio/video recordings from both ground based cameras and a camera that was recovered from the rocket, Armadillo Aerospace has determined ... more | .. |
 China considers Google Maps request Chinese authorities say an application by Google for an online maps license, required for operating such services in China, is under official examination. ... more |
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  Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet ap ... more | .. |
 NASA's GCPEX Mission: What We Don't Know about Snow Predicting the future is always a tricky business - just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there's a snowstorm that seems to come out of nowh ... more | .. |
  80 percent of 'irreplaceable' habitats in Andes unprotected Hundreds of rare, endemic species in the Central Andes remain unprotected and are increasingly under threat from development and climate change, according to a Duke University-led international stud ... more | .. |
  Vesta Science Program Continues At Low-altitude Mapping Orbit Dawn is scrutinizing Vesta from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), circling the rocky world five and a half times a day. The spacecraft is healthy and continuing its intensive campaign to reveal ... 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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  SwRI-led RAD measures radiation from solar storm The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit the Earth, Mars and the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft travelling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the ra ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellites Reach 150 Years of Combined On Orbit Service The U.S. Air Force's fleet of Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellites has accumulated 150 collective years of successful on-orbit operations. The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: ... more | .. |
 ESA Director General praises UK space innovation ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and Rt. Hon. David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, has unveiled a commemorative plaque marking the inauguration of Surrey Satellite Technol ... more | .. |
 Classifying Solar Eruptions Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space. These flares are often associated with solar magnetic storms known as coronal mass ejections ... more |
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 LED lights point shoppers in the right direction Looking for an item in a large department store or mall can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but that could change thanks to a hybrid location-identification system that uses radio freq ... more | .. |
 Opening of UK site producing the heart of Galileo The first Galileo satellites are already in orbit, with more on the way. ESA's Director General and the UK's Universities and Science Minister have attended the grand opening of the facility where n ... more | .. |
  Toronto teens send Lego man into space: video A video posted on YouTube Wednesday appeared to show the amazing voyage of a Lego man sent into space on a homemade spacecraft by two Toronto students. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Test Autonomous Aerial Refueling for Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of flight tests to demonstrate technology that could help extend the operating range and flight duration of future carrier-bas ... 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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 World's First Net-Enabled Weapon Completes Developmental Testing The Navy recently completed a milestone test phase for its network-enabled weapon that will give forces greater effectiveness at sea. Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) C -1, DoD's first network-en ... more | .. |
  China's satellite navigation sector annual output predicted to reach 35 bln USD in 2015 The annual output value of China's satellite navigation industry is estimated to reach more than 225 billion yuan (35.64 billion U.S. dollars) in 2015, according to a latest research report on the c ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman to Supply Marine Navigation Equipment for Suez Canal Authority Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit has won orders to supply navigation equipment to the Suez Canal Authority for tugboats and other assorted workboats. The orders include radar upg ... more | .. |
 Boeing GPS IIF Satellites Assembled Using 'Pulse' Manufacturing Line Boeing has accelerated the assembly of its Global Positioning System (GPS IIF) satellites through the use of a pulse-line manufacturing approach adapted from the Boeing 737 airplane production line. ... more |
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 Old satellite teaching new lessons Since Jan. 13, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron here has been busy disposing of an old and trusted satellite. Squadron members could soon refer to the vehicle, known as SVN-30, as the satellite tha ... more | .. |
  Converteam Acquisition Launches GE into the $30 Billion Power Conversion Market Don Quixote in his madness tilted at windmills but wind turbines also exhibit their own kind of capricious behavior. In a wind gust they spin away, churning kilowatts of electricity. But in a breeze ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives Additional USAF JDAM Contract Boeing has received a $126 million contract from the U.S. Air Force on Nov. 30 for approximately 5,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Deliveries will begin in June 2013 and continue ... more | .. |
 Satellite observes spatiotemporal variations in mid-upper tropospheric methane over China Atmospheric methane (CH4), one of the main greenhouse gases, has increased dramatically worldwide since the pre-industrial era. However, much work is needed to build on intermittent and scattered ob ... more |
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