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April 22, 2012
GPS NEWS
SSTL delivers payload for first Galileo FOC satellite
Guildford, UK (SPX) Apr 23, 2012
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered the first of fourteen full operational capability (FOC) payloads for Galileo, the European GNSS system, to prime contractor OHB System AG. As payload prime, SSTL is tasked with the development, assembly, integration and test (AIT) of the navigation payloads at their technical facility in Guildford, Surrey. This first payload has been shipped to prime contractor OHB in Bremen, Germany, for mechanical integration of the payload to platform a ... read more

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EARTH OBSERVATION

Investigation on Envisat continues
Optical, radar and laser observations of the Envisat satellite show that it is still in a stable orbit. Efforts to regain contact with the satellite have been under way since 8 April, when it unexpe ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Boeing Releases DataMaster 5.1 Geospatial Data Management Tool
Boeing has announced the release of DataMaster 5.1, an advanced version of its geospatial data tool that offers defense and Intelligence Community customers improved map, terrain and full-motion vid ... more
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GPS NEWS

GPS could aid in earthquake warnings
Combining two data sources could bring better warning of earthquakes to millions of people in vulnerable areas of the western United States, researchers say. ... more
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MILTECH

Boeing Receives Additional Laser JDAM Contract from US Navy
Boeing has received a $12.5 million contract from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on March 12 for 1,116 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) sensors. This is NAVAIR's third ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

US Navy Fires Raytheon Griffin Missile From RAM Launcher
The U.S. Navy achieved a first when it fired Raytheon's combat-proven Griffin B missile from a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher. "Griffin enables sailors to defend against small, fast-m ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Lockheed Martin Completes Key Milestone on GeoEye's New Commercial Earth-Imaging Satellite
The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye's next-generation Earth-imaging satellite successfully initiated power-on testing for the GeoEye-2 spacecraft bus. This program milestone continues the tea ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia to Test Second Glonass-K Satellite in 2013
Russia plans to begin testing its second Glonass-K navigation satellite in 2013, Grigory Stupak, the deputy head of the Russian Space Systems company producing navigation and other equipment for the ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Satellite Movie Shows Great Plains Tornado Outbreak from Space
Satellite data gives forecasters a leg up on severe weather. NASA has just released an animation of visible and infrared satellite data showing the development and movement of the Great Plains torna ... more
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ENERGY NEWS

Honduras stove project Proyecto Mirador sells 100,000 carbon credits
Proyecto Mirador has announced the sale of its second and third year Gold Standard Verified Emission Reduction (VER) credits to climate and development specialist ClimateCare, Europe's leading volun ... more
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GPS NEWS

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Complete Major GPS Integration Milestone
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have successfully completed the first significant integration milestone between Raytheon's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OC ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Pigeons' homing skill not down to iron-rich beak cells
The theory that pigeons' famous skill at navigation is down to iron-rich nerve cells in their beaks has been disproved by a new study published in Nature. The study shows that iron-rich cells ... more
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GPS NEWS

New Technology Tracks Sparrow Migration for First Time from California to Alaska
Using tiny tags to track a bird's location, biologists from PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) have unlocked the mystery of where Golden-crowned Sparrows, which overwinter in California, go to breed i ... more
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TECTONICS

Volcanic plumbing provides clues on eruptions and earthquakes
Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to understanding plate ruptures and predicting eruptions-both of which are important steps for prot ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

FCC drops Google 'Street View' investigation
US government telecom regulators have ended an investigation into Google's "Street View" online mapping service gathering data from private wireless hotspots. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Envisat services interrupted
After 10 years of service, Envisat has stopped sending data to Earth. ESA's mission control is working to re-establish contact with the satellite. Although this landmark mission has been in orbit tw ... 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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EARTH OBSERVATION

ITT Exelis delivers imaging system for next-generation, high-resolution GeoEye-2 satellite
ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems has delivered GeoEye's next-generation commercial imaging system for the GeoEye-2 satellite to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif. When operation ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Biggest environment satellite goes silent
The European Space Agency said Thursday it had lost contact with Envisat, the biggest Earth-monitoring satellite in history. ... more
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MILTECH

Boeing to Upgrade B-1 Navigation System for USAF
Boeing has received a $55.3 million production contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the B-1 Lancer navigation system. The upgrade will replace the original navigation hardware with a new ring ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

NASA to Fly Deep Space Atomic Clock to Improve Navigation Technology
When people think of space technologies, many think of high-tech solar panels, complex and powerful propulsion systems or sophisticated, electronic guidance systems. Another critical piece of spacef ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Views Our Perpetual Ocean
The swirling flows of tens of thousands of ocean currents were captured in this scientific visualization created by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "There is also a 20-minute lo ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Sees New Salt in an Ancient Sea
The expansion of massive salt evaporation projects on the Dead Sea are clearly visible in this time series of images taken by Landsat satellites operated by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Galileo satellites intensify competition on the market of navigation
Two satellites of the European Galileo global navigation satellite system have successfully passed flight tests. Full satellite group will consist of 30 devices, and there are plans of its expansion ... more
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SINO DAILY

Australia says cannot stop Chinese asylum seekers
Australia said Tuesday it had no power to stop a boatload of Chinese refugees rescued in a yacht off its north coast from pressing on with their planned journey to New Zealand to seek asylum. ... more
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TECH SPACE

JILA team demonstrates a new way of lasing: A 'superradiant' laser
Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a novel "superradiant" laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than the best conventional visible lasers. This type of laser c ... more
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TECH SPACE

Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules'
Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downl ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

ONR Grant Expands Research of Typhoons, Monsoons, Internal Waves in Asia-Pacific
The University of Miami (UM) announced that it has received a grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to expand its use of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) in the Asia-Pacific Region. The new $1. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

China makes public satellite data products
The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Friday gave the public access to data products of the oceanic surveying satellite Haiyang-2, which monitors maritime environment and extreme weather. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Key ice shelf in Antarctica has shrunk by 85 percent
A vast ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula, a hotspot for global warming, has shrunk by 85 percent in 17 years, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

ESA and NASA join forces to measure Arctic sea ice
Marking another remarkable collaborative effort, ESA and NASA met up over the Arctic Ocean this week to perform some carefully coordinated flights directly under CryoSat orbiting above. The data gat ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Milky Way image reveals detail of a billion stars
More than one billion stars in the Milky Way can be seen together in detail for the first time in an image captured by an international team of astronomers. Scientists created the colour picture by ... more
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FARM NEWS

Farmers Use GIS Technology for a Growing World
Today's farmers have more technology at their disposal than ever before. One piece that is expected to greatly impact the production of food and fiber is geographic information systems (GIS) technol ... more
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