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July 16, 2012
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GMV Leads Satellite Navigation Project In Collaboration With The South African National Space Agency
Rockville, MD (SPX) Jul 16, 2012
GMV is leading a major satellite navigation project in collaboration with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). The project, SBAS Awareness and Training for South Africa (SATSA), will increase the technological navigation capacity in the South African region ultimately improving location identification and tracking capabilities for Safety-of-Life Services especially during emergency or disaster situations. Forming part of the European Commission's 7th Framework Program (FP7), SATS ... read more

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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian Space Firm Suspected of $17 Million Fraud
Russian police have opened a criminal investigation into the alleged misuse of 565 million rubles ($17 million) of state funds set aside for the country's satellite navigation system. The Inte ... more
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GPS NEWS

SSTL signs contract with OHB for second batch of Galileo payloads
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) Director of Telecommunications and Navigation, Dr John Paffett, has signed a contract with Dr. Ingo Engeln, Member of the Executive Board of OHB System AG at t ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Israeli navy eyes new missile systems
The Israeli navy is looking for new long- and short-range missiles systems to support major ground offensives, senior officers say, a strong indication amphibious operations are being planned for Lebanon, Syria or the Gaza Strip if a new war erupts. ... more
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NUKEWARS

US slaps more sanctions on Iran
The United States unleashed a fresh wave of sanctions against Iran Thursday, ratcheting up pressure to convince Tehran to take seriously concerns about its suspected nuclear weapons program. ... more
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CAR TECH

Calling all truckers ... not!
Researchers in India are developing a new technology that will prevent truck drivers and other road users from using their cell phones while driving. The technology based on RFIDs could also be inte ... more
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GPS NEWS

Phone app will navigate indoors
A smartphone app using magnetic fluctuations to map indoor locations can guide users where global positioning systems can't penetrate, Finnish researchers say. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

IGARSS 2012 - 'Remote Sensing for a Dynamic Earth'
One of the most important conferences on geoscience and remote sensing will take place at the International Congress Centre in Munich from 22 to 27 July 2012. The International Geoscience and Remote ... more
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge
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EARTH OBSERVATION

New eyes in the sky
Until now, scientists who study air pollution using satellite imagery have been limited by weather. Clouds, in particular, provide much less information than a sunny day. University of Iowa scientis ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

ILS Proton Launches SES-5 For SES
International Launch Services has successfully carried the SES-5 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an ILS Proton for SES of Luxembourg. This was the 21th SES satellite launched on ILS P ... more
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UAV NEWS

University of Texas at Austin researchers demonstrate first 'spoofing' of UAVs
A University of Texas at Austin research team successfully demonstrated for the first time that the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be commandeered by an outside sourc ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Images in an Instant: Suomi NPP Begins Direct Broadcast
Real-time data that will be used in everything from weather forecasts to disaster response is now being beamed down to Earth from a cone-shaped appendage aboard the nation's newest Earth-observing s ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

MSG-3 set to ensure quality of Europe's weather service from geostationary orbit
The latest weather satellite in Europe's highly successful Meteosat second-generation series is on its way after lifting off on an Ariane 5 at 21:36 GMT (23:36 CEST) on Thursday, 5 July from Europe' ... more
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GPS NEWS

Galileo pathfinder GIOVE-A retires
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has put the GIOVE-A satellite into retirement, ending a successful extended mission for the European Commission's Galileo satellite navigation programme under ... more
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GPS NEWS

SSTL announces exactView-1 satellite launch date
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is announcing the planned launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, on 22nd July by ... more
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GPS NEWS

Announcement of ACRIDS product line for Precision Airdrop Systems
The Dutch SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group (SSBV) has unveiled its ACRIDS product line for Precision Airdrop Systems. ACRIDS, an acronym for Aerial Cargo Rider System, is based on the use a ... 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

NASA Satellites Examine a Powerful Summer Storm
As a powerful summertime storm, known as a derecho, moved from Illinois to the Mid-Atlantic states on June 29, expanding and bringing destruction with it, NASA and other satellites provided a look a ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Satellite research reveals smaller volcanoes could cool climate
A University of Saskatchewan-led international research team has discovered that aerosols from relatively small volcanic eruptions can be boosted into the high atmosphere by weather systems such as ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Another M-class Flare from Sunspot 1515
Active Region 1515 has now spit out 12 M-class flares since July 3. Early in the morning of July 5, 2012 there was an M6.1 flare. It peaked at 7:44 AM EDT. This caused a moderate - classified as R2 ... more
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DEMOCRACY

Pro-Romney group in $25 mn ad buy on day of jobs report
Crossroads GPS has purchased a $25 million ad blitz in nine battleground states to attack President Barack Obama's record on jobs and the debt, the advocacy group supporting Republican Mitt Romney said Friday. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

ESA-China collaboration takes Earth observation to new heights
ESA and China have been cooperating through the Dragon Programme since 2004 to encourage the use of Earth observation in China. Building on the success of the past years, the programme is taking on ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Bottleneck off the Orkney Islands
A mere 10 kilometres separate John O'Groats, at the northernmost tip of the Scottish mainland, and South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney Islands. What passengers on the ferries directly experience can also ... more
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GPS NEWS

Mission accomplished for Galileo's pathfinder GIOVE-A
With the initial satellites of the Galileo constellation working well in orbit, it has been decided to end the mission of ESA's pioneering GIOVE-A navigation satellite. Launched on 28 December 2005, ... more
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GPS NEWS

ESA extends its navigation lab in readiness for Galileo testing
With the next Galileo launch approaching, ESA has extended its Radio Navigation Laboratory to meet the testing needs of Europe's own satellite navigation system. Located at ESA's ESTEC technical cen ... more
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AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department
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GPS NEWS

New system navigates without satellites
A new positioning system uses the same signals used by mobile phones, TVs, radios and WiFi rather than navigation satellites, its British developer says. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Lockheed Martin Commercial GEO Satellites Surpass 1,000 Years in Orbit
The Lockheed Martin commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite fleet has achieved a significant milestone by accumulating 1,000 years of in-orbit operations. JCSAT-13, built for SKY Per ... more
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GPS NEWS

Test: Drones' GPS navigation can be hacked
Researchers at the University of Texas say they've demonstrated the Global Positioning System signals of unmanned aerial vehicles can be hacked. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Haigh-Farr Supports SpaceX in First Docking of the Dragon Capsule to ISS
Haigh-Farr congratulates Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) on its third successful launch of the Falcon 9 Rocket, the second flight of the Dragon spacecraft and the first docking of Dragon to ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Arianespace to launch DZZ-HR high-resolution observation satellite
Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Jean Dauphin, Director Earth Observation Navigation and Science - Astrium France, announced that they have signed the launch service and solut ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Delving Inside Earth from Space
European Space Agency, or ESA, astronaut Andre Kuipers is running experiments on the International Space Station that are shedding light on conditions deep inside Earth. Orbiting some 248 miles (400 ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

China to invest in Earth monitoring system
China says it will invest $81 million to build a national network to monitor movement in the Earth's crust and for other Earth sciences in the next four years. ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

SwRI Building Eight NASA Nanosatellites to Help Predict Extreme Weather Events on Earth
NASA has selected a team including Southwest Research Institute to develop the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), which will provide better prediction capabilities for extreme weat ... more
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