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February 06, 2013

DigitalGlobe and GeoEye Complete Combination
Longmont CO (SPX) Feb 06, 2013
DigitalGlobe and GeoEye have completed their merger, creating a global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis. The combined company will trade on the NYSE stock exchange as DigitalGlobe under the symbol DGI. Based on the closing price of DigitalGlobe stock on January 30, 2013, the combined company has a market capitalization of $2.1 billion. "With a stronger financial profile, more robust suite of services, and among the world's most advanced geospatial production and analysis capabilitie ... read more

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Fleet Managers Able to Track Drivers' Hours with Vehicle Tracking Systems Businesses in the United States are increasingly becoming more and more bonded by the the responsibility of having to keep records and reporting requirements, especially with regard to the number of ... more		Remote Sensing Solution Takes Wing Aboard Ultralight Aircraft Using the Headwall Photonics Micro-Hyperspec VNIR sensor, Headwall's integration partner Alava Ingenieros (Madrid, Spain) will provide the worldwide scientific community with a completely integrated ... more		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		African vultures at risk from poisoning African vultures fly long distances and prefer to feed outside of national parks, putting themselves at risk of poisoning from carrion in agricultural areas, a new study has found. ... more
				New tools enable high-res observations from anywhere with internet access A paper published in the February issue of Computers and Geosciences, describes a case study in which an earth-observing satellite tool, the Tool for High-Resolution Observation Review (THOR), using ... more		Galileo's search and rescue system passes first space test The first switch-on of a Galileo search and rescue package shows it to be working well. Its activation begins a major expansion of the space-based Cospas-Sarsat network, which brings help to air and ... more

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				Solar eruption heading toward Earth A coronal mass ejection from the sun is headed toward the Earth after erupting Wednesday morning and should arrive here in one to three days, NASA reported. ... more		2013 to be bumper year for space science: ESA European probes this year will return a treasure trove of data from explorations into the Big Bang, water on Mars and climate change, European Space Agency (ESA) chief Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Thursday. ... more

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FlySafe adds new dimension to safe flying		China promotes Beidou technology on transport vehicles		Raytheon awarded contract for HARM upgrade		Northrop Grumman to Provide Hand Held Precision Targeting Devices to US Army		Raytheon's Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite lauded for "truly new" weather data

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Nerve centre at heart of Australian fires

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