GPS News - 24/7 Coverage Of GPS Applications and Technology

March 13, 2013

Milestone for European navigation system
Paris (AFP) March 12, 2013
Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), passed a milestone Tuesday when it pinpointed its first-ever ground location, the European Space Agency said. The spot - ESA's research and technology centre in Noordwijk in the Netherlands - was determined with an accuracy of between 10 and 15 metres (32 to 49 feet), using four satellites already in orbit. "This is the first time ever that Europe has been able to determine a position on the ground using only its own independen ... read more

Previous Issues

Mar 12

Mar 11

Mar 10

Mar 09

Mar 08

Japan, US hold space cooperation talks Japan and the United States held talks Monday on wide-ranging cooperation in space, including the satellite monitoring of ships, a joint statement said. ... more		GOCE: the first seismometer in orbit Satellites map changes in Earth's surface caused by earthquakes but never before have sound waves from a quake been sensed directly in space - until now. ESA's hyper-sensitive GOCE gravity satellite ... more		Significant reduction in temperature and vegetation seasonality over northern latitudes An international team of authors from 17 institutions in seven countries, including the Woods Hole Research Center, have published a study shows that, as the cover of snow and ice in the northern la ... more
				Neptec wins contract to develop cameras for European Space Agency's ExoMars Programme Neptec Design Group has signed a contract with Astrium UK Limited for the design and build of navigation cameras for the ExoMars Rover. The ExoMars Programme has the goals of understanding the ... more		Combat Ops Space Cell: Defending critical satellite links More than 22,000 miles away, spinning silently through the vacuum of space, is one of the most critical components to air, space and cyberspace superiority today; a satellite. The mission to d ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Japan's huge quake heard from space: study The colossal earthquake that sent a devastating tsunami barreling into Japan two years ago on Monday was so big it could be heard from space, a study has said. ... more		SciTechTalk: Double your phone pleasure? Amid signs the smartphone industry may have to gird itself for a period of slower growth and reduced profit margins, manufacturers are casting about for a new smartphone feature that could capture the public's eye and convince buyers to pull out the old credit card yet again. ... 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		Space station to watch for Earth disasters A new crew for the International Space Station will install equipment to monitor Earth's atmosphere and forecast natural disasters, a Russian cosmonaut says. ... more
				Germany eyes new Internet industrial revolution Known throughout the world for quality cars and industrial giants, Germany is now seeking to position itself for the coming revolution, "industry 4.0", powered by Internet. ... more		China targeting navigation system's global coverage by 2020 China's homegrown navigation system BeiDou is expected to achieve full-scale global coverage by around 2020, a leading scientist told Xinhua on Sunday. The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System ( ... more

Solar systems for home and business installations

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Russian GLONASS space satellite group again at full strength The Russian orbital navigation group GLONASS has again reached its full strength, which provides for sending its signal to any place on the earth, according to the website of the Roskosmos informati ... more		Mysterious electron stash found hidden among Van Allen belts U.S. researchers, including a trio from Los Alamos National Laboratory, have witnessed the mysterious appearance of a relatively long-lived zone of high-energy electrons stored between Earth's Van A ... more		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		Twin CU-Boulder instruments reveal a third radiation belt can wrap around Earth With the flip of a switch, a pair of instruments designed and built by the University of Colorado Boulder and flying onboard twin NASA space probes have forced the revision of a 50-year-old theory a ... more
				UK's TechDemoSat-1 to launch Q3 2013 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Glavkosmos / NPO Lavotchkin for the launch of the UK technology demonstration mission, TechDemoSat-1, by the Soyuz launch vehi ... more		Satellite SAR capabilities being enhanced An advanced satellite payload for Cospas-Sarsat, the global search-and-rescue system, is to be developed by Canada's COM DEV International Ltd. ... more

Thousands of dead pigs found in Shanghai river

Delayed EU phosphorus plans coming soon

Tokyo's sale of Japan Tobacco stake worth $7.8 bn: company

Improving Electronics by Solving Nearly Century-old Problem

Quantum computing moves forward

UCSB physicists make discovery in the quantum realm

Beechcraft fights defense Embraer contract

Upgraded early warning aircraft arrive in Taiwan

Second F-35 For The Netherlands Rolls Out Of F-35 Production Facility

China auto sales rise in Jan-Feb: industry group

Electric cars back into the shadows at Geneva car show

Sometimes, the rubber meets the road when you don't want it to

	Third radiation belt discovered with UNH-led instrument suite Although scientists involved in NASA's Van Allen Probes mission were confident they would eventually be able to rewrite the textbook on Earth's twin radiation belts, getting material for the new edi ... more		Shipwreck find could be legendary 'sunstone' An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners, researchers said on Wednesday. ... more		Pixels guide the way for the visually impaired Images have been transformed into pixels and projected onto a headset to help the visually impaired in everyday tasks such as navigation, route-planning and object finding. Developed using a v ... more		Mission to save jaguar exposes big cats' plight in Brazil It was late at night at the Preto Velho ranch when the unsuspecting jaguar approached the trap, took the bait - and was downed by a tranquilizer dart. ... more

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

Robot can help in polar expeditions		Tracking trains with satellite precision		Global tipping point not backed by science		NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover a Surprise Circling Earth		Indian women use smartphones to 'pin the creeps'
NASA Deciphering the Mysterious Math of the Solar Wind		NASA's Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts		Northrop Grumman Delivers First Communications Payload for USAF's Enhanced Polar System		Promising New Technique for Probing Earth's Deep Interior		SMOS: the global success story continues

Vietnam to launch third satellite into orbit

New approach alters malaria maps

NASA Selects Launch Services for ICESat-2 Mission

Raytheon's new precision artillery ready for low-rate initial production

Mobile apps reshape urban taxi landscape

USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Contracts to Begin Work on Next Set of GPS III Satellites

Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts

First Flight of nEUROn UAV Demonstrator Conducted

Radio Telescope, GPS Use Ionosphere to Detect Nuclear Tests

Understanding the Magnetosphere Better Than Ever

Researchers See Ionospheric Signature of North Korean Nuclear Test

Telit Offers COMBO 2G Chip For Multi Satellite Positioning Receiver

Marsh plants actively engineer their landscape

U.N. committee to discuss space weather

Boeing Awarded USAF Contract to Continue GPS Modernization

Orbital-Built Landsat Satellite Launched

USGS Ready To Start Landsat 8 Science Program

A system that improves the precision of GPS in cities by 90 percent

LDCM 'Doing Great' in Orbit

Can Leak Detection End the Pipeline Impasse

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2013 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement