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April 16, 2013

Spring Fling: Sun Emits a Mid-Level Flare
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2013
The M6.5 flare on the morning of April 11, 2013, was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), another solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space and can reach Earth one to three days later. CMEs can affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground. Experimental NASA research models show that the CME began at 3:36 a.m. EDT on April 11, leaving the sun at over 600 miles per second. Earth-directed CMEs can cause a space weat ... read more

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Grant Makes UCF, Florida History UCF has been awarded a $55 million NASA grant to build and launch into space an instrument the size of a microwave oven that will provide unprecedented imaging of the Earth's upper atmosphere. The a ... more		CU-Boulder to receive $36 million from NASA for space weather mission The University of Colorado Boulder will receive roughly $36 million from NASA to build and operate a space instrument for a mission led by the University of Central Florida that will study Earth's u ... more		Raytheon brings automation and virtualization to NASA's Earth Observing System Raytheon was awarded an $8 million contract with NASA Goddard Space Center to upgrade the command, control and telemetry (CCT) subsystems of the Earth Observing System (EOS). Enhancing the CCT ... more
				Kazakhstan to launch first remote sensing satellite this year The Kazakh space agency said Wednesday that it plans to launch the country's first Earth remote sensing satellite by the end of this year. "The launch of the first medium-resolution remote sen ... more		RADARSAT-1 Malfunction On March 29, 2013, Canada's first Earth Observation satellite, RADARSAT-1, experienced a technical anomaly. As a result it entered into "safe mode", a semi-dormant state by which the spacecraf ... more

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Ball Aerospace Begins Integration Phase for DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 Satellite Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has begun integration for WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite being built for DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-r ... more		Belarus, Russia to Create New Satellite Grouping Belarus and Russia are planning to set up an advanced civilian satellite grouping, Pyotr Vityaz, a spokesman for the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, said on Tuesday. At present, the B ... 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		Smithsonian dedicates new exhibition to navigation Smithsonian curators found themselves chasing the proverbial moving target when they put together a new permanent exhibition opening Friday that explains how people get from A to B. ... more
				National Security Drives Growth for GIS Professionals in Government Sector Geographic information systems (GIS) is a technology that uses location to bring different types of data together. One of the most important markets for the technology is the government, where it ha ... more		Satellite Sandwich Technique Improves Analysis of Geographical Data For the sandwich, you want rich and sweet flavors, blended into a smooth, creamy texture - and you want it all in one convenient package. That's similar to how you want the satellite data, and Bo Ya ... more

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Lockheed Martin Team Completes Delta Preliminary Design for Next GPS III Satellite Capabilities Lockheed Martin has completed a Delta Preliminary Design Review (dPDR) for the next Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite vehicles planned under the U.S. Air Force's GPS III program. T ... more		Down the slopes with space app in your pocket Track your skiing, speed, altitude, slopes and lift kilometres with a nifty phone app from an ESA business incubation start-up. Compete against friends, win prizes and even donate to a children's ch ... 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		Extreme Miniaturization: Seven Devices, One Chip to Navigate without GPS The U.S. Military relies on the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) to aid air, land and sea navigation. Like the GPS units in many automobiles today, a simple receiver and some processing p ... more
				Lithuania nabs tax cheats using Google Street View Lithuanian tax officials said Wednesday they tracked down at least 100 suspected tax cheats by checking out their property using Google's Street View mapping service. ... more		Satellite imagery helps fight locust plagues in North Africa DMC International Imaging (DMCii) is helping The Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) to predict the spread of locust plagues across North Africa as part of a pro-active approach to tackle the destructive p ... more

China media urge eating poultry despite bird flu

'Sustainable fish' label comes under fire

China media urge eating poultry despite bird flu

Redesigned Material Could Lead to Lighter, Faster Electronics

A step toward optical transistors?

New 'transient electronics' disappear when no longer needed

Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Completes Flight Testing

X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft

Israel boosts air force 'pack of leopards

Compact multipurpose scooter for crowded megacities

Flap-backed lorries to save lives, energy in Europe

China March auto sales hit record high: group

	Byrd Came Oh-So-Close, But Probably Didn't Reach North Pole When renowned explorer Richard E. Byrd returned from the first-ever flight to the North Pole in 1926, he sparked a controversy that remains today: Did he actually reach the pole? Studying supe ... more		NASA Taps the Power of Zombie Stars in Two-in-One Instrument Neutron stars have been called the zombies of the cosmos. They shine even though they're technically dead, occasionally feeding on neighboring stars if they venture too close. Interestingly, these u ... more		New Live Bi-ocular Animations of Two Oceans Now Available NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 weather satellites sit 60 degrees apart in a fixed orbit over the eastern and western U.S., respectively, providing forecasters with a look at the movement of weather syst ... more		Watching over you Like astronauts, heavy-equipment operators in remote mines can benefit from long-distance monitoring using space technology. An ESA spin-off company has raised safety for dozens of drivers at the El ... 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

First Light for ISERV Pathfinder, Space Station's Newest 'Eye' on Earth		NASA Flies Radar South on Wide-Ranging Scientific Expedition		Protecting history with satellites		Breeding birds vulnerable to climate change in Arctic Alaska		China preps civilian use of GPS system
China to launch high-res Earth-observation satellite		GPS device could stem bike thefts		How hard is it to 'de-anonymize' cellphone data?		Apple patent shows pen with GPS, phone		EAPS Completes Miniature Hit-To-Kill Interceptor Flight Test

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Pesticides short-circuit bee brains: study

Ground system improves satellite navigation precision

VectorNav Technologies Announces Partnership With NavtechGPS to Market the VN-200 GPS/INS

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Smartphone app turns home drone into spacecraft

ESA seeks innovators for orbiting laboratory

CSTARS Awarded Funding Over Three Years By Office of Naval Research

Discards ban could impact seabirds population

Google Maps adds view from Mt. Everest

N. Korea says South, US behind major cyber attack

Galileo fixes Europe's position in history

Combat Ops Space Cell: Defending critical satellite links

China city searching for 'modern Marco Polo'

GOCE: the first seismometer in orbit

Significant reduction in temperature and vegetation seasonality over northern latitudes

Milestone for European navigation system

Coca-Cola accused of illegal mapping in China

Neptec wins contract to develop cameras for European Space Agency's ExoMars Programme

Japan, US hold space cooperation talks

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