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April 17, 2013

A look at the world explains 90 percent of changes in vegetation
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 17, 2013
The climate governs the seasonal activity of vegetation; humankind influences it. In the humid mid-latitudes, temperature is the largest influencing factor for plant growth. In predominantly dry areas, however, it is the availability of water and in the high latitudes incident solar radiation. Without a doubt, humankind also has a modifying impact on the ecosystem. Satellites have been recording how the vegetation on the Earth's surface is changing since the 1980s. Within the last thirty yea ... read more

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Eye Exam for a Satellite You don't just strap a satellite to a rocket, launch it, and voila, it takes measurements. Beyond maneuvering into the right orbit, there are a series of check-out procedures to make sure the satell ... more		NASA's Wind Mission Encounters 'SLAMS' Waves As Earth moves around the sun, it travels surrounded by a giant bubble created by its own magnetic fields, called the magnetosphere. As the magnetosphere plows through space, it sets up a standing b ... more		UC Berkeley selected to build NASA's next space weather satellite NASA has awarded the University of California, Berkeley, up to $200 million to build a satellite to determine how Earth's weather affects weather at the edge of space, in hopes of improving forecast ... more
				Lockheed Martin GPS Satellites To Help Test New L2C Signal Civil Navigation Capability to Improve GPS Navigation This summer, Lockheed Martin-developed GPS satellites already in orbit will participate in testing of a new modernized civilian navigation message (CNAV) capability which will further enhance GPS na ... more		Spring Fling: Sun Emits a Mid-Level Flare 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 in ... 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		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		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
				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		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

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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		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		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
				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

Virginia Tech research team creates potential food source from non-food plants

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Interdisciplinary team demonstrates superconducting qualities of topological insulators

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Dassault and India in Rafale deal standoff

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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		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

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Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

Satellite imagery helps fight locust plagues in North Africa		Byrd Came Oh-So-Close, But Probably Didn't Reach North Pole		NASA Taps the Power of Zombie Stars in Two-in-One Instrument		New Live Bi-ocular Animations of Two Oceans Now Available		Watching over you
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

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Apple patent shows pen with GPS, phone

EAPS Completes Miniature Hit-To-Kill Interceptor Flight Test

Wearable system can map difficult areas

Pesticides short-circuit bee brains: study

Ground system improves satellite navigation precision

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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

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China city searching for 'modern Marco Polo'

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