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May 15, 2013
GPS NEWS
SES Techcom To Support Aircraft Tracking From Space
Luxembourg (SPX) May 15, 2013
SES Techcom has launched the first space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) system to monitor air traffic around the globe. The ADS-B system is operating on the Proba V satellite of the European Space Agency. Proba V was successfully orbited on May 6, 2013, on board Vega, Europe's small-satellite launch vehicle, during its second successful launch. SES Techcom and DLR German Aerospace Center have provided an instrument that detects ADS-B signals emitted by aircraft from spa ... read more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Skybox Imaging Announces Strategic Partnership with Japan Space Imaging
Skybox Imaging (Skybox), an emerging provider of timely high-resolution satellite imagery and full motion video, has entered into a multi-year, strategic partnership with Japan Space Imaging (JSI), ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE

Impacts of Strong Solar Flares
Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather - great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun - some people wo ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ

Plug-and-Play technology for microsatellites has been experimentally confirmed
SPUTNIX specialists within the work on creation of a microsatellite platform TabletSat have assembled and tested the onboard control system equipment based on Space Plug- and-Play Architecture (SPA) ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

NASA: Solar flare was first of most intense class observed this year
NASA says a solar flare emitted by the sun late Sunday was an "X-class" event - the most intense flares - and the first such "X" flare of the year. ... more


GPS NEWS

Facebook eyes $1bn deal for GPS app Waze
Facebook is in talks on a potential $1 billion deal to buy the Israel-based GPS mobile navigation app Waze, The Wall Street Journal reported. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

e2v image sensors launched into space on board Vietnam's first optical Earth observation satellite
On 7th May 2013, e2v high performance image sensors were launched into space on-board Vietnam's first optical Earth observation satellite, the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Mon ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

Vietnam to launch second remote sensing satellite into orbit by 2017
Vietnam plans to launch the second remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1B, into orbit by 2017, after successfully launching the first of this kind on May 7, local online VNExpress reported on Friday. ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
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Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge
TIME AND SPACE

Quantum Physics: Look But Don't Touch
Improving our understanding of the human brain, gathering insights into the origin of our universe through the detection of gravitational waves, or optimizing the precision of GPS systems- all are d ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

China Successfully Sends First Gaofen Satellite Into Space
China has launched its first Gaofen-1 high-resolution remote sensing satellite into orbit, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The satellite was carried by a Long March 2D (Chang Zheng 2D) ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

ESA's next Earth Explorer satellite Will Map The Tropics
ESA's Earth Observation Programme Board has selected 'Biomass' to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The innovative satellite aims to map and monitor one of Earth's most precious resources. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Orbcomm Signs Seven New Customers In Transportation And Logistics Industry
ORBCOMM Inc. reports that its state-of-the-art ReeferTrak platform has been selected by seven new domestic and international transportation and logistics companies. ReeferTrak is an industry-leading ... more
MILTECH

Raytheon completes first international delivery of Enhanced Paveway II GBU-50
Raytheon has completed delivery of more than 200 Paveway GBU-50 guidance kits to a European partner. The GBU-50 provides the 2,000-pound MK-84 or the BLU-109 penetrator with all-weather GPS navigati ... 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
SPACEWAR

AFSPC Vice Commander: Innovation desperately needed for tomorrow's challenges
The kind of dramatic innovation that brought the world the Global Positioning System is desperately needed today in military space and cyberspace, according to Air Force Space Command's Vice Command ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

Scaling up gyroscopes: From navigation to measuring the Earth's rotation
Accurately sensing rotation is important to a variety of technologies, from today's smartphones to navigational instruments that help keep submarines, planes, and satellites on course. In a pa ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat
As the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite flew over Indonesia's Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air. The satellite's Operational Land Imager ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Neiker-Tecnalia develops a new method for the early detection of vineyard mildew, powdery mildew and botrytis

KFC China sales crash 36% in April on bird flu fears

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EARTH OBSERVATION
New magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics

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Scientists develop device for portable, ultra-precise clocks and quantum sensors


EARTH OBSERVATION
EADS says Pentagon ending helicopter program

EADS posts profit leap as Airbus orders soar

Boeing Brings B-52 into Digital Age with Significant Communications Upgrade


EARTH OBSERVATION
Big Three US automakers to skip Tokyo Motor Show

Germany's Volkswagen plans new China car plant

China owner smashes up his Maserati in service protest

EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Opens New Era in Measuring Western US Snowpack
A new NASA airborne mission has created the first maps of the entire snowpack of two major mountain watersheds in California and Colorado, producing the most accurate measurements to date of how muc ... more
DEMOCRACY

Outside View: Pakistani politics: Perils and paradoxes
This weekend, many tens of millions of some 200 million Pakistanis will elect new national and four provincial governments. The elections are a remarkable milestone due in large measure to President Asif Zardari's political navigational skills in the most roiled of waters. ... more
GPS NEWS

Turn your satnav idea into business
Ready to take the next step with your satnav idea? ESA's business incubation centres are offering help through this year's European Satellite Navigation Competition. For the tenth time, the competit ... more
GPS NEWS

NIST demonstrates transfer of ultraprecise time signals over a wireless optical channel
By bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred ultraprecise time signals through open air wit ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Satellite instrument package to assess space weather ready for delivery by CU-Boulder

EARTH OBSERVATION

Vietnam, with French help, set to launch remote sensing satellite

GPS NEWS

Spatial Dual Offers Dual Antenna For GNSS/INS

GPS NEWS

Raytheon completes second launch exercise for next generation GPS satellites

GPS NEWS

Sagetech Delivers NextGen Technology for Satellite Constellation

EARTH OBSERVATION

World's major development banks look closer at Earth observation

SOLAR SCIENCE

Orbital Selected By NASA To Build Icon Space Weather Satellite

EARTH OBSERVATION

China launches high-definition earth observation satellite

EARTH OBSERVATION

Japan's Mt Fuji to get World Heritage stamp: officials

GPS NEWS

Russia launches latest satellite in its global positioning system

Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite

NASA Mission to Study What Disrupts Radio Waves

Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Open Architecture Navigation System for DARPA

Cargo spaceship docks with ISS despite antenna mishap

US army seeks new technology to replace GPS

World's First Ski Area Fully Powered With On-Site Renewables

Boston bombing carjack victim recalls his night of terror

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Satrec Initiative of South Korea Continues Collaboration with UAE for DubaiSat-3 Program

Sat-nav warns London lorry drivers of cyclists

TomTom says sales fall, turning from navigation market

NASA Successfully Launches Three Smartphone Satellites

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DMCii increases downlink capacity with Svalbard ground station facilities

Google says Street View data now take in 50 countries

Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace Receives Follow-On Order for 48 More JIB Antennas for GPS III Satellites

Altus Introduces New GNSS Survey Receiver With 10-cm Terrastar-D

Locata Positioning will Underpin Future Crash Avoidance Research

Spring Fling: Sun Emits a Mid-Level Flare

A look at the world explains 90 percent of changes in vegetation

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