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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Furthering Europe’s capacity to monitor atmospheric pollution, ESA has awarded a contract worth €45.5 million to Astrium UK to act as prime contractor for the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite system.
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Racelogic’s SatGen simulator assists OEM device development with GLONASS capability. The inclusion of GLONASS into the recently released iPhone 4S highlighted the penetration the Russian satellite system is now enjoying in consumer devices. With the constellation now providing...
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
The 3,119-pound Glonass M satellite launched at 0826 GMT (3:26 a.m. EST) on a Soyuz 2-1b rocket. It was 12:26 p.m. Moscow time. The three-stage booster finished its job in less than 10 minutes, leaving a Fregat upper...
Friday, November 25th, 2011
China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System continues to grow as it approaches 10 satellites in space, marching onward toward it's 2012 mainly China operational status with global coverage targeted for 2020. It is being reported that the Beidou...
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
A total of 23 countries have participated hosting different regional preliminaries of the creative contest for satellite positioning applications initiated by the European Union. Under guidance of the Department of Industrial Technology of the Ministry of Economic...
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Base stations will be used by Leica Geosystems in Kamchatka for monitoring movements of tectonic plates. The organization of continuous GNSS monitoring will identify prerequisites deformation processes the earth's crust, more accurately predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In addition,...
Monday, November 21st, 2011
Glonass is Russia's answer to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has said that the government might impose import customs duties...
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
The Russian yacht Delta has covered the European part of its around-the world voyage after leaving behind 12 countries, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. The next step...
Friday, November 4th, 2011
A Proton-M rocket, which for the first time will carry three GLONASS satellites with a Briz-M upper stage to orbit, will be launched from Baikonur this Friday. The launch is planned for 16:51 Moscow time, a Federal Space...
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
For the three months ended September 30, 2011, Hemisphere GPS reported record revenues of $14.1 million, an increase of 7% compared to $13.2 million in the third quarter of 2010. The third quarter is seasonally the slowest sales period for Hemisphere...
