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| October 15, 2013 |
 European satellites included in test of search-and-rescue system Paris (UPI) Oct 8, 2013 - A pair of dedicated ground stations at opposite ends of Europe will let satellites participate in global testing of a search-and-rescue system, scientists say. The completion of the Maspalomas station at the southern end of the largest island of the Canary Islands, linked with the Svalbard site on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian arctic, has enabled Europe's Galileo global positioning syste ... more |  |
 Raytheon completes critical design review for GPS OCX software Aurora, CO (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - Raytheon has completed software Iteration 1.5 Critical Design Review (iCDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). The Iteration 1.5 software development provides the mission-critical Launch and Checkout System (LCS) software to support the first GPS III satellite launch and serves as the cyber-hardened baseline to which additional capabil ... more |  |
Tracking devices to go toe-to-toe with smartwatches Washington DC (UPI) Oct 12, 2013 - Tech watchers with their gazes fixed on the wrists of gadget aficionados to watch the developing battle between Apple, Samsung and others to offer wearable "smartwatch" computers may have ignored another growing niche of wearable tech - fitness devices. Last year something on the order of 30 million wearable devices meant to monitor and track health and fitness were sold to people want ... more |  |
Plan maps development of China's sat-nav industry Beijing (XNA) Oct 11, 2013 - China's State Council, or Cabinet, has approved a mid and long-term plan for the development of its satellite navigation industry, according to a document released on Wednesday. By 2020, when China is expected to expand its home-grown regional BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to global coverage, the industries' annual product will hit 400 billion yuan (65.11 billion U.S. dollars), under ... more |  |
 Russia Appoints New Space Chief Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2013 - Former Deputy Defense Minister Oleg Ostapenko will head up Russia's Federal Space Agency, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. The move comes as part of a major reshuffle of the country's troubled space industry. During a meeting with Ostapenko Thursday, Medvedev said he hoped that, as head of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, Ostapenko will help streamline the country's space p ... more |  |
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Orbcomm Acquires The SENS Asset Tracking Operation Rochelle Park, NJ (SPX) Oct 07, 2013 - ORBCOMM has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation's (Comtech) Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) operation, which includes satellite hardware, network technology and web platforms. SENS is a market leader in providing one-way satellite products and services to more than 20,000 subscribers worldwide. This acquisition supports ORBC ... more |  |
 Lunar orbiters discover source of space weather near Earth Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2013 - Solar storms - powerful eruptions of solar material and magnetic fields into interplanetary space - can cause what is known as "space weather" near Earth, resulting in hazards that range from interference with communications systems and GPS errors to extensive power blackouts and the complete failure of critical satellites. New research published today increases our understanding of Earth' ... more |  |
No more Glonass-M satellite launches planned before end of year Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 04, 2013 - The 2013 program of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) does not include any more satellite launches as part of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) project this year, a space rocket industry source said. "The GLONASS orbiting group is functioning normally. All 24 satellites are operating. All the areas are covered. There is no need to conduct new launches before the e ... more |  |
 After Successful Spacecraft Docking, US Orbits Five Satellites Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 03, 2013 - Sunday saw two successful space debuts for the United States: hours after the Cygnus cargo spacecraft eventually reached the International Space Station (ISS), a new version of the Falcon 9 rocket took five satellites into orbit. The unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft, built by private US rocket company Orbital Sciences, docked with the space station ten days after its launch and became the ... more |  |
 Climate change nothing new in Oz Cairns, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - While we grapple with the impact of climate change, archaeologists suggest we spare a thought for Aboriginal Australians who had to cope with the last ice age. "The period scientists call the Last Glacial Maximum, or LGM for short, is the most significant climatic event ever faced by humans on this continent," Associate Professor Sean Ulm from James Cook University in Cairns said. Re ... more |  |
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 Ultra-fast Electrons Explain Third Radiation Ring Around Earth Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - In the already complicated science of what creates - and causes constant change in - two giant doughnuts of radiation surrounding Earth, researchers have added a new piece of information: some of the electrons reach such enormous energies that they are driven by an entirely different set of physical processes. These results were published in a paper in Nature Physics on Sept. 22, 2013. Und ... more |  |
China's navi-location industries to boom: white paper Beijing (XNA) Sep 26, 2013 - The annual product of China's satellite navigation and location service industries will exceed 225 billion yuan (36.6 billion U.S. dollars) in 2015, a white paper predicted on Tuesday. By 2020, when China is expected to expand its home-grown regional BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to global coverage, the industries' annual product will hit 400 billion yuan, with 800 million users, acco ... more | |
Lockheed Martin GPS 3 Satellite Prototype Integrated With Raytheon OCX Ground Control Segment Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - The prototype for Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]'s next generation GPS III satellite reached a major milestone on August 30 when it successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), being developed by Raytheon [NYSE: RTN], during a series of pre-flight tests. During the Compatibility and Integration (C&I) Tests, Lockhe ... more |  |
Astrium down selected for MOJ electronic tagging contract London, UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, has been selected by the UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to provide sophisticated mapping and monitoring services for its new electronic monitoring program. Selected as preferred bidder for the contract, Astrium Services teams based in Far.nborough, Hampshire, will provide the mapping and monitoring expertise to enable the movements of offenders r ... more |  |
OHN Christner Trucking Selects Orbcomm For Refrigerated Telematics Solution Rochelle Park, NJ (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - ORBCOMM and its StarTrak division has been selected by John Christner Trucking (John Christner) to provide an industry-leading two-way tracking and monitoring solution for its nationwide fleet of refrigerated rail and over-the-road (OTR) trailers. Based in Sapulpa, Okla., John Christner will use ORBCOMM's RT6000+, a powerful two-way reefer telematics device developed by StarTrak that provi ... more |  |
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Raytheon GPS military system achieves 2,000th sale El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2013 - Raytheon has delivered its 2,000th Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver (MAGR) 2000. Three variants of the MAGR 2000 family of products are currently in service aboard 20 types of fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms across 16 countries, with a well-established record of excellent performance and reliability. The current MAGR 2000-S24 greatly improves navigation accuracy and integrity compar ... more |  |
GPS III And OCX Satellite Launch and Early Orbit Operations Successfully Demonstrated Newtown PA (SPX) Sep 18, 2013 - Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have completed the third of five planned launch and early orbit exercises to demonstrate the launch readiness of the world's most powerful and accurate Global Positioning System (GPS), the U.S. Air Force's next generation GPS III satellite and Operational Control System (OCX). Successful completion of Exercise 3, on August 1, was a key milestone demonstrating R ... more |  |
 Future war: Arms industry shows off next-gen drones in London Moscow (Voice of Russia) Sep 17, 2013 - Reconnaissance gadgets and robotic warfare devices are getting smaller by the year, with James Bond like technology being offered to a wide range of buyers, from police forces to special military units. The market place for such technology has become Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition held at ExCel London. The international exhibition has established itse ... more |  |
 Researchers develop model to correct tornado records Tallahassee FL (SPX) Sep 20, 2013 - In the wake of deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma this past spring, Florida State University researchers have developed a new statistical model that will help determine whether the risk of tornadoes is increasing and whether they are getting stronger. Climatologists have been hampered in determining actual risks by what they call a population bias: That is, the fact that tornadoes have tradition ... more |  |
Decontamination continues at Baikonur after Proton abortive launc Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Voice of Russia) Sep 19, 2013 - The fourth stage of the decontamination effort was completed on Thursday evening in the area at the Baikonur cosmodrome where the wreckage of a Proton-M carrier rocket fell after an abortive launch on July 2, a Baikonur source said on Friday. "Specialists spent three days transporting and applying decontamination agents. The results will be announced after samples of the soil have been exa ... more |  |
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