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| January 04, 2014 |
 China to upgrade homegrown GPS to improve accuracy Beijing (UPI) Dec 30, 2013 - China says it will have 30 satellites in its Beidou navigation system by 2020 to improve accuracy to within inches to better compete with the U.S.GPS. The Beidou network, with 16 satellites serving the Asia-Pacific region, currently has an accuracy of about 15 feet but Chinese officials say they want to upgrade it to compete with the U.S. global positioning system, the most widely used ... more |  |
 Two Solar Flares Say Goodbye 2013 and Welcome 2014 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - The sun ushered out 2013 and welcomed 2014 with two mid-level flares on Dec. 31, 2013 and Jan. 1, 2014. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however - when intense enough - they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. ... more |  |
 Raytheon awarded $80.5 million from US Navy for Joint Standoff Weapon Tucson, AZ (SPX) Dec 28, 2013 - Raytheon has received an $80.5 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 200 full rate production Lot 10 AGM-154C-1 Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOWs). The contract also includes associated support equipment and one performance characterization test. JSOW provides growth and threat adaptation opportunities for current and future custome ... more |  |
US bans Russia's GLONASS for spying fears Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - The United States does not want GLONASS stations on its territory. Americans are afraid that Russia's GLONASS global satellite navigation system might be used to spy on the US. No official ban has been imposed, but the new requirements that have been put forward now make the deployment of ground-based tracking stations next to impossible. The 2014 defense bill signed by President Barack Ob ... more |  |
Obama bans construction of GLONASS stations in US without Pentagon's approval Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - US President Barack Obama has signed a bill hindering the construction of GLONASS stations on the US territory. The document rules that the matter requires the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to report the case to Congress first. Under the Republican-proposed bill, the Pentagon and CIA chiefs are to provide assurances that GLONASS stations will not be used fo ... more |  |
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Beidou to cover world by 2020 with 30 satellites Beijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2013 - China is planning to expand its homegrown Beidou navigation system by 2020 and make it accurate to within centimeters. Currently the system can reach an error margin as low as 5 meters in trials and can be further improved to within centimeters to compete with the dominant US Global Positioning System, officials said yesterday. The navigation system has been providing accurate and st ... more |  |
China's BeiDou satellite system expected to achieve global coverage by 2020 Beijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2013 - China will launch upgraded satellites and expand its regional BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to global coverage by 2020, a spokesman for the system said on Friday. "BDS's general performance is expected to be improved by one to two times the current level and its positioning accuracy could be upgraded to the meter or even sub-meter level" by 2020, BDS spokesman Ran Chengqi said a ... more | |
China to take free navigation system global Beijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2013 - The world can expect to use China's "reliable" global positioning and navigation services for free by 2020, the director of the country's satellite navigation office said on Friday. "The Beidou Navigation Satellite System is committed to providing services to the whole world - currently for the Asia-Pacific - for free," said Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office. ... more |  |
China to strengthen its own GPS system Beijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2013 - After a year in orbit, China's homegrown Beidou system is offering greater precision in positioning services. The country also plans to launch more satellites in 2014 to build its own global system. China's homegrown Beidou system is ready to compete with GPS. After being put into commercial use late last year, the system has improved its positioning accuracy to five to seven meters ... more |  |
 Earth may be heaver than thought due to invisible belt of dark matter Arlington, Texas (UPI) Jan 2, 2013 - A study of GPS satellite orbits suggests the Earth is heavier than thought, perhaps due to a halo of dark matter, a U.S. researcher says. Dark matter is thought to make up about 80 per cent of the universe's matter, but scientists have been unable to determine much else about it, including its presence in the solar system. In 2009, researchers at the Institute of Advanced Studies ... more |  |
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Telit Unwraps First Positioning Module Based on MediaTek's Single Chip Multi-GNSS Receiver SoC Technology Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - Telit Wireless Solutions, a global provider of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, products and services, today announced the market introduction of Jupiter SL869 V2, the second generation of one of its top performing positioning products. The new module is based on the low-power MT3333 from MediaTek. The complete multi-GNSS receiver features easy integration and superior batt ... more |  |
GameSim Grows Revenue 30 Percent Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - GameSim has announced that it expects to close this year with 30 percent overall company growth and $3.6 million in revenue. Ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in America, this is the third consecutive year the company will report a significant increase in revenue. This year, GameSim completed several large scale co-development projects within the gaming in ... more |  |
 Walking the Walk: What Sharks, Honeybees and Humans Have in Common Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - A mathematical pattern of movement called a Levy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. The study, led by University of Arizona anthropologist David Raichlen, was published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Levy walk pattern appea ... more |  |
 Scientists anticipated size and location of 2012 Costa Rica earthquake Atlanta VA (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - Scientists using GPS to study changes in the Earth's shape accurately forecasted the size and location of the magnitude 7.6 Nicoya earthquake that occurred in 2012 in Costa Rica. The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica is one of the few places where land sits atop the portion of a subduction zone where the Earth's greatest earthquakes take place. Costa Rica's location therefore makes it the per ... more |  |
 ISRO end year on high note after Mars mission Chennai, India (IANS) Dec 26, 2013 - The successful launch of India's first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the sending up of India's first navigation satellite midnight, the launch of the Indo-French satellite SARAL, and signing up a couple of satellite launch contracts - all these put Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2013 amongst the select group of space-faring nations on a couple of counts. The yea ... more |  |
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 US Army Awards Raytheon contract for Excalibur Ib Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 25, 2013 - The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $15 million contract modification for the procurement of 216 Excalibur Ib rounds. Excalibur is a 155mm precision-guided, extended-range projectile that uses GPS guidance to provide accurate, first-round effects capability in any environment. By using Excalibur's level of precision, there is a major reduction in the time, cost and logistical burden assoc ... more |  |
 Correa slams report on CIA role in Ecuador strike Quito (AFP) Dec 24, 2013 - Ecuador President Rafael Correa warned Monday that reports US intelligence played a role in a 2008 Colombian attack on FARC rebels in his country could threaten regional peace efforts. Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported that a secret Central Intelligence Agency program had helped Colombia kill at least two dozen leftist guerrilla leaders. And, according to the report, it was ... more |  |
 The analogue of a tsunami for telecommunication Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Development of electronics and communication requires a hardware base capable for increasingly larger precision, ergonomics and throughput. For communication and GPS-navigation satellites, it is of great importance to reduce the payload mass as well as to ensure the signal stability. Last year, researchers from the Moscow State University (MSU) together with their Swiss colleagues performed a st ... more |  |
SMUD Visualizes Smart Grid with Space-Time Insight's Situational Intelligence Software San Mateo CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2013 - Space-Time Insight has announced that the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has implemented Space-Time Insight's geospatial and visual analytics software. The software facilitates faster and more informed smart grid decisions. The system, which correlates, analyzes and visualizes data in smart grid, distribution, outage, fire and weather systems, is the primary "face" of SMUD's ... more |  |
Nepal uses satellite to track rare snow leopard Kathmandu (AFP) Dec 18, 2013 - Wildlife experts in Nepal are tracking a rare snow leopard by using a collar with a satellite link to discover how climate change and human encroachment are affecting its habitat, officials said Wednesday. The male cat was captured in a snare at the base of Mount Kangchenjunga on the Nepal-India border last month and fitted with the collar which uses a GPS tracking system. "This will be ... more |  |
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