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Trimble [NASDAQ: TRMB] has now launched its wireless fleet productivity solutions for the European commercial vehicle market. The company provides Global Positioning System (GPS) based fleet management products for a variety of industries.
Read MoreGlobalstar, Inc. [NASDAQ:GSAT] has announced the scheduled launch date for four of their firstgen ground spare satellites — October 21st. These four satellites, in conjunction with the four satellites launched on May 30th, will be used to augment the company's current first-generation LEO (low earth orbit) satellite constellation.
Read MoreAs you may have read in our October 17th news story entitled Lockheed Martin Has No Blockage for IIR-M… Launch Set”, such has come to pass. A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle.
Read MoreThe ShanghaiDaily.com online news website is reporting that the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, located in Sichuan Province in southwest China, will be the site of the nation’s first lunar satellite launch, set for October 26th. Named “Chang’e”, the satellite has been given the name of the Chinese goddess who flew to the moon.
Read MoreThe fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. Air Force is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on October 17th from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Read MoreNAVTEQ [NYSE:NVT] is a global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation and the company has just been selected by Intelligent Direct to provide map data for use in its CASS-certified US Postal Carrier Route Boundaries.
Read MoreNewly assembled radar images from Cassini provide the best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan. A new radar image reveals that Titan's south polar region also has lakes.
Read MoreFrom the Daily Trust in Abuja and the allAfrica.com news website we learn of a second Nigeria satellite plan. Named NX2, this space vehicle is going to be designed and manufactured by Nigerian engineers. In fact, it appears as though NX2 will launch with NigeriaSat-2 during Q4 of 2009.
Read MoreThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed the separation operation of one of the onboard baby satellites, the Relay Satellite (Rstar,) of the "KAGUYA" (SELENE). The Rstar was released at 9:36 a.m. on October 9 (Japan Standard Time, JST).
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