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In December of 2014, the first launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R Series is expected to occur. One of the critical components aboard will be the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a $178 million contract by NASA to design and build this component.
Read MoreOerlikon Space has delivered the MIE spectrometer (MSP) for the European wind observation satellite ADM-Aeolus. Together with a second Oerlikon Space spectrometer, the MSP is the core element in the payload of the wind observation satellite, which the European Space Agency ESA plans to launch in 2009.
Read MoreNavCom Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Deere & Company [NYSE:DE], has released its first bundled land survey solution. This is their LAND-PAK All-in-One RTK Land Survey Solution. By pairing NavCom products with complementary technologies and solutions, the LAND-PAK is a complete NavCom-qualified end-user package designed to meet the needs of land survey, from field data collection to office processing.
Read MoreThe Ariane 5 GS launcher for Arianespace's fourth flight of 2007 completed its build-up last Thursday, the 20th of September, with the installation of Intelsat 11 as its upper payload. During activity inside the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, the upper payload "stack" was placed atop its Ariane 5.
Read MoreThe U.S. government and many other governments around the world are building thousands of small boats designed to support coastal, harbor and in-land operations. There is a high demand for small boats that can be deployed quickly to mitigate and respond to security threats. Now contracted to assist the U.S Navy in their small craft endeavors, OSI Geospatial Inc. [TSX: OSI; OTCBB: OSIIF] has announced their U.S. Systems Operations division has signed a contract valued at approximately US$550,000 to provide ECPINS military navigation software.
Read MoreOn September 14th, the U.S. Air Force completed a four-phase transition of the Global Positioning System ground segment to the new Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP), which was delivered by the Space and Missile Systems Center's GPS Wing to the 50th Space Wing to replace the legacy 1970s-era mainframe computer at Schriever AFB, Colo. SMC managed the development, integration and test with the Boeing Company, who led a joint Boeing-Lockheed Martin contractor team, to design and build the new system.
Read MoreOmniSTAR, a member of the Fugro group, launches a new VBS (Virtual Base Station) capable receiver this month. This receiver, the 5120VBS, has an excellent GPS measurement performance. The 12-channel receiver allows users to track up to 12 GPS satellites (when using OmniSTAR 11 GIS + 1 Geo stationary).
Read MoreThe second satellite for Arianespace’s upcoming dual-passenger mission has now completed its fueling at Europe’s Spaceport and is ready for integration on the Ariane 5 GS launcher. Optus D2 was “topped off” in the S5B hall, which is one of three primary clean room zones within the state-of-the-art S5 satellite preparation facility at the Spaceport.
Read MoreThe H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) successfully lifted-off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 10:31 a.m. on September 14th (Japan Standard Time, JST) with the Lunar Orbit Explorer KAGUYA (SELENE) aboard. Separation of KAGUYA was confirmed at approximately 45 minutes and 34 seconds after the liftoff.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company successfully assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite. GPS IIF will bring new capabilities to the GPS constellation.
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