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August 06, 2013

GOES-R Satellite Magnetometer Boom Deployment Successful
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2013
The GOES-R Magnetometer Engineering Development Unit made an important development in the construction of the spacecraft recently after completing a successful boom deployment test at an ATK facility in Goleta, Calif. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - R Series advanced spacecraft and instrument technology will result in more timely and accurate weather forecasts. It will improve support for the detection and observations of meteorological phenomena and directly affect public ... read more

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'Spoofing' attack test takes over ship's GPS navigation at sea Researchers in Texas say they've successfully "spoofed" a GPS signal in a test that resulted in a 213-foot yacht at sea getting coerced off its course. ... more		Parties involved in failed Proton-M launch to be polygraphed Those suspected of violating technological requirements which caused a Proton-M rocket to crash recently will undergo polygraph tests according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in a s ... more		Orbcomm Globaltrak Completes Shipment Of Fuel Monitoring Solution In Afghanistan ORBCOMM reports that its GlobalTrak division has completed the shipment of its state-of-the-art fuel monitoring system, which is designed to prevent theft of mission-critical fuel used by U.S. and N ... more
				NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover Particle Accelerator in the Heart of Earth's Radiation Belts Scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions of near-Earth space, a region of super-energetic, charged particles surrounding the globe called ... more		Seeing Photosynthesis from Space: NASA Scientists Use Satellites to Measure Plant Health NASA scientists have established a new way to use satellites to measure what's occurring inside plants at a cellular level. Plants grow and thrive through photosynthesis, a process that converts sun ... more

Iraq seeks FMS deals worth more than $1.9B The government of Iraq has approached the United States with a Foreign Military Sales shopping list worth more than $1.9 billion. ... more		Carnegie Mellon, Microsoft researchers demonstrate internal tagging technique for 3D-printed objects The age of 3D printing, when every object so created can be personalized, will increase the need for tags to keep track of everything. Happily, the same 3D printing process used to produce an object ... more		France clips Rafale's wings, hopes for first export order Airbus delivers first A400M military transport to France Kerry hopes drone strikes in Pakistan will end 'very soon' Tunisian army battling 'terrorists' near Algeria: military source 'Be brave' -- Queen's message for imaginary nuclear war EU faces double whammy of political turmoil in Italy, Spain South Korea resumes bidding in jet fighter deal		NASA's IRIS Telescope Offers First Glimpse of Sun's Mysterious Atmosphere The moment when a telescope first opens its doors represents the culmination of years of work and planning - while simultaneously laying the groundwork for a wealth of research and answers yet to c ... more
				Five Proton-M rockets may be launched by year end No more than five Proton-M rockets may be launched from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) before the end of this year if the launches resume in September, a Baikonur spokesman said. "The number of launche ... more		Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite Prototype To Help Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Prep For Launch Lockheed Martin recently delivered a full-sized, functional prototype of the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to test facilities and pre- ... more

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First high-resolution national carbon map - Panama A team of researchers has for the first time mapped the above ground carbon density of an entire country in high fidelity. They integrated field data with satellite imagery and high-resolution airbo ... more		NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken by Distant Spacecraft Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space. NASA's Cas ... more		Feeling a bit violent? Maybe it's hot outside Study: 'Adam' and 'Eve' lived in same time period Climate change said affecting global spread of infectious diseases Papua New Guinea opposition challenges asylum deal As dams loom, Mekong fishermen fear for their future Outside View: Muslim Brotherhood crackdown Top French court lifts ban on growing Monsanto GM corn		Wobbly magnetic reconnection speeds up electrons Scientists have discovered a missing piece in the puzzle of where high-energy particles in Earth's magnetosphere come from. Using data from ESA's Cluster mission, they found that magnetic reconnecti ... more
				Angular rate sensors at crashed Proton-M rocket were installed 'upside down' An ad hoc commission investigating the July 2 crash of a Proton-M launch vehicle at the Baikonur Space Center has concluded that angular rate sensors on the rocket had been installed "upside down," ... more		Upside down sensor behind proton rocket explosion An investigation into the failure of a Proton-M booster rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites that exploded moments after launch suggests a wrongly placed sensor was to blame. Th ... more

World's first lab-grown burger to be tasted in London

Excessive rain in U.S. Southeast causing millions in crop damage

Team develops more accurate model of climate change impact on soil

Nanotechnology breakthrough is big deal for electronics

Speed limit set for ultrafast electrical switch

NRL Researchers Discover Novel Material for Cooling of Electronic Devices

South Korea resumes bidding in jet fighter deal

Airbus delivers first A400M military transport to France

US military chopper crashes on Okinawa

Car-hacking researchers hope to wake up auto industry

BMW takes 'great leap forward' into electric car market

Hydrogen cars quickened by Copenhagen chemists

	e2v and Astrium sign contract for imaging sensors to equip the Sentinel 4 satellite e2v has signed a contract worth 2.8M euro with Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company. e2v will supply imaging sensors to equip the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel 4 Ultraviolet V ... more		Driverless tractors till German high-tech farm As the harvest nears, the employees of German farmer Klaus Muenchhoff are busy making the final checks on imposing tractors ready to roll into the golden fields. ... more		Lockheed Martin Delivers Antenna Assemblies For Integration On First GPS III Satellite Lockheed Martin has completed and is preparing to install the navigation, communication, and hosted payload antenna assemblies for the first satellite of the next generation Global Positioning Syste ... more		The First Interplanetary Photobomb Consider it the first interplanetary photobomb. On July 19th, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will photograph Earth through the rings of Saturn--and NASA wants you to jump into the shot. "Cassini ha ... more

Netherlands redraws shipping lanes for crowded North Sea

WTO rules against China in US chicken dispute

Major west-to-east oil pipeline proposed in Canada

Taiwan lawmakers scuffle over planned nuclear plant

EU-China solar deal effective August 6: official

Asian manufacturing weakness deepens: Surveys

World's second tallest building tops out in China

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Why Russia is still India's best bet for defense procurement despite problems		Space Station Ocean Imager Available to More Scientists		GOES-R Improvements to Provide Stunning, Continuous Full-Disk Imagery		Distorted GPS signals reveal hurricane wind speeds		Nature valued from space

Research reveals Earth's core affects length of day

Navigation satellite orbit raised, ISRO starts testing cryogenic engine

GPS System Improved as New Boeing Satellite Enters Service

SciTechTalk: The wristwatch, version 2.0, as desirable tech

Tests advance U.S. program for new GPS satellites

Russia to launch 2 Glonass satellites

Google ditches location-sharing feature in map apps

NASA's Polar Robotic Ranger Passes First Greenland Test

Proton Rocket to Stay in Demand Despite Accidents

US drone lands on carrier deck in historic flight

Is Mars mission Indian rocket's silver jubilee flight?

IMI develops air-launched missile that sounds familiar

Specialists unrelated to Khrunichev to check Proton-M rocket production

Increasing the Speed of Deep Space Communications

Google updates Map app with new traffic, exploration functions

GPS maker Garmin unveils heads-up traffic display for cars

Human resource management key to Russia's space industry reform

Russian watchdog says country's space program is inefficient

Most reliable rockets are the oldest ones

Analysis of telemetry data of crashed Proton rocket flight completed

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