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Federal Agencies: LightSquared Unacceptable Safety, Environmental, Economic Consequences   October 11, 2011

In the public interest, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has released some of the impact statements provided by federal agencies to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The reports reveal deep concerns about and...More>>

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NovAtel Announces GPStation-6 GNSS Ionospheric Scintillation and TEC Monitor Receiver   September 22, 2011

NovAtel Inc., supplier of GNSS receivers, antennas, and sub-systems, announced the GPStation-6 GNSS Ionospheric Scintillation and TEC Monitor (GISTM) receiver. This specialty GNSS receiver is designed for ionospheric monitoring and space weather applications. The announcement was made at ION-GNSS...More>>

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Lockheed Completes Design Milestone for GPS III   July 5, 2011

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed on-schedule a System Design Review (SDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite increment under the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III program. GPS III will improve position, navigation and timing services and provide advanced...More>>

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Lockheed Martin Opens Doors to 'Young Minds at Work'   April 28, 2011

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company campuses across the nation today opened their doors to more than 3,200 children aged six to 18 years to introduce them to the wonders of science, physics and mathematics in the space industry through its annual event “Young Minds at Work” day. The event...More>>

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Russia Loses Contact with Military Satellite   February 2, 2011

Russia said it lost contact Tuesday with a military satellite launched that morning. The incident follows on the heels of Russia's failed launch of three GLONASS-M satellites in December.More>>

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The System: GLONASS Blows Itself off Course   January 1, 2011

Surplus fuel loaded in error onboard the launch rocket caused loss of three new GLONASS satellites on December 5. The mishap burdened the DM-3 booster rocket with an excess of 1.5 to 2 tons of fuel, causing it to deviate from its course after blast-off and dive into the Pacific Ocean instead of...More>>

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WAAS PRN 135 Satellite Ceases Broadcast   December 17, 2010

The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Intelsat CRW geostationary (GEO) satellite has ceased broadcasting the WAAS signal as of December 16, 2010. The deterioration of the satellite’s ability to remain stable over the past few days caused intermittent data link disruptions that rendered the...More>>

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Euro-Brazilian Consortium to Tackle Threat of Ionospheric Scintillation to GNSS Operations in Latin America   October 5, 2010

The European Galileo R&D Framework Programme (FP7) and the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) granted co-funding to the CIGALA Consortium, lead by Septentrio, aiming to develop and test receiver-level ionospheric scintillation mitigation to increase the robustness of professional...More>>

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Septentrio Announces PolaRxS Receiver for Ionospheric Scintillation Monitoring   October 5, 2010

Septentrio announces PolaRxS, an ultra low noise multi-frequency multi-constellation receiver dedicated to ionosphere monitoring and space weather applications. Powered by Septentrio’s multi-frequency receiver engine, PolaRxS offers 136 channels capable of tracking simultaneously GPS, GLONASS,...More>>

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Space Policy Subverted. Or Not. Maybe.   July 12, 2010

Twelve days after National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator Charles Bolden told Mideast satellite news audiences that President Barack Obama personally instructed him that one of NASA’s “foremost" charges is to engage in diplomacy with Muslim countries, the White House...More>>










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