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Goodrich Supplies Europe's First MEMS Gyros For Space NavigationCharlotte NC (SPX) Nov 17, 2010 Goodrich Corporation gyroscopes have successfully passed in-orbit testing on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 satellite during a mission to detect shifts in global ice cover. The Goodrich Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) gyros were the smallest ever flown by ESA and were used to monitor the satellite's rate of spin. They were integrated into the SiREUS rate sensor to form Europe's first MEMS-based device to be used for space vehicle navigation. "This sensor is ... read more |
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  SkyTraq Introduces New GLONASS/GPS Receiver SkyTraq introduces S4554GNS, a high-performance low- power GLONASS/GPS receiver. The 88-channel receiver features industry leading 29 second cold start TTFF, -155dBm tracking, and -145dBm cold start ... more | .. |
  China Great Wall Industry Agrees To Buy 20 Rockets, 8 Satellites China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) agreed Tuesday to buy 20 rockets and eight telecommunications satellites from two Chinese technological institutes Tuesday. CGWIC, China's only sa ... more | .. |
 British Minister Visits ISRO A British minister on Monday said his country was looking forward to collaborate with India in the areas of space technology and academics. "We are looking forward to closer cooperation with India", ... more | .. |
  UN-SPIDER Opens Beijing Office The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) set up its first office in China Tuesday in a bid to promote international cooperat ... more |
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  New Standard Proposed For Supercomputing A new supercomputer rating system will be released by an international team led by Sandia National Laboratories at the Supercomputing Conference 2010 in New Orleans. The rating system, Graph50 ... more | .. |
  Pentagon Contracts Iridium to Upgrade Satellite Communications Gateway Iridium Communications announces that it has won three Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) contracts to upgrade the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) Ga ... more | .. |
 Biggest satellite antenna launched A U.S. satellite carrying the biggest commercial reflector antenna ever put into space has been successfully launched, it backers say. ... more | .. |
  ILS Proton Launches Lightsquared Satellite International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried the SkyTerra 1 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for LightSquared of Reston, Virginia. This was the 7th commercial missio ... more |
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 SkyTerra One Satellite Sends First Signals From Space Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from LightSquared's SkyTerra 1 following the satellite's launch at 12:29 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 14 on an International Launch Services Proton vehicl ... more | .. |
  Soyuz Returns To Earth Earlier Than Planned Russia's Soyuz TMA-19 spaceship with a Russian cosmonaut and U.S. astronauts on board will return to Earth earlier than planned because of an OSCE summit due on December 1-2 in Astana, a spokesman f ... more | .. |
 After tussle, Google Voice application comes to iPhone Google launched a Google Voice for the iPhone application Tuesday after a lengthy dispute with Apple that drew the attention of US government telecom regulators. ... more | .. |
  Robo-Op Marks New World First For Heart Procedure The world's first remote heart procedure, using a robotic arm alongside 3-D mapping, is due to take place at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. It comes six months after Dr Andre Ng carried out the fi ... more |
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  New Sensor Allows On-Site, Faster Testing For Scour Assessment Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a sensor that allows engineers to assess the scour potential of soils at various depths and on-site for the first time - a technology ... more | .. |
 Minneapolis Disaster Spawning New Concepts In Bridge Research, Testing And Safety Civil engineers at Oregon State University have developed a new system to better analyze the connections that hold major bridge members together, which may improve public safety, help address a tril ... more | .. |
 Shanghai fire toll at 53 as relatives search for the missing The death toll from a huge fire that engulfed a high-rise building in Shanghai rose to 53 on Tuesday as anxious relatives searched desperately for news of missing loved ones. ... more | .. |
 Satellites Tracking Mt Merapi Volcanic Ash Clouds Since its latest series of deadly eruptions, Java's Mt Merapi has been spewing volcanic ash clouds into the air. Satellite data are crucial for assessing the eruption's danger to air traffic and pub ... more |
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Shanghai blaze stirs anger over China's lax safety Shanghai residents voiced anger on Tuesday over a high-rise fire that killed at least 53 people in the latest deadly incident to raise concern over lax safety standards in China. ... more | .. |
 Breaking The Ice Before It Begins Engineers from Harvard University have designed and demonstrated ice-free nanostructured materials that literally repel water droplets before they even have the chance to freeze. The finding, ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Partners With RMSC For Renewable Energy Projects Northrop Grumman, in collaboration with Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Centers (RMSC) has formed the Maximizing and Optimizing Renewable Energy (M.O.R.E.) POWER initiative, which leverages RMSC's on- ... more | .. |
  Argentina, China bury the trade war hatchet President Cristina Kirchner and China's visiting Agriculture Minister Han Changfu met Monday, formally ending a six month trade war that threatened Argentina's standing as the world's leading soybean oil exporter. ... more |
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 China partners in Ecuador gold project China will be a major financing and engineering partner in a gold mining development project in Ecuador seen as a crucial step toward the country's economic development. ... more | .. |
  Google exit from China a predictable gift: Baidu chief The head of China's dominant Internet search engine said Monday that Google's retreat from the mainland was a predictable gift that came as no surprise to him. ... more | .. |
 Google denounces Web curbs as '21st century trade barriers' Google on Monday decried restrictions on the Internet by China, Vietnam and other countries, calling them the "trade barriers of the 21st century" and making a case for new trade rules and talks. ... more | .. |
  Nanoscale Light Sensor Compatible With Etch-A-Sketch Nanoelectronic Platform University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a nanoscale light sensor that can be combined with near-atomic-size electronic circuitry to produce hybrid optic and electronic devices with new fun ... more |
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