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Japan eyes building its own GPS systemTokyo (AFP) Jan 5, 2011 Japan is considering launching new satellites to establish its own global positioning system (GPS) in a bid to reduce its reliance on the US navigation network, officials said on Wednesday. In September, Japan launched a rocket carrying its first satellite intended to improve GPS systems widely used by Japanese motorists for navigation as well as by aviation and maritime operators. The government's space development strategy headquarters, headed by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, is now discussing pla ... read more |
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  ISRO To Launch Singapore's First Satellite In Orbit In February The launch of the satellite, dubbed X-Sat, has been delayed since 2007. Experts estimated that the delay has raised the cost of satellite four-fold to more than 40 million Singaporean dollar from ea ... more | .. |
  Nigeria Microsat Passes Pre-Launch Test The replaced Nigerian satellite, NIGCOMSAT-1R, has undergone and passed a major performance test and activities are in top gear for its launch in 2011, an official has said. Timasaniyu Ahmed-R ... more | .. |
  Turkey To Launch First Home-Made Communications Test Satellite Turkey plans to send its first home-made communications test satellite into orbit in September next year, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday. The satellite, 3USAT, will pr ... more | .. |
 2011: The Arianespace Family Takes Shape After reaffirming its world leadership in 2010, Arianespace is now actively preparing for the maiden launches of Soyuz and Vega from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. Since being found ... more |
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  Russia To Launch 50 ComSats Over Next Five Years Russia plans to launch five Glonass communication satellites in 2011 and 48 more later to create a Cosmonaut information highway, local media reported Wednesday. There are 20 of 26 Glonass sat ... more | .. |
  China Pours Billions Into Satellite Services For Rural Radio And TV China' s central and local governments poured some 16 billion yuan (2.4 billion U.S. dollars), from 2006 to 2010, into building basic radio and TV networks that now cover "every village." "In ... more | .. |
 Magellan Introduces New Member To eXplorist Family Magellan has announced the introduction of the Magellan eXplorist 310 GPS receiver, a power-packed, waterproof, and rugged handheld GPS designed for essential outdoor navigation. The newest ad ... more | .. |
 Garmin Has A GPS Device For Everyone Garmin International has announced that its 2011 Consumer Electronics Show product line-up is one of its most diverse ever and is designed to emphasize the different ways GPS can be used across all ... more |
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 Networks Of Up To 2 Million Cells Now Supported By GeoLENs Location Platform Touting one of the wireless industry's most comprehensive location platforms, Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, h ... more | .. |
 Software Will Take Half Of The Total Nav Market By 2016 Industry experts have long ago decided which side of the "software is killing the dedicated in-car navigation device" debate they are on. However, in a market with traditionally long product life-cy ... more | .. |
  Auction May Hold Piece Of Final Frontier For Space Buffs Many dream of traveling to the Moon, Mars or even other galaxies. For some, these dreams date back to the US-Soviet space race; other dreams of cosmic travel are more recent, as the commercial secto ... more | .. |
Nigeria's Satellite Passes Pre-Launch Test The replaced Nigerian satellite, NIGCOMSAT-1R, has undergone and passed a major performance test and activities are in top gear for its launch in 2011, an official has said. Timasaniyu Ahmed-R ... more |
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 GSLV Broke Up When Connectors Snapped India's heavy rocket broke up midair on Christmas day when onboard connectors that transmit signals snapped inadvertently, the space agency said Friday. "The inadvertent snapping of 10 connect ... more | .. |
  Canada says it could build launch rockets Canada, which now relies on other countries to launch its satellites into orbit, has the technological ability to build its own rockets, space experts say. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace says it plans 12 launches in 2011 Arianespace said on Tuesday that it planned 10 launches in 2011, including six of its Ariane 5 rockets and the first Russian Soyuz rockets from the European space base in French Guiana beginning in August. ... more | .. |
  China reveals new stealth jet China has revealed pictures of its first stealth fighter jet on a Chinese non-governmental Web site of a prototype of the Chengdu J-20 fighter being built for the Chinese air force. ... more |
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  Iran Shoots Down Many Western Drones An Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ( IRGC) commander told semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday that Iran, so far, has shot down many western drones, two of them in Persian Gulf. Aerospace ... more | .. |
 Accomplishments Of The Contractor-Operated Counter-Rocket, Artillery And MortarTask Order Northrop Grumman has trained, certified and deployed more than 120 civilian contractors to operate and support the Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) sense-and-warn system at forward opera ... more | .. |
 Next-Gen Long-Range Surveillance Radar Demonstrations Completed Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a capability demonstration in the latest phase of the U.S. Air Force's development of the next-generation mobile, long-range surveillance and ballistic mis ... more | .. |
  Israel Nears Completion Of New Missile Alert System The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Home Front Command is about to complete the development of a system that would provide the civilians with early warnings of incoming missiles, local news service Wall ... more |
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  JAGM Completes Flying Qualities Tests On Navy's Super Hornet Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a comprehensive series of tests to demonstrate the flight characteristics of the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F while carrying the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM ... more | .. |
  JICO Support System Receives Production Approval Northrop Grumman's Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO) Support System (JSS) received Milestone C approval from the U.S. Air Force November 19. After integration with other air and space operation ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Demonstrates MR-TCDL Capabilities Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the second flight test phase of the Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link (MR-TCDL) system, which provides real-time networking connectivity to warfighters ... more | .. |
 Taiwan will not deploy advanced rockets near China: report Taiwan has decided not to deploy a new powerful rocket system on outlying islands near China, deeming it unnecessary in the context of fast warming ties with Beijing, local media reported Monday. ... more |
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