Lockheed Martin Manufacturing the Third and Fourth GPS III Satellites
by Rebecca Pearson on Jan 17, 2012 |
 Lockheed Martin was awarded the contract to start building the third and fourth GPS III satellites by the United States Air Force. The $238 million contract is the second contract the company has received to manufacturer GPS satellites. Back in 2008, Lockheed Martin received a $1.4 ...
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Tags: Lockheed Martin, GPS, GPS III, jammers, 2014, navigation, positioning, commercial, civilian, military, signal, satellite, globe, US, Air Force |
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SPOT Reaches Over 1,500 Rescues in Four Years
by Rebecca Pearson on Dec 14, 2011 |
 In celebrating their four year anniversary, SPOT announced that their popular satellite messaging devices have been involved in over 1,500 emergency rescues. The company's SPOT Satellite Messenger and SPOT Connect beacon have helped save lives both on ...
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Tags: SPOT 2, messenger, satellite, rescue, emergency, worldwide, United States, beacon, Connect, SOS, message |
Related Items: SPOT 2 Satellite GPS Messenger, SPOT Connect Beacon, SPOT 2 IS Satellite GPS Messenger |
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New Garmin Upgrade Available for the GPS 17x HVS
by Rebecca Pearson on Oct 24, 2011 |
 Last week, Garmin announced a free firmware upgrade for GPS 17x HVS. With the upgrade, the GPS 17x HVS software version 2.90 offers improved WAAS satellite tracking.
WAAS stands for the Wide Area Augmentation System and is a network of satellites and ground stations setup to constantly provide ...
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Tags: update, marine, receiver, antenna, Garmin, GPS17x HVS, software, version 2.90, WAAS, Wide Area Augmentation System, satellite, tracking, free, firmware |
Related Items: Garmin OEM 17x HVS NMEA 0183, Garmin 17x and 17HVS Surface Mount, Garmin 17x and 17HVS Deck Mount |
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Satellite Causes Phone and Internet Disruptions in Northern Canada
by Roxanne Laverty on Oct 7, 2011 |
 Thousands of residents in Northern Canada, namely Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, are without internet and telephone service because of a disruption with a TeleSat satellite. TeleSat has temporarily lost contact with the Anik F2 communications satellite. The lost satellite left 37 communities with ...
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Tags: Anik F2, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Canada, US, rural, Northern, TeleSat, Ottawa, Ontario, satellite, phone, internet, disruption |
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Galileo's First Satellites Will Launch on October 20
by Roxanne Laverty on Sep 29, 2011 |
 The European satellite system Galileo is set to launch its first two satellites in less than a month. Modeled after North America's Global Positioning System or GPS, Europe is excited to finally have its own system in place.
The new satellites are being transported to a ...
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Tags: Europe, North America, euro, satellite, Galileo, US, GPS, constellation, project, economy, Astrium, Russia, Soyuz, French Guiana |
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NASA Satellite is Expected to Hit Earth Friday
by Roxanne Laverty on Sep 22, 2011 |
 In the words of Chicken Little, "The sky is falling." While Chicken Little is a children's tale, there are reports that one of NASA's satellites will be hitting the Earth on Friday afternoon, September 23. Although, debris from space enters Earth's atmosphere daily, most of ...
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Tags: NASA, space, debris, satellite, water, land, Friday, Saturday, sky, Earth |
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Friday Feature: Following Hurricane Irene
by Roxanne Laverty on Aug 26, 2011 |
 Note: Today's Friday Feature is a little different from previous weeks. Instead of featuring a customers' post from our GPS City Gallery, we decided to focus on a major story affecting the east coast of the United States and Canada - ...
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Tags: NASA, GOES-13, satellite, hurricane, Irene, US, Canada, seaboard, east coast, interactive, maps, category 2 |
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Amazing Rescue Facilitated by a SPOT Messenger
by Roxanne Laverty on Aug 19, 2011 |
Two hikers in British Columbia are very thankful they brought their SPOT Satellite Messenger on a recent climb. The handheld device, which is extremely useful when traveling outside of cellphone range or venturing into remote locations, is a personal location beacon that uses satellites ...
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Tags: SPOT, rescue, BC, highest point, mountain, climbing, hiking, lost, helicopter, Parks Canada, satellite, messenger, emergency, Mount Goodsir |
Related Items: SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger, SPOT 2 Satellite GPS Messenger, SPOT Connect Beacon, DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W with SPOT Receiver |
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Solar Flares May Affect GPS
by Rebecca Pearson on Aug 8, 2011 |
 Last Thursday, solar flares released by the sun threatened to disrupt the Global Positioning System or GPS. Millions of people around the world rely on the GPS satellite navigation network. Solar flares are caused when changes occur in the sun's magnetic field. Thursday's solar flare ...
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Tags: solar, sun, flare, GPS, disruption, signal, satellite, navigation |
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China Adds New Satellite to Its Network
by Rebecca Pearson on Jul 27, 2011 |
 Today, China successfully added a new satellite to the Beidou network. The country is in the process of building its own global satellite navigation and positioning system. Following in the footsteps of India and other countries, China wants to establish a navigation network ...
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Tags: China, GPS, Beidou, satellite navigation, India, Compass system, 2012, 2020, global coverage |
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