News tagged with satellite signal
EU physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather
The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the University ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2012 |
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Space probes will be more useful with new amplifiers
Researchers at Chalmers have developed a new generation of amplifiers, which the European Space Agency (ESA) will be using throughout the world to receive signals from its space probes and satellites. ESA ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Dish closes on 2 purchases key to broadband plans
(AP) -- Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. has completed its purchase of two satellite operators whose licenses it hopes to use to offer broadband access that can help it compete better with cable TV and phone companies.
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Mapping out the future of GPS technology
Ditching satellites and complex, powerful computers and opting for camera technology inspired by small mammals may be the future of navigation systems.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Scientists deploy lasers, GPS technology to improve snow measurements
- Equipped with specialized lasers and GPS technology, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are working with colleagues to solve a critical wintertime weather mystery: how to accurately ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2012 |
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TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts
(AP) -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Galileo in tune: first navigation signal transmitted to Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe’s Galileo system has passed its latest milestone, transmitting its very first test navigation signal back to Earth. The first two Galileo satellites were launched into orbit ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Russia 'makes first contact' with stranded Mars probe (Update)
Russia on Thursday announced its scientists had for the first time made contact with its stranded Mars probe Phobos-Grunt, a day after the European Space Agency said it had received a signal.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Separating signal and noise in climate warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to separate human-caused global warming from the "noise" of purely natural climate fluctuations, temperature records must be at least 17 years long, according to climate scientists.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Dish asks FCC to let it build wireless network
(AP) -- Satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network is asking regulators to let it build a wireless broadband network. Having one would let Dish compete more effectively with cable companies that can bundle broadband and TV signals.
Aug 23, 2011 |
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GPS monitoring of Arizona sex offenders
The use of GPS technology to monitor sex offenders should be viewed as a tool rather than a control mechanism, a team of researchers at Sam Houston State University found in a recent study.
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system (w/Video)
Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Wireless 'breadcrumbs' that won’t become toast when baked... or soggy when hosed
When Hansel and Gretel ventured into the forest, they left a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home. In today's world, cellular phones, Global Positioning System (GPS), WiFi, and Bluetooth are the digital ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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NASA: Songda becomes a super typhoon
As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when NASA's TRMM satellite passed directly over head on May 26, 2011 at 0806 UTC (4:06 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2011 |
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Review: GPS running watches offer improvements
My accessories for last month's Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans included a pair of bead necklaces and three watches.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 16, 2011 |
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