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• Russia launches three GLONASS navigation satellites

  Published: October 26, 2007, 1:11 pm

  Tags: Glonass, Navigation System, Navigationsystem, Russia, Satellite, Satellite Navigation, Satellitenavigation

  GPS-challenging GLONASS satellite navigation looks to have just taken a fairly big step forward, with three satellites now on their way into orbit after hitching a ride on a Proton-K booster rocket that blasted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan earlier today. According to Reuters, this is also the first launch of a Proton-K rocket since launches

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• EU reaches agreement on Galileo satnav, Spain goes home angry

  Published: November 30, 2007, 1:22 pm

  Tags: Agreement, Control Centers, Controlcenters, European Union, Europeanunion, Galileo, Germany, Italy, Positioning, Satellite Navigation, Satellitenavigation, Satnav, Spain

  Union's next generation satellite navigation system has finally gotten to green light from all involved parties... except Spain. As we reported in July, the project had gotten the high five from US interests, but the works had been stalled as Spain fought to maintain a control center in Madrid. In the end, 26 of the 27 member states of the

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• GPS Magellan / Garmin / TomTom

  Published: December 5, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Car Navigation, Garmin, Magellan Maestro, Portable Gps, Gifts, Gps, Tomtom, Sirfstar, Gift Ideas, Sharper Image, Satellite Navigation, Magellan, Shopping, Global Positioning System

  receiver features advanced navigation and new streamlined look and function. Magellan Maestro 3250 Portable GPS (MG919)Magellan Maestro 3250 portable GPS with SiRFstar III , the fastest available! Magellan Maestro 4050 Portable GPS (MG917)Portable GPS with voice recognition, 2GB memory, Bluetooth, built-in AAA TourBook Guide and

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• Europe Kicks Off Saturday Night With A Rocket Launch [Rockets]

  Published: April 26, 2008, 9:30 pm

  Tags: Galileo, Giove B, Gps, Orbit, Rockets, Satellite Navigation, Space

  from across the ocean shot a satellite up into space. The Giove-B satellite, a demonstrator that will test key technologies needed in satellite navigation systems, ascended to the heavens at 22:16 GMT. The Giove-B is a half-ton, 2.4x1x1 meter box which contains a passive hydrogen maser clock, the most stable clock ever to be shot into

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