Monday, August 15th, 2011
It’s very early days yet. But a Swedish satellite network has just praised the Russian equivalent of America’s Global Positioning System (GPS) as being “better for northern latitudes”. And Nokia just today, according to Reuters, signed on with Glonass, announcing it is to install it on some of its mobile phones next year. Finland, of
Monday, August 15th, 2011
With certain improvements, a Soviet-time project to reroute Siberian rivers may be worth reviving to solve drinking water shortages in Russia’s Urals and countries of Central Asia, a leading Russian hydrology expert said. Professor Nikolai Koronkevich of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences said the project to supply over 30 cubic km
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt will fire the starting gun on the race to turn Britain’s internet “not spots” into hot spots this week by allocating a £530m fund for broadband-starved communities. Cornish fishing villages, Welsh valleys and Cumbrian farmsteads will all have access to high-speed internet within four years if telecoms companies add their money
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Luxembourg based AES Astra emerged in the 1980’s during a critical time when television was expanding and re-inventing itself as a powerful communication medium, and satellite television was new. The growth of Astra was aligned with the development of global perspectives on many fronts. Global collaboration, worldwide news, high definition television along with mobile viewing
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Land and Cartography of Azerbaijan intends to address a letter of protest to Google in connection with the distortion of names of geographical objects in the country’s territory the on the maps prepared by it, the head of the topography, geodesy and cartography department of the Committee Rafig Huseynli told Trend
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
The world’s coral reefs face a multitude of threats, from rising ocean temperatures to overfishing. A new map aimed at aiding coral conservation has been developed that points out the reefs that are most and least at risk. The map, and the study that led to it, say researchers, will help to conserve some of the
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Explore Cape Town’s green spaces, nature reserves, organic eateries, farmers’ markets, recycling drop-offs, sustainable living projects, eco products and other green choices by clicking the map’s icons. Read More
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Scotland plugged the first commercial scale tidal-power turbine into the central power grid earlier this week. Atlantis Resources, a Singapore-based marine renewables developer, installed the 1-megawatt tidal-power turbine at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland. Read More
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
The new program for 2012-2016 is a continuation of earlier joint programs, the Roscosmos chief said. In his words, the document has passed virtually all harmonization procedures in both Belarus and Russia. The finance ministries of the two countries are set to study them soon. Vladimir Popovkin asked Mikhail Myasnikovich to raise this issue at
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
The largest ground station network in the world. PrioraNet was designed specifically to provide comprehensive communications and ground support to Earth-orbiting satellites. SSC offers reliable world-wide satellite operation and communication solutions through PrioraNet, our global ground station network. PrioraNet is made up of core SSC owned stations and collaborative partner stations strategically located around the
