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How satellites tracked down flight MH370 but why we still cant find the plane
2014-03-25 14:44:37| Extremetech
Yesterday morning, the Malaysian prime minister confirmed that Malaysia Airlines flight 370 crashed in the south Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. How did Inmarsat narrow down MH370's location from two very broad swaths across central Asia and the Indian Ocean, and furthermore, if we know where the plane crashed into the ocean, why haven't we found it yet?
Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace Delivers Antennas For Next-Generation GPS III Satellites 3 Through 6
2014-03-18 08:49:02| rfglobalnet News Articles
Continuing its support for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has delivered 32 self-deploying, monopole JIB antennas for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth GPS III satellites.
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Let it Rain: NASA Satellites Show Slice of Global Precip
2014-03-15 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Lacy ribbons of precipitation stretch across the planet in a new animation from NASA showing how widespread and yet ephemeral rain can be. A series of satellites known as the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) measure heavy to moderate rain over tropical and subtropical regions every day. From those satellite measurements taken every 3 hours through February 21, NASA has strung them together into a 27-second video. The power of the ridiculously resilient ridge off of California can be...
Product Assurance Engineer Satellites
2014-03-07 16:35:44| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Client Location For one of our clients we are currently recruiting a Product Assurance Engineer for their location in Bremen, Germany. Our client is one of the top players in the European space technology industry, specialized in the development of diverse space systems. Tasks Responsibilities Perform PAQA tasks according Project PA Plan within the project team and visvis the customer Coordinate PAQA tasks with the PAQAQI experts Chair Equipment and subsystem design reviews and delivery reviews PAQA support to OHB design reviews PAQA Documentation, participation to review colocation Participate to Equipment and subsystem test reviews, chair Satellite test reviews Test Readiness Reviews and Post Test Reviews, Test Review Boards Performsupport Inspections MIPs, KIPs, Standard Inspections Review and approval of OHB AsRun Test Procedures SignOff Support monitoring facility readiness and test equipment calibrations Witnessing of test executions, control for tests completion, recording, documentation, signatures, log book entries NCR management, preparation, and communication via OHB NCR management tool NCTS and chairing of NRBs internal and with Customer PA contribution to SatelliteSubsystem EIDPs. Experience Education Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering or comparable qualifications 5 years of experience with productbased quality assurance in Space Industry Knowledge of international and European quality norms and standards, especially ESA ECSS standards High motivated and selfconfident Welldeveloped communication skills and good organizational skills Accustomed to work in teams Relevant experience in working with the Microsoft Office Tools Fluency in written and spoken English. About ATG Europe Today, ATG is recognized as a leading provider of specialized engineering, scientific and technical services to the European Aerospace, High Tech and Offshore industry. Our headquarters is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands and we have subsidiaries in Germany and the UK. ATG People is the key player in delivering highly educated personnel for RD environments throughout Europe. We are continually recruiting experienced Engineers for exciting, full time positions based at our customers. As an ATG Engineer, you will be working on very diverse missions and assignments. This opens up unique opportunities to be engaged in innovative projects and challenging you to perform to high standards and utilizing the full extent of your professional knowledge. We need you to complement our super star team!
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u-blox GNSS Antenna Module Supports All Satellites, Concurrent Operation
2014-03-04 04:18:02| rfglobalnet News Articles
Swiss-based ublox, a global leader in cellular and positioning modules and integrated circuits, introduces theCAM-M8Q GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/QZSS antenna module.
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