Today’s successful launch marks a major milestone for EU’s Earth observation programme Copernicus. Sentinel 1A, the first satellite dedicated to the programme, was put into orbit after a successful launch at 23:02 on 3 April from Europe’s spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana.
This represents a significant achievement, not just for the ... Weiterlesen
News: Droit de l’aérospatiale
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The New Indian Express published a report on major discrepancies of maps of Ecological Sensitive Areas in the State of Kerala, prepared by the Kerala State Remote Sensing and Environment Centre (KSREC). These discrepancies include showcasing of Mathikettan Shola, a national park, as agricultural, the exclusion of human settlements, plantations ... Weiterlesen
3 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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The growing number of satellites and amounts of debris in the space surrounding our planet makes the risk of collision a serious threat to the sustainable operation of EU space infrastructure. Today the European Commission welcomed the European Parliament vote in favour of a proposal to create a European Space ... Weiterlesen
3 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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The growing number of satellites and amounts of debris in the space surrounding our planet makes the risk of collision a serious threat to the sustainable operation of EU space infrastructure. Today the European Commission welcomed the European Parliament vote in favour of a proposal to create a European Space ... Weiterlesen
3 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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The satellite ASTRA 5B lifted off on March 22, 2014 aboard the Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the European Spaceport near Kourou, French Guiana, carrying also a payload for the EGNOS GNSS augmentation system. This successful launch will ensure the replacement of another aging EGNOS satellite payload, providing augmented navigation ... Weiterlesen
2 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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This year the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit took place on March 25, 26 and 27 in “Der Residenz, München” in Bavaria.
It annually gathers people involved with GNSS from around the world to report on current status and progress of numerous radio navigation systems.
As in past years, the 2014’s Summit ... Weiterlesen
1 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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A February conference on the European Union’s space policy in Brussels aims to set a course for 2020 and close official ranks behind the prospect of early Galileo services at the end of this year. Much in the business community’s perception of the new system will depend on meeting the ... Weiterlesen
1 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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The U.S. Senate’s privacy committee announced legislation aiming to give consumers more control over how information about their whereabouts is collected and used.
Senator Al Franken notifies he would introduce the Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014. This act requires companies to get an explicit customer agreement before collecting and sharing ... Weiterlesen
1 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) moved towards limiting the use of military airspace under its responsibility which may heavily impact on some of the six test site managers who were chose last year to work on a project for introducing unmanned aerial systems into the (US) National Airspace Systems. At ... Weiterlesen
1 avril 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann
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On 6 March 2014, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Judge Patrick Geraghty dismissed the case of the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) against Raphael Pirker. According to the FAA’s view, Pirker had allegedly illegally used drones to make a video of the University of Virginia. The FAA had sought to assess ... Weiterlesen
28 mars 2014Dr. Ingo Baumann