http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2013 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:12:51 EDT As Google is considering buying map-software provider Waze, a bidding war could possibly arise between the search engine giant and Facebook, the social media giant.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/geolocation/41271.html Fri, 24 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT High Throughput Satellites have been making headlines in the mainstream media recently and are positioned to be a real “game changer” serving the military and end users, said David Hartshorn, secretary general of GVF during a HTS roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/applications/10/41272.html Fri, 24 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Ecuador’s first satellite launched last month has unfortunately crashed with debris from an old Russian rocket.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/geolocation/41256.html Thu, 23 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT One of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) main weather satellite, GOES-13, experienced problems with its imaging equipment on late Tuesday, May 21.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/headlines/41252.html Wed, 22 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT United Launch Alliance Launches 70th Successful Mission in 77 Months with the Launch of the GPS IIF-4 Satellite for the U.S. Air Force.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/geolocation/41203.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT NASA is currently mulling potential uses for the two spy satellite telescopes that it received as a donation from the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) last year.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/nasa/41201.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Image credit: Gogo [Satellite TODAY 05-15-13] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted in-flight connectivity provider GoGo a blanket license to operate up to 1,000 Ku-band satellite aircraft for international and domestic service.      The license was granted based on... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/headlines/41197.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Europe has inaugurated its newest Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) service center.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/esa/41188.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Forty years ago NASA launched Skylab, America’s first space station. As part of an initiative to reuse the hardware the agency developed to land on the moon, the station was launched into orbit on May 14, 1973 on board one of the last Saturn V rockets.... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/headlines/41187.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Tags: Drone, Prototype, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Publication: NationalGeographic.com Publication Date: 05/02/2013 The half-inch drone could be used for environmental monitoring or pollination of crops. Image credit: Harvard Microrobotics Lab Researchers at a Harvard’s robotics laboratory are working on... http://www.satellitetoday.com/civilspace/headlines/41175.html Mon, 13 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT