Published on March 3, 2010 by Technology Slice
Chile Earthquake, Days Shorter – The earthquake that struck Chile was so powerful that it appears to have jolted Earth’s axis into a new position and increased our planet’s rotation speed. Calculations by a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory indicate the earthquake shortened the length of a day on Earth by more than [...]
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Published on February 26, 2010 by Technology Slice
GPS OCX – Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced today (February 25) the award of the Next Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) contract to Raytheon Company, Intelligence & Information Systems, Aurora, Colorado. With a baseline duration of 73 months, the OCX development contract has option years for sustainment [...]
Tags: Aurora Colorado, Backwards Compatibility, Company Intelligence, Contractor Support, Control Segment, Development Contract, Ephemeris, Generation Gps, Global Positioning Systems, Gps Iii, Infinity Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Missile Systems Center, Ocx Development, Operational Control, Predictive Algorithms, Raytheon, Raytheon Company, Systems Engineering, Vandenberg Afb
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