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For centuries, timepieces have been used to aid navigation. However, the latest hydrogen maser atomic clock is a world away from any used ever before. The new "˜space clock' will be launched onboard the Giove-B satellite when it launches from the Baikonaur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan."Such a clock has never been flown," Pierre Waller, an engineer at the European Space Agency (Esa), told BBC News.The clock will serve as the beating heart of Giove-B, the second test spacecraft for...