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GPS Fleet Provider is offering high-quality tracking devices at an affordable, customer-friendly price. (PRWEB) October 10, 2012 Track What Matters, a world leader in fleet tracking devices and management solutions, is excited to announce a 50% price reduction on all GPS fleet-tracking devices. Determined to prove that their product and services far exceed that of their competitors, Track What Matters will be temporarily reducing their prices to allow businesses the opportunity to take...
The two Galileo satellites and their upper stage have been enclosed within their protective fairing, and moved to join the Soyuz rocket on the launch pad. The halves of the fairing were sealed together around the satellites, their supporting dispenser and Fregat-MT upper stage on Friday, within the Upper Composite Integration Stand of building S3B of Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Yesterday, the Upper Composite was moved to the launch site, for vertical mating to its three-stage...
HANNOVER, Germany, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its next generation GNSS surveying solution--the Trimble® R10. As the smallest and lightest receiver in its class, the Trimble R10 combines powerful features and groundbreaking technologies including Trimble HD-GNSS, Trimble SurePoint(TM), Trimble 360, and Trimble xFill(TM) to provide surveyors increased productivity. User-friendly features such as a quick-release adaptor and the ability to...
Customers give high marks to the GPS fleet management leader on the sales process, customer service and platform reliability Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 06, 2012 NexTraq, the value leader of GPS vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions, announced today that according to its third annual customer satisfaction survey, 95% of NexTraq customers would refer the NexTraq® Fleet Tracking platform to another business or associate. Additionally, driver behavior modification was the...
Over the past five years, the Satellite Transmission Services industry in China has been growing at an annualized rate of 13.8% and is set to generate $285.9 billion in 2012. The industry has benefited from increasing demand for satellite television broadcasting and communications. The coverage of major sporting events, such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai Asian Games, also had major effects on the industry's performance. As an emerging high-tech industry providing...
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A powerful roar rumbled across Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully boosted the third Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF military navigation satellite into orbit. The mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-68 and RL10B-2 engines providing booster and upper-stage...
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-3 payload for the United States Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 8:10 a.m. EDT today. This launch marks the 9(th) ULA launch this year, the 54(th) Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) mission, and the 65(th) launch since ULA was formed nearly six years ago. "Congratulations to the entire...
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK's (NYSE: ATK) Composite and Propulsion Technologies division supported today's successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the GPS IIF-3 satellite. The Delta IV medium-plus rocket that was used on this flight is in the 4, 2 configuration, which features two ATK 60-inch diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM). The 53-foot-long motors were mounted on opposing sides of the rocket, with one vectorable motor per...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The US Air Force launched a GPS satellite aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket at 8:10 a.m. this morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station‘s Launch Complex 37. The GPS is designed to join an existing suite of navigational tools in use by the military. Boeing, which developed the USAF satellite, said it will provide highly accurate time, location and velocity information. Called GPS IIF-3, it is the third of 12 GPS satellites...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® Geo 5 and Juno® 5 handheld GNSS devices, further extending Trimble's portfolio for data collection, maintenance and inspection applications. The Geo 5 and Juno 5 series are both optimized for GIS field workflows, including Trimble's industry-leading TerraSync® field software available on all Trimble GIS platforms. Since 1994, the Trimble GeoExplorer® line of GNSS handhelds has set...
