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  Global Positioning System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although the cost of maintaining the system is approximately US$400 million per year, including the replacement of aging satellites, GPS is available for free use in civilian applications as a public good.
Assisted GPS is a GPS technology often used by the mobile phone because it reduces the power requirements of the mobile phone and increases the accuracy of the location obtained.
This system uses a series of ground reference stations to calculate GPS correction messages, which are uploaded to a series of additional satellites in geosynchronous orbit for transmission to GPS receivers, including information on ionospheric delays and individual satellite clock drift.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GPS   (6591 words)

  
 V-2
As many as 3,225 were launched in combat, primarily against Antwerp and London, and a further 1,000 to 1,750 were fired in tests and training.
Of the launches made in the same months, 10% were observed as launch failures within sight of the launch units themselves.
On the first launch of an RTV-G-4 at the Cape, the upper stage failed to ignite, but the second and final attempt on 29 July 1950 (Bumper flight 8, but actually vehicle #7) was successful and the Bumper Wac reached a speed of 5260 km/h (3270 mph).
www.astronautix.com /lvs/v2.htm   (5636 words)

  
 ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge / 13th International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA2006) - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This work mobilizes the notion of remixing the laboratory environment as a critical turn in creating an interface between non-specialists - and ‘real’ and mediated representations of the laboratory.
Phenakistoscape is a kinetic interface through, which is an experiment in the metaphysics of moving image projection and an exploration of the language of mobile projection, with particular emphasis upon on its distinctive temporal and spatial modalities.
By hacking on the technology/hobby that is often used as psychological armor, territory-marking tool, the project turn the body/vehicle relationship inside-out, addressing the vulnerability of human body and emotion and aims to understand our obsession on automobiles and it’s modification rather than dismissing the culture as something aggressive.
01sj.org /content/blogsection/14/49   (8178 words)

  
 Orbit Interaction
While we’ll use mockups and prototypes for some aspects of systems like this, large-scale printed wireframes and storyboards are the primary communication tools my teams use to keep both the big picture and the details coordinated during development.
From the triumphs and setbacks during the mission's development, to launch and arrival.
The part presenting the Delta II rocket launch and trajectory insertion stages are more intense than what I remember from "Apollo 13." The sequence of events that take place in Stage 3 are particularly cool to watch.
www.orbitnet.com   (7044 words)

  
 Current Designations of U.S. Unmanned Military Aerospace Vehicles
The system is defined in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 16-401(I) (formerly Air Force Joint Instruction 16-401), and in DOD Publication 4120.15-L [3].
The "B" launch environment letter should only be used, if the missile is essentially unmodified for the different launch options.
Many small rockets, especially infantry rockets and rockets launched from airborne multi-tube launchers, have not received standard designations (this was actually specified in the original version of the designation system, see note above).
www.designation-systems.net /usmilav/missiles.html   (3546 words)

  
 Military Vehicles For Sale
The spearhead of today's battle groups, tracked vehicles are fully equipped with global positioning systems, inertial position navigation systems, and single channel ground/airborne radio systems to allow them to respond rapidly to ever-changing tactical situations.
His book examines the planning, acquisition, and employment of tanks, amphibian tractors, and armored cars and explores the ideas that led to the fielding of these weapons systems along with the doctrines and tactics intended for them, and their actual use in combat.
Drawing on archival resources previously untouched by researchers and interviews of both past and serving crewmen, Estes presents a unique and unheralded story that is filled with new information and analysis of the armored vehicles, their leaders, and the men who drove these steel chariots into battle.
www.fortliberty.org /military-equipment/military-vehicles.shtml   (2635 words)

  
 GDI Vehicles - Planet CnC
GDI's longest range attacker fires 227mm rockets and is effective against just about everything, including aerial threats.
The Orca was designed to combat the Brotherhood of Nod's Apache chopper.
This vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft carries five salvos of TOW rockets.
planetcnc.gamespy.com /View.php?view=GameInfo.Detail&id=90&game=4   (395 words)

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