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The latest news from space-faring countries, agencies, industry and academia   ·   Wednesday 19 June 2013, 4.21am GMT   ·   Nº 1783

Russia to launch 3 Glonass satellites on July 2

18 June 2013

Russia will launch a Proton carrier rocket with three additional satellites for its Glonass global positioning and navigation network on July 2, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said.

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Free satellite maps for Australian graziers

18 June 2013

Satellite mapping services may be made available to graziers Australia-wide by the end of the year. Currently, the Queensland Government is funding this service. Uses include carbon accounting, crop and soil monitoring, and infrastructure - such as such as roads, fences, water points, yards and powerlines - monitoring.

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Planetary Resources may upgrade crowdfunded satellite into alien-finder

18 June 2013

The Kickstarter campaign to build a satellite for public use is going better than expected, according to asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, and so it has extended its revenue target to help fund hardware upgrades to enable the orbital platform to search for exoplanets.

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