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Tracking aircraft from space

When the European Proba-V satellite lifts off on a Vega launcher with the primary mission of observing vegetation from space, it will be carrying another instrument on board – one that will be keeping an 'eye' on aircraft. A German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) receiver will locate the ADS–B (Automatic Depende...
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Reducing turbulence near airports - DLR tests new procedures...

Currently, safety considerations related to wake vortices force pilots of small and medium-sized aircraft to maintain a separation of about 10 kilometres from heavier planes flying ahead of them. Soon, up to twice as many commercial aircraft could land on runways in good weather without endangering one another. For the first time, on 29 and 30 April, researchers at the ...
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Jun 18 - 19, 2013 - Washington, United States

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• Mar 18, 2013
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• Mar 15, 2013
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• Feb 11, 2013
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• Dec 21, 2012
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• Oct 4, 2012
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• Sep 14, 2012
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• Sep 7, 2012
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• Aug 29, 2012
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• Feb 3, 2012
  Project NEOShield: Asteroid defence systems
• Dec 10, 2011
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• Oct 21, 2011
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• Apr 11, 2011
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• Apr 1, 2011
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• Mar 30, 2011
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• Jun 21, 2010
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