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MICHIBIKI successfully launched
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite “MICHIBIKI” by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18 (H-IIA F18) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch vehicle flew smoothly, and, at about 28 …
ESRI released the GeoServices REST Specification, which provides a standard way for Web clients to communicate with GIS servers through Representational State Transfer (REST) technology. It has been opened such that developers can expose the GeoServices API request structure from ArcGIS Server and other non-ESRI, back-end GIS servers or processors.
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MICHIBIKI
Asia seems to be emerging.
As a new centre for satellite navigation.
China is moving fast.
India is maintaining its own pace.
Now Japan is set to touch the zenith.
With the scheduled launch of MICHIBIKI.
The first satellite of Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).
A landmark in the regional navigation system.
The sun rises.
Again in the East.
Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org
Sherman Lo, Benjamin Peterson, Per Enge
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