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ESA signs contract for new generation of Galileo
May 31, 2021 (ESA)
Following an intense process of open competition, these contracts have been awarded to Thales Alenia Space (Italy) and Airbus Defence and Space (Germany) to cre...
China's Beidou-related industry estimated to top 1t yuan by 2025
May 28, 2021 (XNA)
The figure was revealed by Yang Jun, deputy director of China's Satellite Navigation System Management Office, at the three-day 12th China Satellite Navigation ...
Global navigation satellite system technology needs proper protection
May 21, 2021 (XNA)
Such potent navigational software that can pinpoint a location down to several centimeters from space are invaluable for everyday life, and are embedded into ou...
Satellite navigation, positioning services valued at Y400 BN
May 19, 2021 (XNA)
The 2021 White Paper on the Development of China's Satellite Navigation and Positioning Industries, compiled by the Global Navigation Satellite System and Locat...
Beidou has grown into world-class navigation system
May 17, 2021 (XNA)
Beidou is currently the country's largest space-based system and one of four global navigation networks, along with the United States' GPS, Russia's GLONASS and...
BDS-3 system facilitates public transportation in east China's Nanchang
May 13, 2021 (XNA)
Installation of the sub-meter level positioning equipment, which took less than 10 minutes on each bus, is expected to offer real-time information with high acc...
EU space regulation ready to take off with the creation of the EUSPA
May 04, 2021 (SPX)
The EU Space Programme will ensure the continuity and evolution of the existing flagships Galileo/EGNOS and Copernicus. It will also support new initiatives, in...
GSA commissions RUAG to study more accurate satellite navigation
May 01, 2021 (SPX)
For climate and environmental research, satellites provide extremely important data every day, such as how high sea levels are rising or what effects global war...
GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist in Asia
Apr 24, 2021 (The Conversation)
Thanks to focused conservation efforts, tiger numbers have rebounded in some parts of their range. In Nepal, for example, the wild tiger population has nearly d...
US Army Geospatial Center Upgrades OGC Membership to Advance Open Systems
Apr 13, 2021 (SPX)
As a Principal Member of OGC, AGC will participate across OGC activities and serve in OGC's Planning Committee to help OGC advance geospatial interoperability a...
Google Maps to show more eco-friendly routes
Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)
Improvements to Google Maps tap into artificial intelligence for features including figuring out more fuel-efficient ways to get around. "Soon, Google Maps will...
MyGalileoSolution and MyGalileoDrone: A word from the winners
Mar 30, 2021 (SPX)
During the press conference of the Entrepreneurship Day, the GSA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa said that the winning teams had shown particular excellence...
Soyuz launch campaign for 2 Galileo satellites postponed Until November
Mar 23, 2021 (Sputnik)
"The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B rocket with the Fregat-MT booster with two Galileo satellites from the Guiana space center has been postponed until November," one...
Ten years of safer skies with Europe's other satnav system
Mar 18, 2021 (ESA)
Its name is EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service. Transmitting signals from a duo of satellite transponders in geostationary orbit, EGNO...
China Satellite Navigation Conference to highlight spatiotemporal data
Mar 10, 2021 (XNA)
The CSNC2021 will focus on the most recent technological and industrial application achievements of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and development...
A better way to measure acceleration
Mar 09, 2021 (SPX)
The airbag deploys thanks to an accelerometer - a sensor that detects sudden changes in velocity. Accelerometers keep rockets and airplanes on the correct fligh...
Latest progress in China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
Feb 23, 2021 (XNA)
The following facts and figures offer a glimpse of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and China's latest moves to boost the sector: + China has recent...
BAE Systems announces $247M contract for M-code GPS receivers
Feb 17, 2021 (UPI)
The Space and Missile Systems Center of the USSF seeks smaller and lighter receivers capable of jam-resistant M-code, or military code, GPS signals. The technol...
China publishes technical requirements for key civilian BDS products
Feb 10, 2021 (XNA)
The documents have been issued to facilitate the construction of a certification system for key BDS-3 products, according to the China Satellite Navigation Offi...
Beidou satellite helps with shared electric bikes
Feb 09, 2021 (XNA)
To solve the problems, about 1,000 shared electric bikes connected with the Beidou Navigation Satellite System are being tested in the Wuhan Future City develop...
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