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EDMO Distributors signs distribution agreement with AvMap Satellite Navigation
Feb 01, 2021 (SPX)
The AvMap company has built a solid reputation as a value-oriented navigation system, with the first units fielded in 1994. The EKP V is a stand-alone moving ma...
Carbon-coated thread could be used to track movement in real time
Jan 29, 2021 (UPI)
The new sensor, described Friday in the journal Scientific Reports, could be used to track athletic performance or monitor fatigue in long-haul truck drivers, a...
European Commission awards launch contracts for next generation of Galileo satellites
Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)
With this, the Commission is initiating the launch of the 2nd Generation of Galileo, the European satellite positioning system. The aim is to keep Galileo ahead...
NASA advancing global navigation satellite system capabilities
Jan 15, 2021 (SPX)
Interoperability of the GNSS constellations will be key to realizing this ambition. There are six GNSS constellations that provide Position, Navigation, and Tim...
China releases 4 new BDS technical standards
Jan 15, 2021 (XNA)
This is a major move forward of China in standardizing and ensuring the development and industrial application of the BDS through drafting national standards, s...
China sees booming satellite navigation, positioning industry
Dec 10, 2020 (XNA)
The sector's output value is expected to hit 400 billion yuan in 2020, according to the report released by the China Satellite Navigation Office on the construc...
Galileo satellites help rescue Vendee Globe yachtsman
Dec 07, 2020 (ESA)
Skipper Kevin Escoffier later recounted his Monday afternoon ordeal: "You see the images of shipwrecks? It was like that, but worse. In four seconds the boat no...
BeiDou navigation base in south China targets services in ASEAN
Nov 30, 2020 (XNA)
The China-ASEAN BDS base is located in the regional capital of Nanning, where a forum on China-ASEAN BDS application scenarios and industrial development was he...
GMV wins major contracts for Galileo Second Generation ground segment
Nov 24, 2020 (SPX)
G2G's main objectives are to phase in new services, improve existing services and boost system robustness and security while also cutting both operating- and ma...
BDS-3 gains major breakthrough in civil aviation sector
Nov 20, 2020 (XNA)
This means that the main work of the BDS-3 system has been completed ahead of its draft into the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization, acc...
Swift Navigation's improves accuracy of single-frequency GNSS receivers
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
These findings are demonstrated during the regular test drives the Swift team conducts to confirm the efficacy of its solutions and software updates. The accomp...
China's BDS-3 improves timing service
Nov 10, 2020 (XNA)
Researchers from the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed the time transfer performance of BDS-3 signals. Results showed tha...
Fourth Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Satellite's On Board Engine Now Propelling It To Orbit
Nov 05, 2020 (SPX)
About 89 minutes after a 6:24 p.m. EST liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin engineers at the company's D...
DNA-based molecular tagging system could replace printed barcodes
Nov 03, 2020 (UPI)
The trackable plastic tags commonly found on clothes do more than prevent retail theft. Radio frequency identification -- and other tracking technologies like b...
China's self-developed BDS sees thriving applications
Oct 11, 2020 (XNA)
There was a lack of hands during the spring plowing season because of the epidemic, but the unmanned rice transplanters equipped with China's BeiDou Navigation ...
GPS-enabled decoy eggs may help track, catch sea turtle egg traffickers
Oct 05, 2020 (UPI)
In a proof-of-concept study, published Monday in the journal Current Biology, researchers placed 3D-printed, GPS-enabled decoy eggs in the nests of endangered s...
Fourth GPS 3 Satellite Encapsulated Ahead of Launch
Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)
Encapsulation of the satellite within the payload fairing protects the satellite from the impact of dynamic pressure and aerodynamic heating during its harrowin...
Government to explore new ways of delivering 'sat nav' for the UK
Sep 29, 2020 (SPX)
The Space-Based Positioning Navigation and Timing Programme (SBPP) will explore new and alternative ways that could be used to deliver vital satellite navigatio...
Tech combo is a real game-changer for farming
Aug 18, 2020 (XNA)
Their comments came after Beidou started offering full-scale global services on July 31. More importantly, navigation technologies are increasingly intertwined ...
Launch of Russia's Glonass-K satellite postponed until October
Aug 16, 2020 (Sputnik)
"The launch of Glonass-K satellite has been postponed until October. The preliminary date of the launch is 17 October. There are no any technical difficulties t...
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