GPS

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GPS 3 receives operational acceptance
Aug 12, 2020 (SPX)
The GPS III satellites are the newest generation built by Lockheed Martin that provide precise positioning, navigation and timing information with three times b...
Beidou's eye can help spot and stop rampant illegal mining
Aug 07, 2020 (XNA)
Recent media reports say large-scale open-pit coal mines have inflicted irreversible ecological damage on the mountains that are not only the northern rim of th...
Air Force navigation technology satellite passes critical design review
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
In partnership with the Space and Missile Systems Center, United States Space Force, and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Air Force Research Labo...
Software upgrades for Beidou to continue
Aug 07, 2020 (XNA)
Lin Baojun, a chief designer of Beidou's third-generation satellite, said at a news conference in Beijing on Monday that once a satellite is launched, it is vir...
Beidou also belongs to world
Aug 03, 2020 (XNA)
The Chinese government has worked with space authorities in Russia, the United States and the European Union to promote signal compatibility and frequency coord...
Full global service of Beidou signals space tech independence
Aug 03, 2020 (XNA)
Which makes the BDS system one of the four global navigation systems providing global navigation and positioning services; the other three are the United States...
China's self-developed BDS officially opens for global users with upgraded services
Aug 03, 2020 (XNA)
The BDS system involves efforts of more than 400 agencies and 300,000 research personnel and technicians. The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), develope...
Xi unveils Beidou full-scale coverage
Aug 03, 2020 (XNA)
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, declared the commissioning ...
Last BeiDou satellite starts operation in network
Jul 30, 2020 (XNA)
Launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on June 23, the satellite is a geostationary earth orbit satellite of the BDS 3 system, which has been offerin...
Garmin says systems back online after cyber attack
Jul 27, 2020 (AFP)
The company acknowledged it was the victim of a "cyber attack that encrypted some of our systems," without offering details. The comments suggest a ransomware a...
Garmin says outage continues but user data 'not affected'
Jul 25, 2020 (AFP)
"Garmin has no indication that this outage has affected your data, including activity, payment or other personal information," the company said on its website. ...
BeiDou adopted in unmanned farm machines in Xinjiang
Jul 21, 2020 (SPX)
Xinjiang has been promoting tractors, harvesters and other agricultural machinery equipped with BDS in recent years, and techniques such as precision sowing, fe...
Honeywell expands navigation options for precise data in areas without GPS
Jul 17, 2020 (SPX)
"We recognized a need for a small, high-performance inertial navigation system in areas like 3D mapping, surveying and other applications where space is at a pr...
SMC contracts for Joint Modernized GPS Handheld Device across multiple suppliers
Jul 13, 2020 (AFNS)
The firm-fixed price agreements are for the development of a basic working prototype of the Joint Modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) Handheld device. Th...
GPS isn't just for road trips anymore
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
Tractor guidance allows farmers to be more precise when using a tractor to perform tasks in the field. These tasks include planting, spraying herbicide, and app...
China's last BDS satellite enters long-term operation mode
Jul 02, 2020 (XNA)
It marked that all 30 satellites of the BDS-3 system have been operating in the long-term mode, a major step forward for BDS to provide full services to the wor...
GPS 3 satellite on route to orbital slot under own propulsion
Jul 01, 2020 (SPX)
GPS III Space Vehicle 03 (GPS III SV03) is responding to commands from U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin engineers in the Launch and Checkout Center at the c...
Microchip releases major update to BlueSky GNSS Firewall
Jun 24, 2020 (SPX)
Microchip's BlueSky GNSS Firewall Software Release 2.0 performs real-time analysis to detect jamming and spoofing for protecting reception of the GPS signal and...
Beidou system sees wide application across the country
Jun 24, 2020 (XNA)
By the end of 2019, more than 100 million Beidou-based navigation chips, modules and other products had been sold, according to statistics released by the China...
Beidou system's applications spread around globe
Jun 24, 2020 (XNA)
By the end of 2019, more than 100 million Beidou-based navigation chips, modules and other products had been sold. The system had by then been applied to nearly...
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