GPS

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Kite-blown Antarctic explorers make most southerly Galileo positioning fix
Feb 05, 2019 (ESA)
Their measurements not only confirm Galileo performance at extremely high latitudes, but also offer knowledge of space weather events overhead. In particular th...
NOAA releases early update for World Magnetic Model
Feb 05, 2019 (UPI)
Over the last few years, Earth's magnetic field has been shifting rapidly. Most recently, the planet's north magnetic pole began lurching toward Siberia. The su...
Magnetic north pole leaves Canada, on fast new path
Feb 05, 2019 (AFP)
The magnetic North is the point at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically down. The World Magnetic Model is critical to sea and military navigation...
BeiDou achieves real-time transmission of deep-sea data
Feb 04, 2019 (XNA)
China's most sophisticated research vessel Kexue (Science) returned to the eastern port city of Qingdao on Thursday after wrapping up a 74-day, 12,000-nautical ...
China to launch 10 BeiDou satellites in 2019
Jan 31, 2019 (XNA)
The launches will help complete the BDS global network by 2020, said Shang Zhi, director of the Space Department of the CASC, at a press conference, where the B...
Magnetic North's erratic behavior forces update to global navigation system
Jan 14, 2019 (UPI)
Scientists were originally scheduled to release an updated model this week -- a fix for the accumulating anomalies -- but due to the government shutdown, the up...
US Air Force contracts Lockheed Martin to continue GPS ground control supprt
Jan 11, 2019 (SPX)
Under the GCS II contract, the continued upgrade of the GPS Architecture Evolution Plan Operational Control Segment (AEP OCS) will allow GPS' legacy ground cont...
GPS-denied navigation on small unmanned helicopters
Jan 09, 2019 (SPX)
All drones rely on GNSS to maintain a stable position and/or to navigate between waypoints. At the same time, all small drones use MEMS sensors to estimate thei...
China's BeiDou officially goes global
Dec 31, 2018 (XNA)
The BDS has been performing well in the Asia-Pacific region and it goes global with cutting-edge technology and high-quality service. "The BDS is very popular i...
First GPS III satellite launched, moving toward operational orbit
Dec 26, 2018 (UPI)
The GPS III SV01 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sunday. Once operational it will join 31 other satelli...
First Lockheed Martin-built GPS 3 satellite responding to commands
Dec 24, 2018 (SPX)
A major milestone in the U.S. Air Force's plan to bring new technology and capabilities to the GPS constellation, the first Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT)-built GPS...
Spire Taps Galileo for Space-Based Weather Data
Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)
This industry first was announced at The Morgan Stanley Space Summit in NYC, and will now be offered to the entire audience of Spire's global user base as a new...
Lockheed Martin prepares GPS III satellite for SpaceX launch
Dec 12, 2018 (UPI)
The GPS III Space Vehicle 01 has undergone pre-launch processing, fueling and other services in Titusville, Fla. The GPS III SV01 was loaded in its launch cartr...
First Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III satellite encapsulated for Dec. 18 launch
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01) underwent pre-launch processing, fueling and encapsulation at Astrotech Space Operations, in Titusville, Florida. During...
UK will build its own satellite-navigation system after Brexit
Dec 03, 2018 (Sputnik)
May announced on Friday that the UK was pulling out of the EU's satellite navigation system which was designed to compete with the US GPS system and is due to b...
Beijing's space navigation BeiDou program seeks to dethrone US-owned GPS platform
Nov 28, 2018 (Sputnik)
A navigational program based on satellites orbiting the globe would allow China to be self-reliant for location data used in smartphones, car dashboards, guided...
China expands use of BeiDou navigation system in transportation
Nov 26, 2018 (XNA)
Over the past few years, over 6.17 million domestic vehicles nationwide and 35,000 vehicles of postal services or courier companies have installed or become com...
China launches twin BeiDou navigation satellites
Nov 20, 2018 (XNA)
The satellites entered a medium earth orbit more than three hours later and will work with 17 other BDS-3 satellites already in space. They are also the 42nd an...
Finland summons Russian ambassador over GPS blocking claims
Nov 17, 2018 (AFP)
Ambassador Pavel Kuznetsov "has been invited to the ministry on Monday to discuss the GPS issue," spokeswoman Hanna Paivarinta told AFP. Finnish Prime Minister ...
Russia blocked GPS data during NATO exercises: Norway
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
"We know that jamming was observed between October 19 and November 7, originating from Russian ground forces in (the) Kola" peninsula, a region of northwestern ...
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