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Russia's Glonass system to get 8 more satellites by end of 2017
May 16, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's Glonass navigation system will receive eight more satellites by the end of 2017, the head of Russia's Roscosmos's Department of Navigational Space Syst...
Galileo satellites fuelled for flight
May 12, 2016 (ESA)
Europe's latest Galileo satellites have been filled with fuel in preparation for their joint launch on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana o...
Satellites 11 and 12 join working Galileo fleet
May 04, 2016 (ESA)
Europe's latest navigation satellites, launched last December, have been officially commissioned into the Galileo constellation, and are now broadcasting workin...
Operation of 'Indian GPS' will take some more time: ISRO
May 04, 2016 (IANS)
The common man in India has to wait for some more time to use the "Indian GPS' as the Indian navigation system has to be formally declared operational after che...
ISRO Begins Countdown for Launch of Final IRNSS Navigation Satellite
Apr 29, 2016 (IANS)
The 51.30 hour countdown for the launch of India's seventh and final navigation satellite on April 28 afternoon begun at 9:20am on Tuesday at Sriharikota rocket...
ISRO launch campaign for IRNSS-1G progressing smoothly
Apr 29, 2016 (IANS)
The 51 hour, 30 minute countdown for the launch of an Indian rocket with the country's seventh navigation satellite scheduled for Thursday is proceeding normall...
Air Force awards GPS 3 launch services contract
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
The Air Force announced the award of the first competitively sourced National Security Space (NSS) launch services contract in more than a decade. Space Explora...
India a step away from joining GPS club
Apr 29, 2016 (IANS)
India on Thursday afternoon successfully put into orbit its seventh and final navigation satellite - IRNSS-1G - with its own rocket in copy-book style. With thi...
India gets homegrown satellite navigation system
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
India on Thursday took the final step towards completing its own satellite navigation system, a development heralded by the prime minister as making the nation ...
Advanced self-propelled Russian rifle gets satellite-navigated shells
Apr 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's advanced self-propelled howitzer, the Koalitsiya- SV, is capable of firing high-precision shells, which are navigated using a GLONASS module, according...
India to Launch Navigation Satellite on April 28, Complete Full System
Apr 22, 2016 (IANS)
India is slated to put into orbit its seventh and final navigation satellite on April 28, thereby having its full satellite navigation system up in the sky, sai...
GPS technology keeps eagle eye on elusive powerful owls
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
Deakin University scientists are using GPS technology to monitor how Melbourne's Powerful Owls make use of urban landscapes. The researchers, from the Centre fo...
Satellite touchdown in run up to Galileo launch
Apr 11, 2016 (ESA)
The latest pair of navigation satellites has reached Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, beginning a new Galileo launch campaign, which will culminate in a lau...
Glonass navigation system's ground infrastructure successfully completed
Apr 05, 2016 (Sputnik)
The testing of the ground control system of the Glonass satellite navigation system has been completed, Nikolay Testoyedov, the Head of the Reshetnev Informatio...
Russian Glonass Satellite Scheduled for Launch on May 21
Apr 05, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's Glonass-M navigation satellite will be launched via Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on May 21, according to...
Ground-based Galileo satellite joins post-launch dress rehearsal
Apr 04, 2016 (ESA)
The navigation satellite set to become the 16th in the Galileo constellation has been taken through a Europe-wide rehearsal for its launch and early operations ...
Glonass navigation system's ground infrastructure completed
Apr 04, 2016 (Sputnik)
The testing of the ground control system of the Glonass satellite navigation system has been completed, Nikolay Testoyedov, the Head of the Reshetnev Informatio...
Russia's Roscosmos to Hand Over Glonass Infrastructure to MoD in 2016
Mar 31, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Russian space agency Roscosmos will transfer control over the ground infrastructure of the Glonass global positioning system to the country's defense minist...
China launches 22nd BeiDou navigation satellite
Mar 31, 2016 (XNA)
China launched a satellite to support its global navigation and positioning network at 4:11 a.m. Wednesday. The satellite, launched from the Xichang Satellite L...
Russia May Launch Up to Three Glonass Satellites in 2016
Mar 30, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia may launch two or three Glonass navigation satellites this year, a senior space industry official said. The official noted that the launches of the satel...
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