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India's GPS system will have better accuracy says ISRO
Dec 07, 2015 (IANS)
India's indigenous position determination system being developed by national space agency Isro will serve as a "replacement GPS" for the public with enhanced ac...
More Galileo satellites broadcasting navigation signals
Dec 02, 2015 (ESA)
Having completed their rigorous checks in space, two more of Europe's Galileo satellites are now fully operational, broadcasting navigation signals and, from to...
Kongsberg third-generation HiPAP enhances acoustic positioning
Dec 02, 2015 (UPI)
Kongsberg's third-generation High Precision Acoustic Positioning and Navigation System is now available, and improves on earlier capabilities. The company says ...
Pentagon to re-examine Air Force GPS OCX program
Dec 02, 2015 (UPI)
Pentagon officials are not satisfied with the Operation Control Segment program, and will meet with U.S. Air Force officials to discuss other options. Departmen...
China to set up BDS international maritime surveillance center
Nov 26, 2015 (XNA)
China is planning to build an international maritime surveillance center for the Beidou Navigation Satellite System(BDS), an alternative to U.S.-operated GPS, a...
Raytheon completes GPS III launch readiness exercise
Nov 19, 2015 (UPI)
Raytheon reports it successfully completed three launch readiness exercises in preparation for the launch of the modernized Global Positioning System. The compa...
LockMart advances threat protection on USAF GPS Control Segment
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
Security upgrades developed by Lockheed Martin for the current ground control system of the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS), are now fully oper...
Orbital ATK products enable improved global positioning on Earth
Nov 04, 2015 (SPX)
Orbital ATK contributed integrated hardware to successful launch of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket and the GPS Block IIF satellite payload from...
Galileo pair preparing for December launch
Nov 03, 2015 (ESA)
The next Galileo launch campaign has begun with the arrival of the latest pair of navigation satellites at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Their arrival is...
GPS IIF satellite successfully launched from Cape Canaveral
Oct 31, 2015 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched its 11th and next-to-last Boeing-built Global Positioning System GPS IIF series satellite aboard a United Launch Allian...
Russia to Open Four New Glonass Stations Abroad
Oct 29, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia will open four new Glonass ground relay stations abroad in addition to the existing five, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday. "W...
U.S. Air Force prepares to launch next GPS IIF satellite
Oct 29, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force Space Command is preparing to launch the 11th Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite on Friday. The satellite will launch aboar...
Russia Prepares to Launch Glonass-M Navigation Satellite in December
Oct 27, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company has begun preparations for the regular operation of a new Glonass-M navigation satellite scheduled to b...
Russian-Chinese Sat NavSystem to Launch on Silk Road, EEU Markets
Oct 15, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russian-Chinese receivers for satellite navigation systems would be launched on the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) markets...
Last of the dozen GPS IIF satellites arrive at CCAFS for processing
Oct 12, 2015 (SPX)
The last Air Force GPS IIF in a block of 12 satellites was delivered to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, from Boeing's manufacturing facility in El Se...
ISRO looking to extend GPS services to SAARC countries
Oct 09, 2015 (IANS)
An ISRO official said on Thursday that they are looking to extend the GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System...
China launches 20th Beidou navigation satellite
Oct 08, 2015 (XNA)
China launched a new-generation satellite into orbit that will support its global navigation and positioning network at 7:13 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday Sept 30...
Glonass system can fully switch to domestic electronics in 2 years
Oct 06, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia found a solution to switch its Glonass global navigation system to domestically produced components within two years. The Russian Glonass global navigati...
GPS III Launch Services RFP Released by Air Force
Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)
The Air Force released a final Request for Proposal (RFP) for Global Positioning System (GPS) III Launch Services, Sept. 30. Launch services include launch vehi...
Galileo satellites handed over to operator
Sep 28, 2015 (ESA)
Europe's latest pair of Galileo satellites has passed its initial check out in space, allowing control to be handed over to the main control centre and join the...
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