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New sports technology provides a GPS alternative
Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)
When it comes to recording accurate performance data for elite athletes, GPS technology can't keep up, a Griffith researcher claims. Instead SABEL Labs has deve...
OriginGPS Secures $1.75M Funding Round
Sep 22, 2015 (SPX)
OriginGPS has announced that it has closed $1.75 million of funding from existing shareholders and the technology accelerator, Lab IX, which is a part of Flex, ...
Russia, China May Create Joint Satellite Navigation System Receiver
Sep 22, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia and China are negotiating the development of a joint four-system satellite navigation receiver which would include access to China's BeiDou satellite nav...
NASA Spacecraft takes GPS to New Heights
Sep 22, 2015 (SPX)
As any backcountry hiker knows, Global Positioning System, or GPS, trackers are crucial for navigation. But they can also be a little finicky. Units sometimes l...
DARPA taps Rockwell Collins for GPS backup technologies
Sep 21, 2015 (UPI)
Technologies that could serve as backups for the military's GPS system are to be developed by Rockwell Collins. The development award was issued by the U.S. Def...
Russia, Brazil Sign Contract for Glonass Ground Measuring Station
Sep 17, 2015 (Sputnik)
Moscow and Brasilia have signed a contract on the placement and operation of a measuring ground station for the Russian Glonass satellite navigation network in ...
Battery-free smart camera nodes determine own pose and location
Sep 14, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists at Disney Research and the University of Washington (UW) have shown that a network of energy-harvesting sensor nodes equipped with onboard cameras ca...
Galileo taking flight: ten satellites now in orbit
Sep 13, 2015 (ESA)
Europe's own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off together at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:...
Europe launches satnav orbiters
Sep 11, 2015 (AFP)
Europe sent two satellites into space Friday as it pushes to get its beleaguered Galileo satnav programme back on track. Orbiters nine and 10 were launched from...
Europe ready for next Galileo satnav launch
Sep 10, 2015 (AFP)
Europe is poised for the launch on Friday of the next two satellites in its troubled multi-billion-euro Galileo satnav programme. The project -- a rival to Amer...
Soyuz ready for liftoff with two Galileo satellites
Sep 09, 2015 (ESA)
The launcher for this week's Arianespace Soyuz mission is now ready for the countdown to its September 10 liftoff, having been "topped off" with the payload of ...
Soyuz set to launch 2 Galileo navigation satellites
Sep 08, 2015 (ESA)
The 12th Soyuz to be operated from the Spaceport is now in the launch zone following this workhorse medium-lift vehicle's rollout in French Guiana on a mission ...
Mission team ready for Galileo launch
Sep 07, 2015 (ESA)
When the next pair of Galileo satellites is boosted into orbit next Friday, a team of mission control experts in Darmstadt, Germany, will spring into action, wo...
China Deploys New Security System to Ensure Safety at Military Parade
Sep 03, 2015 (Sputnik)
Authorities in the Chinese capital of Beijing will deploy the latest technology, including facial recognition systems, to ensure safety at its military parade o...
Latest Galileos closing in on launch
Sep 02, 2015 (ESA)
Europe's ninth and tenth Galileo satellites have been attached to the dispenser that will hold them during their flight up into space, then release them into th...
Denali, tallest peak in N.America, loses 10 feet
Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)
The tallest peak in North America not only just lost the name it carried for a century, it also lost 10 feet in stature due to modern-day measurements, scientis...
Galileo satellites fuelled and ready for launcher attachment
Sep 01, 2015 (ESA)
Europe's latest Galileo satellites are fully fuelled, leaving them ready to be attached to their launcher upper stage in preparation for their 11 September laun...
Russian Defense Ministry to use updated GLONASS GPS by 2016
Aug 26, 2015 (Sputnik)
The developer's CEO said that the renewed GLONASS version will have significant changes. Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation network, updated in compliance wi...
Nicaragua to Host Russian GPS-Equivalent Ground Stations
Aug 24, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Nicaraguan Institute for Telecommunications (Telcor) has signed an agreement with Russia on the construction of Russian Glonass satellite navigation network...
Alibaba joins China arms maker to offer location services
Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)
Internet giant Alibaba has joined forces with China's biggest defence company to offer location-based services using a homegrown satellite navigation system tha...
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