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Satellites make a load of difference to bridge safety
May 21, 2015 (ESA)
When extreme weather comes our way, realtime information from space can help us to decide if closing a bridge is the right thing to do. ESA is working with the ...
Advanced Navigation Releases Interface and Logging Unit
May 17, 2015 (SPX)
Advanced Navigation has announced the release of their interface and logging unit. The interface and logging unit (ILU) is a device server that interfaces to an...
Raytheon delivers hardware for next-gen USAF GPS system
May 15, 2015 (UPI)
The first operational hardware for the U.S. Air Force's GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System has been delivered by Raytheon. The hardware for the prog...
Russia, China Agree on Joint Exploitation of Glonass Navigation Systems
May 14, 2015 (Sputnik)
The heads of Russia's Federal Space Agency and China's Satellite Navigation Office signed on Friday a joint statement on the joint exploitation of the Chinese B...
New GPS system could transform virtual reality and mobile devices
May 08, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that co...
Most Advanced GPS Satellite Comes Together
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
Using a 10-ton crane, Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians gently lowered the system module of the U.S. Air Force's first next generation GPS III satellite...
Next Generation GPS System Faces Delays, Cost Overruns
May 03, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US Department of Defense's next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) is experiencing delays, cost overruns and technical issues, the US Government Acc...
Neuronal positioning system: A GPS to navigate the brain
Apr 29, 2015 (SPX)
In new research published by Nature Methods, scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University have announced a "Neuronal Positioning Sy...
17th Beidou navigation satellite functions in orbit
Apr 27, 2015 (XNA)
A new-generation satellite for China's global navigation and positioning network has entered its designed work orbit, the satellite's developer said on Thursday...
NASA Goddard Team Sets High Flying Record with Use of GPS
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
After years of hard work building a spacecraft, a mission team anxiously awaits after a launch - will the instruments they've crafted all work as well as planne...
China's satellite navigation system to expand coverage globally by 2020
Apr 27, 2015 (XNA)
The Beidou satellite navigation system will be fully operational worldwide by 2020, said Li Jian, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China ...
Northrop Grumman making gyrocompass systems
Apr 27, 2015 (UPI)
Gyrocompass navigation systems for Canadian coastal defense vessels are to be designed and supplied by Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine, the company announced. Th...
Telit GNSS module enables high-performance position reporting
Apr 22, 2015 (SPX)
Telit Wireless Solutions has announced the release of a new GNSS module, the SE868-V3. This positioning module combines GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, and SBAS ...
China to launch three or four more BeiDou satellites this year
Apr 07, 2015 (XNA)
China plans to launch three or four more satellites for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network this year, the network's chief designer said. A...
Two new satellites join the Galileo constellation
Apr 02, 2015 (ESA)
The EU's Galileo satellite navigation system now has eight satellites in orbit following the launch of the latest pair. Galileo 7 and 8 lifted off at 21:46 GMT ...
China launches upgraded satellite for independent SatNav system
Apr 02, 2015 (XNA)
China launched a new-generation satellite into space for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 9:52 p.m. Beijing Time Monday. Launched fro...
India Launches Fourth Satellite in Effort to Develop Own Navigation System
Mar 31, 2015 (Sputnik)
The IRNSS-1D navigation satellite was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the Sriharikota Island in the southern part of the country. Indian Preside...
Europe resumes Galileo satnav deployment
Mar 28, 2015 (AFP)
Europe resumed deployment of its beleaguered Galileo satnav programme on Friday, launching a pair of satellites seven months after a rocket malfunction sent two...
Countdown Begins for ISRO's Navigation Satellite Launch
Mar 27, 2015 (SPX)
The countdown for the lift of an Indian rocket with the country's fourth navigation satellite as the sole passenger began at 5.49 am Thursday, the ISRO said. Ac...
Galileo satellites enclosed for Friday's launch
Mar 26, 2015 (ESA)
Thousands of engineers have worked on the seventh and eighth navigation satellites of Europe's Galileo constellation in recent years, but last Friday marked the...
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