GPS

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Galileo's secure service tested by Member States
Sep 05, 2013 (ESA)
EU Member States have begun their independent testing of the most accurate and secure signal broadcast by the four Galileo navigation satellites in orbit. Trans...
European Union countries in test of home-grown GPS system
Sep 03, 2013 (UPI)
Testing has begun on Europe's Galileo navigation satellites intended to offer highly accurate services to authorized users, officials said. Transmitted on two f...
Satellite tracking of zebra migrations in Africa is conservation aid
Aug 07, 2013 (UPI)
NASA says satellites can help track zebras migrating in the African nation of Botswana, one of the world's longest migrations of the striped creatures. Predicti...
'Spoofing' attack test takes over ship's GPS navigation at sea
Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)
Researchers in Texas say they've successfully "spoofed" a GPS signal in a test that resulted in a 213-foot yacht at sea getting coerced off its course. The radi...
Orbcomm Globaltrak Completes Shipment Of Fuel Monitoring Solution In Afghanistan
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
ORBCOMM reports that its GlobalTrak division has completed the shipment of its state-of-the-art fuel monitoring system, which is designed to prevent theft of mi...
U.S. military aims to overcome GPS' weaknesses
Jul 25, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. military is exploring five new location technologies for use in areas when GPS is unavailable. The technology programs are the brainchild of the U.S. D...
Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite Prototype To Help Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Prep For Launch
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin recently delivered a full-sized, functional prototype of the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air For...
Lockheed Martin Delivers Antenna Assemblies For Integration On First GPS III Satellite
Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has completed and is preparing to install the navigation, communication, and hosted payload antenna assemblies for the first satellite of the ne...
Distorted GPS signals reveal hurricane wind speeds
Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)
By pinpointing locations on Earth from space, GPS systems have long shown drivers the shortest route home and guided airline pilots across oceans. Now, by figur...
GPS III satellite antenna assemblies ready for installation
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin has completed antenna assemblies for the first of eight GPS III satellites that will replace aging craft orbiting the Earth. The satellite syste...
New device developed to defeat GPS jamming
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
A miniaturized GPS anti-jamming product has been developed by Britain's Chemring Technology Solutions with a chip footprint about 0.2 inches squared. The system...
Lockheed Martin GPS III Prototype Validates Test Facilities For Future Flight Satellites
Jul 12, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's GPS III Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST) has successfully completed a series of high-fidelity pathfinding events which validate the process...
GPS System Improved as New Boeing Satellite Enters Service
Jul 11, 2013 (SPX)
The Global Positioning System, which millions of people use every day for precise navigation and timing, recently became more accurate and reliable as the fourt...
Russia to launch 2 Glonass satellites
Jul 11, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Russia will launch two Glonass navigation satellites later this year to make up for the loss of three satellites in the recent Proton rocket explosion after lau...
Tests advance U.S. program for new GPS satellites
Jul 10, 2013 (UPI)
Tests for the next generation of Global Positioning System satellites produced positive results, making way for further work to begin on a U.S. Air Force GPS pr...
Loss of three GLONASS satellites won't reduce efficiency of Russian navigation network
Jul 08, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The GLONASS orbital group has the necessary reserve to work efficiently, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said at a meeting at the Government House ...
Indian GPS satellite orbit to be raised on Tuesday night
Jul 08, 2013 (IANS)
According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), five orbit maneouvers will be conducted from Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka to position ...
GPS maker Garmin unveils heads-up traffic display for cars
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
Garmin, the U.S. maker of GPS devices fighting back against smartphones that can do the same thing, has announced a heads-up navigational display for cars. The ...
India launches satellite for new navigation system
Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)
India launched the first of seven satellites for its domestic satellite navigation network Tuesday, its space centre said, in the first step to creating a scale...
Beidou's second trial held in Yangtze Delta
Jun 26, 2013 (XNA)
A demonstration project was launched on Friday in the Yangtze River Delta for China's Beidou satellite navigation system, which will provide precise navigation,...
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