Paris (ESA) Nov 18, 2016 - An Ariane 5 rocket has launched four additional Galileo satellites, accelerating deployment of the new satellite navigation system. The Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, lifted off from Europe's Sp
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2016 - Australia shifts and tilts back and forth by several millimeters each year because of changes to the Earth's center of mass, according to a new study. The findings could help scientists better track
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 09, 2016 - Russia's Roscosmos space agency may launch up to four Glonass navigation satellites in 2017, Deputy Director General for Automatic Space Complexes Mikhail Khailov said on Monday. According to him, t
Paris (ESA) Nov 09, 2016 - This month, a single Ariane 5 rocket is set to propel four Galileo satellites into orbit for the navigation constellation's first-ever quadruple launch. Mission controllers are training intensively
Paris (ESA) Nov 02, 2016 - A space-age system for detecting drones took home the grand prize in this year's European Satellite Navigation Competition, while ESA's prize went to a smart satnav bicycle bell. Drones are one of t
Paris (ESA) Nov 02, 2016 - Satellite engineers have been puzzling over why GPS navigation systems on low-orbiting satellites like ESA's Swarm sometimes black out when they fly over the equator between Africa and South America
Riverside CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2016 - A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-F
Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 18, 2016 - A team led by Dante Minniti (Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile) and Rodrigo Contreras Ramos (Instituto Milenio de Astrofisica, Santiago, Chile) used observations from the VISTA infrared surv
Sydney (XNA) Oct 05, 2016 - Australia has had to change its position on world maps four times in the past 50 years. The country happens to be located on one of the world's fastest-moving tectonic plates, travelling about 2.7 i
Denver CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2016 - The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin $395 million in contract options for the production of the ninth and tenth Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite. GPS III satellites
Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2016 - The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a contract option to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company to procure two additional Global Positioning System III satellites today. The contract o
Washington (UPI) Sep 22, 2016 - Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded a $395 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for work on the GPS III Space Vehicle program.
Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2016 - China has issued a geographic information development plan, vowing to improve its surveying and mapping capability and services. By 2020, the country will establish a non-profit system providi
Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Sep 15, 2016 - The 2nd Space Operations Squadron bid goodbye to Global Positioning System Satellite Vehicle Number 23 via final command and disposal at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 26, 2016. Olde
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2016 - In making decisions about infrastructure development and resource allocation, city planners rely on models of how people move through their cities, on foot, in cars, and on public transportation. Th
Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 29, 2016 - How many millimeters has the sea level risen? How fast are the continents moving? How big is the impact of high and low pressure areas on the altitude of landmasses? In order to answer these questio
