Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 22, 2015 - 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 lose lock when you walk into the shadow
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 22, 2015 - Russia and China are negotiating the development of a joint four-system satellite navigation receiver which would include access to China's BeiDou satellite navigation, a source in the Glonass satel
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (UPI) Sep 21, 2015 - Technologies that could serve as backups for the military's GPS system are to be developed by Rockwell Collins.
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2015 - 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 Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Gra
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2015 - Scientists at Disney Research and the University of Washington (UW) have shown that a network of energy-harvesting sensor nodes equipped with onboard cameras can automatically determine each camera'
Paris (ESA) Sep 13, 2015 - 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 (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 Septembe
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 09, 2015 - 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 two European Galileo satellites at the
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 08, 2015 - 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 to orbit two more European Galileo nav
Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2015 - 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, working around the clock to bring the du
Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 03, 2015 - Authorities in the Chinese capital of Beijing will deploy the latest technology, including facial recognition systems, to ensure safety at its military parade on Thursday. An estimated 12,000 Chines
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 02, 2015 - 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 their planned orbits. Galileo 9 and 10 a
Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2015 - 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 launch. Galileo 9 and 10 are due to launch
Zhukovsky (Sputnik) Aug 26, 2015 - The developer's CEO said that the renewed GLONASS version will have significant changes. Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation network, updated in compliance with the Russian Defense Ministry
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 24, 2015 - The Nicaraguan Institute for Telecommunications (Telcor) has signed an agreement with Russia on the construction of Russian Glonass satellite navigation network ground stations in Nicaragua, El Nuev
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 20, 2015 - Internet giant Alibaba has joined forces with China's biggest defence company to offer location-based services using a homegrown satellite navigation system that competes with the US GPS network, the firms said.
Beijing (XNA) Aug 19, 2015 - After more than 10 days in space, China's 19th Beidou navigation satellite is working autonomously and has set up a link with another satellite. The two satellites were launched on the same day by a
