GPS satellite

March 15, 2023

First Fix: How high is the sky?

By Matteo Luccio

GPS ground antenna at Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado. (Image: U.S. Air Force)

March 6, 2023

Directions 2023: Advancing GPS to Meet the Future

By Michael J. Dunn

January 26, 2023

GPS could have high accuracy and counter spoofing, if…

By Dana Goward

The U.S. Air Force’s Lockheed Martin-built next generation GPS III satellite on orbit. Rendering portrays GPS III Space Vehicles (SVs) 01-10. (Artist's Rendering: Lockheed Martin)

December 3, 2020

GPS satellite SVN-77/GPS III SV04 set healthy for use

By Tracy Cozzens

Legacy antenna panel on the GPS IIR satellite. (Photo: NAVCEN/Lockheed Martin)

October 29, 2020

GPS IIR/IIR-M satellite antenna patterns released for worldwide use

By Tracy Cozzens

1960: ARPA launched Transit, the first satellite in what would become the world’s first GPS. (Photo: U.S. Army/DARPA)

September 16, 2020

The evolution of GPS satellites and their use today

By William Tewelow, GISP

1990: UNB Professor Richard Langley and two graduate students use a GPS antenna (recognize it?) on a tripod to re-measure a historical baseline. (Photo: UNB Perspectives)

September 7, 2020

In the beginning, there was innovation

By Richard B. Langley

NovAtel has demonstrated its SPAN technology in a sensor-fusion project aimed at autonomous vehicles. (Image: NovAtel)

June 26, 2020

How companies are using alternative PNT

By Matteo Luccio

Illustration of the four MMS spacecraft in orbit in Earth's magnetic field. (Image: NASA).

April 8, 2019

Record-breaking satellite advances NASA’s exploration of high-altitude GPS

By Tracy Cozzens

April 25, 2018

Northrop Grumman declines to bid on GPS III Follow On contract

By Tracy Cozzens

First Fix: How high is the sky?

Directions 2023: Advancing GPS to Meet the Future

GPS could have high accuracy and counter spoofing, if…

GPS satellite SVN-77/GPS III SV04 set healthy for use

GPS IIR/IIR-M satellite antenna patterns released for worldwide use

The evolution of GPS satellites and their use today

In the beginning, there was innovation

How companies are using alternative PNT

Record-breaking satellite advances NASA’s exploration of high-altitude GPS

Northrop Grumman declines to bid on GPS III Follow On contract

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