The 1893 Orlando Ferguson map imagines Antarctica as a wall of ice around the world. (Image: Library of Congress/2011594831)

Using GPS to disprove flat Earth theories

July 9, 2018

Thoughts on the Spherically Challenged Did you know Australia doesn’t exist? (Sorry, Aussies.) The entire continent is part […]

This article is tagged with GPS, NASA, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and posted in Featured Stories, Opinions

A re-configurable NASA receiver called the Space Communications and Navigation Testbed, SCaN is attached to the exterior of the ISS. In April 2018 the chest-sized SCaN, seen left of centre with an antenna on top, was used to make the first combined Galileo-GPS positioning fix in orbit. (Photo: NASA)

Combined orbital Galileo-GPS position fix achieved aboard ISS

July 2, 2018

A combined Galileo–GPS positioning fix has been achieved in space — aboard the International Space Station — through an ESA–NASA collaboration.

This article is tagged with ESA, European Space Agency, Galileo, GPS, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, position fix, SCaN testbed, Space Communications and Navigation Testbed and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

Ceva releases Dragonfly NB2 for internet of things

June 25, 2018

Ceva has launched the successor to its Ceva-Dragonfly NB1 solution targeting the NB-internet of things (IoT) market, the Ceva-Dragonfly […]

This article is tagged with BeiDou, Dragonfly NB1, Dragonfly NB2, GNSS, GPS, internet of things, IoT, Michael Boukaya and posted in Latest News, Mobile, OEM

Harxon exhibits positioning, data-transmission tech at AUVSI Xponential

May 2, 2018

Harxon showcased high-precision positioning GNSS antennas and its latest wireless data-transmission technologies for UAV applications at AUVSI Xponential, which […]

This article is tagged with AUVSI Xponential, BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GNSS antennas, GPS, Harxon, UAV application, Xponential 2018 and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, OEM, UAV/UGV

Coast Guard issues notice on transitioning broadcast almanac

March 6, 2018

In a notice advisory to NAVSTAR Users (NANU), the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center announced that starting March […]

This article is tagged with GPS, NANU, NAVCEN, SVN34 and posted in GNSS, Latest News

UK government issues highest level study of SatNav vulnerabilities

February 6, 2018

A U.K. government report issued on Jan. 30 looks at the vulnerability of all satellite-based positioning systems: GPS, […]

This article is tagged with BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, QZSS, satellite, satellite-based positioning system, satnav, United Kingdom and posted in Defense, GNSS, Latest News

QZSS workshop comes to Sydney Feb. 6

January 30, 2018

The Japan-Australia QZSS Industrial Utilisation Workshop will be held Feb. 6 at the University of New South Wales […]

This article is tagged with Australia, GPS, Japan-Australia QZSS Industrial Utilisation Workshop, QZSS, University of New South Wales and posted in GNSS, Latest News

ESA selects Airbus for SBAS using both GPS and Galileo

January 29, 2018

EGNOS V3 will offer improved and secure Civil Aviation Safety of Life services for the next decade over […]

This article is tagged with Airbus, civil aviation, EGNOS, EGNOS V3, ESA, Europe, European Space Agency, Galileo, GPS, safety of life, SBAS and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

Follow Us

TAG: GPS