Artist's rendering of the Lunar Pathfinder. (Image: SSTL)

Satellites around the Moon take another step closer

March 29, 2022

News from the European Space Agency (ESA) ESA is going to the Moon — in collaboration with its […]

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This article is tagged with Artemis, European Space Agency, lunar communications and navigation service, lunar constellation, lunar network, Lunar Pathfinder, moon navigation, Moonlight initiative, NASA and posted in GNSS, Latest News, Space & Earth

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Russia issues threat to GPS satellites

November 29, 2021

Russia warned it could blow up 32 GPS satellites with its new anti-satellite technology, ASAT, which it tested […]

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Circumboreal forest biomass density mapped at high spatial resolution (30 m) with NASA’s ICESat-2, the joint NASA/USGS Landsat-8, and ESA Copernicus Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data. This provisional product is representative of 2020 conditions and is an open-source science product created on the NASA-ESA MAAP platform that will be validated in the coming months. (Image: NASA/ESA)

ESA and NASA launch open-source biomass platform

November 2, 2021

The European Space Agency (ESA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have publicly released a globally harmonized […]

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This article is tagged with climate change, Copernicus, Earth Observation, ESA, GEDI, global biomass, MAAP platform, NASA and posted in Latest News, Mapping, Space & Earth

Artist's conceptualization of Artemis astronauts using LunaNet services on the Moon. a unique approach to lunar communications and navigation. The LunaNet communications and navigation architecture will enable the precision navigation required for crewed missions to the Moon and place our astronauts closer to scientifically significant lunar sites, enhancing the our missions’ scientific output. (Image: NASA/Resse Patillo)

NASA and Italy to send first GNSS receiver to the Moon

September 15, 2021

A GNSS receiver is scheduled to land on the Moon in 2023, sent by NASA and the Italian […]

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This article is tagged with Artemis, Italian Space Agency, moon navigation, NASA, Qascom and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Space & Earth

Matteo Luccio

Building a planetary navigation system

August 1, 2021

Soon, global navigation will no longer suffice. Humanity is preparing to return to the Moon after more than […]

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Spire awarded contract for Earth observation data

July 23, 2021

New task order continues delivery of comprehensive space data and opens availability to all U.S. government-funded researchers and […]

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This article is tagged with CSDA, Earth Observation, Geospatial Solutions, GNSS reflectometry, GNSS-R, GNSS-RO, NASA, radio occultation, Spire Global, Task Order 6, TO6 and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News

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Spire’s Earth observation contract includes GNSS-RO, GNSS-R data

July 15, 2021

New task order continues delivery of comprehensive space data and opens availability to all U.S. government-funded researchers and […]

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This article is tagged with CSDA, Earth Observation, GNSS reflectometry, GNSS-R, GNSS-RO, NASA, radio occultation, Spire Global, Task Order 6, TO6 and posted in GNSS, Latest News, Space & Earth

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Space debris endangers GPS

May 25, 2021

By Ken Eppens Founder and CEO, OrbitGuardians.com 19% of tracked space objects threaten GPS and other GNSS satellites. […]

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This article is tagged with GPS satellites, LEO, low Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit, MEO, NASA, space debris and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Opinions