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Credit: GATE Space

March 4, 2026

BeaconSat aims to make GNSS attacks visible with Austria’s first military satellite

By Tracy Cozzens

Screenshot from the launch video

January 27, 2026

Update: Ninth GPS III successfully launched

By Tracy Cozzens

The MICE-1 patch. (Image: Prisma Electronics)

January 6, 2026

Greece nano satellite MICE-1 supports maritime commuications

By Tracy Cozzens

On Dec. 17 at 05:01 GMT (06:01 CET), two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. (Photo: ESA)

December 17, 2025

Galileo adds two new satellites

By Tracy Cozzens

December 2, 2025

ESA’s HydroGNSS satellites launched to scout for water

By Tracy Cozzens

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) spacecraft is shown in an anechoic test chamber prior to electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Florida. This experimental satellite is being designed, built and tested by L3Harris Technologies, and will be used by the Air Force Research Laboratory and partner organizations as part of an integrated system to conduct a one-year demonstration of advanced technologies and concepts in satellite navigation. (Credit: AFRL)

August 13, 2025

DAF launches NTS-3 Vanguard on ULA Vulcan Rocket

By Jesse Khalil

May 28, 2023

China completes multiple satellite launches that include replenishing the BeiDou constellation

By Maddie Saines

Photo: Roscosmos

October 11, 2022

New Russian navigation satellite now in orbit

By Tracy Cozzens

The QZS-1R satellite lifted off Oct. 26, 2021, aboard the 44th H-IIA launch vehicle. (Photo: Mitsubishi Heavy Industry)

March 8, 2022

Directions 2022: Now 3 years old, QZSS hits its stride

By Satoshi Kogure

Galileo Second Generation Batch#1A satellites. (Image: ESA).

January 18, 2022

Directions 2022: Galileo FOC, G2 on the horizon

By Guerric Pont, Marco Falcone, and Miguel Mantiega Bautista

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