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Telegraph.co.uk
February 18, 2018
British Armed Forces could be blocked from using the military applications of Europe's Galileo satellite network after Brexit, The Telegraph has learnt. EU legal concerns over whether a non-EU state can be granted access to the ultra-accurate encrypted satellite navigation data when it comes online in 2020ÃÂ ...
The Hindu
February 18, 2018
The deadline to install fully-functional Global Positioning System (GPS) devices aboard passenger-carrying vehicles has been extended to February 28 by the Delhi government's Transport Department. The previous deadline was February 15. This, even as the constant monitoring of such devices by theÃÂ ...
Aviation Week
February 18, 2018
The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with a plan to quickly begin buying a new set of GPS III satellites that can survive in a contested environment. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center issued a request for proposals on Feb. 13 to kick off the next phase of a competition for 22 GPS satellites toÃÂ ...
The Maritime Executive (blog)
February 17, 2018
Positioning and timing have been the foundation blocks for navigation since man first took to the oceans. Since the development of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in the late 1970s, position, navigation and timing (PNT) based on satellite input has been vital to many critical systems on boardÃÂ ...
Digital Trends
February 16, 2018
Global positioning system, or GPS, tech is able to locate people within 15 to 30 feet of virtually any outdoor location on the planet. Indoors ... That's because GPS technology works best when the device has a clear line of sight to the sky and, therefore, the GPS satellites used for establishing position.
Popular Mechanics
February 15, 2018
The current GPS network, operated by Air Force Space Command, provides positioning services to billions of people around the world in addition to serving the U.S. Armed Forces. Other than the Roscosmos GLONASS network, the Air Force's GPS 2 constellation is the only satellite navigation network withÃÂ ...
AndroidGuys
February 10, 2018
In a world where app-enabled smartphones have seemingly limitless capabilities, one must ask whether the once-innovative GPS device is still relevant today. Well, the answer is yes. You see GPS manufacturers have years of experience and millions of real-world test miles under their belt, so the resultingÃÂ ...
GPS World magazine
February 10, 2018
In this case, it uses the position solution provided by all other clean signals (L1, L2, L5, and so on, from all GNSS constellations — GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, and mroe) to identify the spoofer signal and use the real satellite measurement. If all GNSS signals are spoofed or jammed, then the systemÃÂ ...
GPS World magazine
February 10, 2018
While in orbit, the DSAC mission will use the navigation signals from U.S. GPS coupled with precise knowledge of GPS satellite orbits and clocks to confirm DSAC's performance. The demonstration should confirm that DSAC can maintain time accuracy to better than two nanoseconds (.000000002 seconds)ÃÂ ...
SpaceNews
February 9, 2018
Lockheed's bid to attract tech partners comes as the company faces competitive challenges in its military satellite business. The Pentagon intends to re-compete the manufacturing of GPS satellites that Lockheed has owned for a decade. The Defense Department in general is looking to shake up satelliteÃÂ ...
Fairborn Daily Herald
February 9, 2018
At 11:30 a.m., visitors are invited to the STEM Learning Node in the Global Reach Gallery to hear about spy satellites and at 1:30 p.m. to hear about weather satellites. ... Preschool and primary-grade children are invited to hear a story about Sammy the Satellite and make their own paper craft. All activitiesÃÂ ...
Ars Technica
February 9, 2018
For much of February—and in some places, well into March—the US military will be jamming signals from the Global Positioning System as part of ... warfare aircraft, including the Navy's EA-18 Growler and the Air Force's EC-130 Compass Call, will play a role in shutting down the satellite navigation systemÃÂ ...
Atlanta Black Star
February 4, 2018
From cell phones to cars and even social media, most folks in this day and age are familiar with the Geographical Positioning System, or GPS. Little known ... She was just one of four Black Americans employed at the Naval base when she first started in 1956, her calculations eventually leading to satellites.
NavyTimes.com
February 4, 2018
West was part of the team that developed the Global Positioning System in the 1950s and 1960s. ... “She rose through the ranks, worked on the satellite geodesy (science that measures the size and shape of Earth) and contributed to the accuracy of GPS and the measurement of satellite data,” he wrote.
Singularity Hub
February 1, 2018
That is a significant improvement relative to current positioning systems. Using GPS, for example, only allows us to position objects that are in and around the earth. Signals rapidly become weaker as objects move away from GPS satellites. But with an X-ray navigation system, using pulsars as referenceÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2018
Our global positioning satellites tell planes where they are, provide targeting info for smart weapons, and support communication and navigation systems. ... will run through February 16, the Air Force will black out GPS, forcing aircrews to execute strike missions without their familiar satellite-based guide.
IEEE Spectrum
February 1, 2018
The basic idea is similar to what is done with the Global Positioning System (GPS) or other global satellite navigation systems. When you use GPS to find your way to Starbucks, you are depending on transmissions from an array of satellites whose positions are precisely known. The timing of the signals youÃÂ ...
SpaceNews
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to spend $2 billion over the next five years on a new constellation of Global Positioning System satellites that will ... The new program that is now getting underway is to acquire an improved version of the satellite, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters onÃÂ ...
Scientific American
December 31, 1999
The Spire CubeSat satellite is among a new wave of miniature satellites used to observe Earth's weather and climate. ... By the 1980s, the Earth's first navigation satellites, parts of the U.S. global positioning system (GPS), began orbiting the Earth, giving off precise radio signals developed to guide militaryÃÂ ...
NPR
December 31, 1999
The seeming lapses in operational security highlighted by Strava's Heat Map were first pointed out by Nathan Ruser, a university student who studies the Middle East and security issues in Sydney, Australia. On Sunday, Ruser tweeted about Strava's global Heat Map, "It looks very pretty, but not amazing forÃÂ ...
BusinessKorea
December 31, 1999
Korean technology and capital will build its own global positioning system (GPS) which Korea has used by fully depending on advanced countries such as the United ... A total of seven navigation satellites including three geostationary ones will be launched and operated for the construction of the KPS.
Physics
December 31, 1999
This level of precision is similar to that of atomic clocks onboard the GPS satellites. These clocks provide a time-stamp with each signal sent from space, allowing a GPS receiver on Earth to find its location by comparing the arrival times of multiple satellite signals. With detailed knowledge of several pulsarÃÂ ...
CBS Chicago
December 31, 1999
(CBS) — For most people, GPS is just about getting driving directions, but it is much more than that. If the GPS satellites were damaged, it could take down everything from electricity to transportation to phones. CBS 2's Dave Savini investigates the vulnerability and what infrastructure experts and CongressÃÂ ...
GPS World magazine
October 17, 2017
GPS World ... analysis and development of navigational data and applications to ... in satellite-based navigation and to develop advanced applications. ... the software director of Hexagon Positioning Intelligence (NovAtel ...
The Drive
October 17, 2017
A loss of GPS coverage in Norway and an outage in cellular and .... SATCOM [satellite communication], cellular, GPS, and other signals.” ... “The U.S. reliance on robust communication infrastructure and GPS navigation means that a ... navigational systems with GPS and INS may not "throw out" the GPSÂ ...
SatNews Publishers
October 17, 2017
GPS III SV01 is the first space vehicle of an entirely new satellite design. GPS III is ... GPS III signals will provide them three times more accuracy than any current GPS satellites. ... Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), like Europe's Galileo. ... The GPS III team is led by the Global Positioning Systems ...
New York Times
October 17, 2017
Beyond the GPS, Mapping Every Place, Everywhere ... What3words isn't a navigation or route optimization program; it provides a precise, ... These are represented by a set of Global Positioning System coordinates, a string of ...
Inquirer.net
October 16, 2017
Global Positioning System data from the Michibiki satellites will be used ... navigation which combines augmented reality technology with GPSÂ ...
SpaceFlight Insider
October 15, 2017
GPS III will be the first GPS satellite to broadcast L1C, a new civilian signal designed to ... between GPS and International Global Navigational Satellite Systems ... vice president of Lockheed Martin's Navigation Systems mission area. ... GPS III SV01 is the first of ten GPS III satellites that Lockheed Martin is ...
Inside GNSS
October 14, 2017
Ushering in a new era of advanced Global Positioning System technology ... declared the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite “Available for Launch. ... the 31 GPS Block II satellites that currently populate today's operational GPS ... vice president of Lockheed Martin's Navigation Systems mission area.
Channel NewsAsia
October 8, 2017
SINGAPORE: In 1957, the first man-made satellite was launched into ... the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites for asset tracking, ...
Defense Systems
October 6, 2017
The initiative covers 20 GPS satellites currently in orbit along with future ... include "assured" navigation and positioning capabilities when GPSÂ ...
ABC News
October 5, 2017
Reporter: Aaa and the university of Utah found using gps navigation may be ... A lot of these tanks like texting and navigation and so forth have ...
Aljazeera.com
October 5, 2017
The tiny Sputnik, which means "satellite" or "fellow traveller" in Russian, was the first ... calls, GPS navigation, mapping, weather forecasting and other functions. Here are all the active satellites orbiting the Earth as of 2017.
ZDNet
September 26, 2017
The chip is equipped to receive signals from GPS satellites, Russia's Glonass, Europe's Galileo, and China's BeiDou navigation satellite ...
Mac Rumors
September 26, 2017
iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X Support the Galileo Satellite System for Better GPS ... X include support for Galileo, Europe's Global Satellite Navigation System. ... for the Global Positioning System (GPS) operated by the U.S. government, ... are in testing, compared to 31 GPS satellites and 24 GLONASS satellites.
SpaceNews
September 14, 2017
Artist's concept of Lockheed Martin's GPS 3 satellite. Credit: U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin upgrades will enable GPS satellites to use more secure military signals. ... anti-jamming capability for the Global Positioning System (GPS), but ... Stewart, Lockheed Martin's vice president for Navigation Systems.
Inside GNSS
September 12, 2017
Japan's H-IIA rocket launched the second navigation satellite in the country's ... The satellites will be operated by a private company, Quasi-Zenith ... the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) that went operational in 1995,” ...
Satellite Today
December 31, 1999
Ushering in a new era of advanced GPS technology, the U.S. Air Force ... signal being adopted by other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as ... on 10 GPS 3 satellites at its GPS 3 Processing Facility near Denver, Colorado. ... The Global Positioning Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force ...
Inside Defense
December 31, 1999
Lockheed Martin announced today the Air Force has deemed the first next-generation GPS satellite "available for launch." The service made ...
The Nation
October 4, 2017
THE Land Transport Department is joining with telecommunications operator True Corporation to develop a global positioning system (GPS)ÃÂ ...
WOAI
October 4, 2017
Miller is describing NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite ... In other words, it uses the existing GPS satellites, takes reflective GPS dataÃÂ ...
WOAI
October 4, 2017
Miller is describing NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite ... In other words, it uses the existing GPS satellites, takes reflective GPS dataÃÂ ...
WOAI
October 4, 2017
Miller is describing NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite ... In other words, it uses the existing GPS satellites, takes reflective GPS dataÃÂ ...
WOAI
October 4, 2017
Miller is describing NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System or ... In other words, it uses the existing GPS satellites, takes reflective GPS data whichÃÂ ...
Worcester Telegram
October 3, 2017
City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. said since the Wayfinding initiative was envisioned as a navigational tool, GPS navigation, coupled withÃÂ ...
The Spokesman-Review (blog)
October 2, 2017
Stream Map USA, a GPS mapping app for mobile devices, puts locations, ... that combines searchable mapping, GPS location and navigation,ÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
October 2, 2017
A GPS navigation system and a pair of prescription glasses were reported stolen from a vehicle between Sept. 25 and Sept. 26 while parked inÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
October 2, 2017
Additionally, the combination of control fins, GPS navigation, and laser guidance means the first round fired has a much higher probability ofÃÂ ...
GPS World magazine
October 2, 2017
... satellite signals including GPS L1/L2/L2C/L5 and GLONASS L1/L2, QZSS ... supporting SBAS, RTK and Trimble CenterPoint RTX positioningÃÂ ...
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