November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... the generic name of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Russia then developed its own GNSS called GLONASS. Since then China has developed its own system (BDS) and the European Union (EU) is developing its...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
...-way communication services. Several such constellations already exist, the best known of which are the GPS, Glonass and Galileo systems. But they all comprise a small number of satellites, in each case well below a hundred...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... gives these other countries more options. Rather than having only three global satnav constellations (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo), countries like Cambodia can now choose from four. More bargaining power for them...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
.... Many vital terrestrial infrastructures rely on space-based services, particularly for PNT signals (e.g. GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou) and global communications. AI is increasingly being integrated into the management and security of these...
08 July 2015
James Yoder’s Stuff in Space: what orbits Earth in real time & the problem of junk
... Satellite Javascript Library. Even a relative space novice, someone who doesn’t know what the difference between Glonass and GPS is, is immediately struck by just how things have gotten around Earth after decades of human space...
25 May 2016
Successful liftoff for Soyuz
... orbit, helping Europe to provide a highly accurate global positioning service that will also be inter-operable with GLONASS and GPS, the two other global satellite navigation systems. Yesterday’s double launch means that the...
