31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
...or no ionised material and it is these bubbles that disturb the GPS signals. Rapid changes in the ionosphere tend to happen close to ... problem. With this new knowledge, engineers can improve future GPS systems to limit signal losses. “What we see here...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... grow. Over half of this ($123 billion) is made up of satellite services, with ground equipment some $60 billion (including GPS receivers), satellite manufacturing some $15 billion, and the launch industry some $6 billion. Most of this represents the...
14 July 2015
ULA Atlas V blasts off from Cape Canaveral with GPS IIF-10 – and shows how SpaceX needs a longer track record
... has gone off without a hitch. This is the 55th successful launch for ULA’s Atlas V rocket. The GPS IIF-10 satellite it carries is a new addition to the U.S. military’s Global Positioning System. Perhaps most importantly, today’s Atlas...
October 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
.... ADS-B can provide true situation awareness to pilots on manned aircraft It has been found through experiments that GPS is a better alternative for determination of altitude than barometric-based instruments. High rates of climb and descent diminish...
March 2016
From Sanctuary to Battlefield
...its dependence on the increasingly vulnerable Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation. While it makes sense to reduce the dependence ...metre diameter protective payload fairing. The GPS IIF system provides improved navigational accuracy through...
11 May 2018
Revolutionary X-Ray navigation system to be used on CubeSat mission
... Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or SEXTANT, for short, works in a similar principle to how GPS works for people on Earth, but instead it uses X-rays from millisecond pulsars to accurately determine the location...
