23 May 2016
Soyuz’ latest mission for Europe ready for launch tomorrow
... 20 years of operations. The Galileo system is also planned to be fully compatible with the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation GPS satellites, and when combined, the two signals will give users better timing and positioning accuracy...
25 May 2016
Successful liftoff for Soyuz
... 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 Galileo programme...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... can also occur in as little as an hour. As communication signals, like radio waves and signals that make our GPS systems work, also travel through the ionosphere, understanding the dynamics of this region is therefore critical given...
20 June 2018
Trump officially calls for the creation of US “space force”
...to oversee the command of the military's existing satellite systems such as reconnaissance satellites, missile-warning systems, GPS and communications platforms, however, with the US military and intelligence agencies increasingly concerned about the...
11 July 2018
High hopes for Hi-C mission to reveal secrets of the Sun
..., can affect not only just our weather but the solar flares can also disrupt radio, GPS communications and satellites that disseminate mobile phone signals. After impressing NASA with his report on the...
29 August 2018
New national launch record for China
... country ramps up its aerospace activities. The Beidou system is China’s equivalent to Europe’s Galileo constellation and the US GPS precision timing and navigation system and it plans to have 35 active satellites in orbit by 2020 to provide global...
